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November 2024

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser

Dear Taxpayer, More information is available at pbcpao.gov. You Register to receive free email alerts when a document
My office has certified can always call us at (561) 355-2866 or email us at such as a deed or mortgage is recorded using your
the 2024 Real Property and myexemption@pbcpao.gov with questions. name, your business’s name, or your address. This early
Tangible Personal Property notification can save time when stopping scams.
Assessment Rolls for Palm Protect Your Property With Sign up at mypalmbeachclerk.com.
Beach County to the tax
collector. Fraud Alert
Property tax bills should Holiday Office Closures
arrive in mailboxes soon. Scammers commit property fraud by filing fake deeds,
The Palm Beach County making it appear as if they own homes that are not actually The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s
Tax Collector’s Office is theirs. Then, they trick people into giving them money to Office (including all of our Service Centers) will be
responsible for printing and rent or buy those homes. closed:
mailing them on or before November 1. The property fraud alert from the Clerk of the Circuit Monday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day
As for my office, we’re already hard at work preparing Court and Comptroller is a free service to help you protect Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day
for next year’s valuations. your property from fraud by monitoring the documents Friday, Nov. 29, Floating Holiday
This is a great time of year to consider securing your being recorded in the official records of the clerk’s office.
property against fraud. The Palm Beach County Clerk of
the Circuit Court and Comptroller offers a free property
fraud alert service. More about that is in this month’s Holiday Food Drive staff and donated to Extended Hands Community Outreach
newsletter. and The Glades Initiative.
As we celebrate Veterans Day this month, I also wanted This month kicks off the Palm Beach County Property The Property Appraiser’s Office encourages and
to highlight exemptions available to veterans and active- Appraiser’s Office’s annual Holiday Food Drive. The supports employee community service throughout Palm
duty military. We honor the service and sacrifice of those special food-raising campaign is in its 25th year. Beach County. Our employees are dedicated to giving back
in our armed forces and their commitment to protecting Last year, 4,609 pounds of food were collected from to the community that we serve.
our country.
I hope this Thanksgiving finds you with much to be Our office’s 2023 donation; from left to
thankful for. As always, I am thankful to be your property right, Chief Appraiser Cecil Jackson,
appraiser. RES, AAS; staff from Extended Hands;
Respectfully, Public Services Manager Virginia
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, FIAAO, AAS, Leonard, CFE; Public Services
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser Department Specialist Clarice Bethel-
Laing; Public Services Department
Military Exemptions And Customer Service Representative II
Robert Castillo (kneeling); Public
Discounts Services Department Customer Service
Representative II Sade Neuforth;
These are available to those who qualify for a homestead Extended Hands Community Outreach
exemption and who have been honorably discharged. Executive Director Coeliah Bryson;
Veterans 65 Or Older Combat Related Disability Director of Information Technology
Discount Richard Hernandez, CGCIO, AAS,
Disabled veterans, age 65 or older, who are partially ITIL, CFE
or totally and permanently disabled, have a disability that
was combat-related, and have been honorably discharged
upon separation from military service may be eligible
for a discount to ad valorem taxes to the percent of their
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Veterans Disability Exemption
Veterans with a total and permanent disability that
was service connected may be eligible for an exemption
from ad valorem taxes. Veterans with a service-connected
disability of 10 percent or more may be eligible for an with a
additional $5,000 exemption. Veterans with a non-service-
connected disability may be eligible for an additional
$5,000 exemption.
Surviving Spouse of a Military Veteran Exemption
The surviving spouse of a deceased veteran who
qualified for a total and permanent disabled veteran Woman’s Touch
exemption is exempt from ad valorem taxes. The surviving
spouse of a deceased veteran who died in the line of duty
is exempt from ad valorem taxes. The surviving spouse of
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Active-Duty Military Exemption
An exemption is available for service members of any
branch of the U.S. Military, U.S. Coast Guard and Florida State of the Art & Same Day Restorations
National Guard who were deployed during the preceding
calendar year on active duty outside the continental United
States, Alaska, or Hawaii in support of various military Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation Available
operations listed in the Florida Statute 193.173 (2).
The amount of the exemption is equal to the taxable value
of the homestead of the service member on January 1 of the
year the exemption is sought, multiplied by the number of Joanne Green, D.D.S.
days that the service member was on a qualified deployment
in the preceding calendar year and divided by the number of
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