Rick Singh

Rick Singh is the Property Appraiser for Orange County, Florida.
Early career and election
Rick Singh worked in the real estate industry starting in the 1990s, and was certified as a property appraiser by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. He ran for the office of the Property Appraiser in Orange County, Florida in 2012, and won the election. In January 2013, he replaced the twelve-year Republican incumbent Bill Donegan.
Property Appraiser for Orange County
In 2015, Singh brought a lawsuit against SeaWorld Orlando, claiming it undervalued its property. That year the Office of the Property Appraiser was audited by the County Comptroller’s Office, however the audit uncovered no misspending of government funds or any other questionable practices in the office. In 2016, Singh recovered about $550 million from property tax fraud in Orange County, after finding a myriad of home-owners that had improperly applied for tax exemptions. As a part of the investigation, he developed a tax fraud hotline for citizens to report suspected infractions. He also won a judgment against Darden Restaurants for underpaying its tax obligations. In July 2016, he also won a lawsuit against the Mayor of Orange County Teresa Jacobs and the Board of County Commissioners, who had attempted to turn the County’s constitutional offices non-partisan and force candidates to campaign without party affiliation. The effort was deemed unconstitutional by the presiding justice.

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