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December 2023
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Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayer: hope you find our new site easier to use, more powerful, use and/or ownership of the property, simply keep the
Farewell, 2023! The end and more informative. card as your receipt that you have been automatically
of the year is the perfect Throughout these changes and the improvements renewed for another year. However, if there is a change
opportunity to reflect on the ahead, our mission is constant: to value property, to ownership due to a sale, marriage, divorce, death, or
past and share our goals for administer exemptions, and maintain ownership records change in property use, call our office at (561) 355-2866
the future. fairly, equitably, and in accordance with Florida law for or email us at MyExemption@pbcgov.org.
Property values in Palm all of Palm Beach County. A homestead exemption reduces the assessed value of
Beach County continued Thank you for allowing me to serve as your property your property, thereby reducing the amount of property tax
their upward trend this appraiser. I wish you and your families a safe and happy you pay by an average of $500. Homestead exemption also
year. Market real property holiday season. qualifies you for the 3 percent Save our Homes (SOH) cap.
values grew 20.6 perecent Respectfully, If you’ve not yet filed for a homestead exemption, it’s
from 2022, and taxable Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, easy to e-file online. You may also file by mail (PDF) or in
property values rose 14 percent. Just like last year, Palm Beach County Property Appraiser person at one of our five service centers. The deadline to
Westlake showed the largest percentage of taxable value file a homestead exemption application is March 1 of the
increase from 2022 to 2023, with Glenridge and Cloud Homestead Exemption Receipt year after you buy your home and you may file any time
Lake rounding out the top three municipalities. Overall, after you take ownership of the property and become a
the market value of all Palm Beach County property is Cards Mailed Late December permanent resident of Florida. To qualify, you and/or your
more than $486 billion. spouse must not be receiving a residency-based exemption
My staff are gathering information for 2024 as we On the last business day on any other property in Florida or in another state.
prepare to value property based on the status of the in the month of December,
market as of Jan. 1. I want to thank my staff for their the property appraiser’s Holiday Office Closures
continued diligence and commitment to accuracy and office mails a pink and white
excellence. I am proud of every single one of the 220 homestead exemption receipt The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office
qualified public servants in my office, as we retain more card to every property owner (including our five service centers) will be closed:
credentialed appraisal experts than any other jurisdiction in Palm Beach County with Monday, Dec. 25
in the United States. We determine the taxable value of a homestead exemption. If Tuesday, Dec. 26
more than 650,000 parcels and nearly 60,000 tangible there are no changes to the Monday, Jan. 1, 2024
personal property accounts in the county.
As we look forward to 2024, my office is also preparing
website address is changing to pbcpao.gov, and the next Stop Yelling At Your Kids
to improve the service we offer to you on our website. Our
time you visit us, things might look a little different. We
By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., what you want, he is learning that’s how he should treat
Drainage Information School Psychologist his peers or friends when he encounters someone who
doesn’t do what he wants. You are the example he looks

“Here we go again,
From Northern mom’s rocket launcher to for learning how to interact with others.
Do you yell at your child when he asks you to read
went off and she’s yelling

Palm Beach County at me.” This statement an unknown word from his homework? No, you teach
him how to pronounce the word. Try to maintain this
captures how kids I work
Improvement District with often describe how teaching mindset when it comes to his behavior. Keep
teaching him over and over how to behave appropriately.
their mom or dad deals
with them when they are Perhaps ask him questions instead of yelling
not acting right. “Yelling commands. “Are you being helpful? Is this good for the
Why do some yards flood after large is the only way I can get family? What will happen if you don’t stop?” People
quantities of rain? The simple answer him to listen and behave,” is a common parent response. often tune out yelling, but a question has an implied
is according to most approved drainage All agree, yelling does not contribute to a peaceful home. response requirement. Being asked a question requires
designs, some water is meant to be Yes, at times we parents must raise our voices reflection and thought, and this helps your child’s mind
temporarily stored in public recreational and make it stern and serious. But yelling, shouting, to shift and transition. Parenting requires us to modify
areas, yard swale and streets. The excess screaming, and threatening is parenting by instilling our behavior just like modifying our child’s behavior
fear into your child. Unfortunately, fear and intimidation
so keep learning and practicing.
surface water slowly drains to community don’t produce lasting behavioral changes. Sure, your Maybe you’ve thought, “Why does he act like
lakes or on-site ponds via street and yard child might behave when you’re around but leave them that? Maybe there is something wrong with him. Is he
drainage grates and/or via swales, ditches with relatives or a sitter and prepare yourself for a bad ADHD or maybe autistic?” The testing process provides
and canals. The more complex answer is report. When you yell at your child to get him to do information to help answer your questions.
that each yard is different. Some yards
have drainage swale areas. These are
areas that are sloped to catch water and
filter out pollutants as water is absorbed
into the ground. Some yards direct water
to the community drainage system as run-
off with very little water retained in the
yard. Familiarize yourself with how your
yard was built to determine how water
drains from your home.

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