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Palm Beach County Property Appraiser

Dear Taxpayer: I hope this Thanksgiving finds you with much to be a disability that was
My office has certified thankful for. As always, I am thankful to be your property combat-related and
the 2023 Real Property and appraiser. have been honorably
Tangible Personal Property Respectfully, dischar ged upon
Assessment Rolls for Palm Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, separation from
Beach County to the tax Palm Beach County Property Appraiser military service
collector. may be eligible for
Property tax bills should Protect Your Property With a discount from the
arrive in mailboxes soon. amount of ad valorem
The Palm Beach County Fraud Alert tax commensurate with
Tax Collector’s Office is the percentage of the
responsible for printing and Scammers commit veteran’s permanent
mailing them on or before Nov. 1. property fraud by filing service-connected disability.
As for my office, we’re already hard at work preparing fake deeds, making it Veterans disability exemption: Veterans with a total
for next year’s valuations. appear as if they own and permanent disability that was service-connected may
This is a great time of year to consider securing your homes that are not be eligible for total exemption of property taxes. Veterans
property against fraud. The office of my colleague Joe actually theirs. Then, with a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more
Abruzzo, the Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller, they trick people into may be eligible for an additional $5,000 exemption.
has a free Property Fraud Alert service. More about that giving them money to Veterans with a non-service-connected disability may be
is in this month’s newsletter. rent or buy those homes. eligible for an additional $500 exemption.
As we celebrate Veterans Day this month, I also The Property Fraud Veteran’s surviving spouse exemption: The
wanted to highlight exemptions available to veterans and Alert from the Clerk surviving spouse of a deceased veteran who qualified for
active duty military. We honor the service and sacrifice of the Circuit Court a disabled veteran exemption, or the surviving spouse of
of those in our armed forces and their commitment to and Comptroller is a a military veteran who died in the line of duty.
protecting our country. free service to help you Active duty military exemption: Applies to service
protect your property from fraud by monitoring the members of any branch of the U.S. Military, U.S. Coast
documents being recorded in the official records of the Guard and Florida National Guard who were deployed
clerk’s office. during the preceding calendar year on active duty
Register to receive free email alerts when a document outside the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii
such as a deed or mortgage is recorded using your in support of main or subordinate military operations
name, your business’s name, or your address. This early designated by the Florida Legislature.
notification can save time when stopping scams. The amount of the exemption is equal to the taxable
value of the homestead of the service member on Jan. 1
Military Exemptions And of the year the exemption is sought, multiplied by the
number of days that the service member was on a qualified
Discounts deployment in the preceding calendar year and divided
by the number of days in that year. We will do the math
These are available to those who qualify for a for you.
homestead exemption and who have been honorably More information is available on our website. You
Property Appraiser Dorothy Jacks, CFA, FIAAO, AAS discharged. can always call us at (561) 355-2866 or email us at
certifies the 2023 Real Property and Tangible Personal Veterans 65 or older combat-related disability myexemption@pbcgov.org with questions.
Property Assessment Rolls with Dino Maniotis, CFE, tax discount: Disabled veterans, age 65 or older, who are
roll coordinator partially or totally and permanently disabled, have Palm Beach County Property Appraiser on page 22

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