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Family Communication • How will my family/household get in touch if the cell try to convey only vital information to emergency personnel
and/or family.
phone, Internet, or landline doesn’t work?
During And After Disasters • How will I let loved ones know I am safe? • For nonemergency communications, use text messaging,
• How will family/household get to a meeting place after email, or social media instead of making voice calls on your
By O’Neal Bardin, Jr., the emergency? cell phone to avoid tying up voice networks. Data-based
Executive Director, Complete a contact card for each adult family member services like texts and emails are less likely to experience
Northern Palm Beach and print them out. Have them keep these cards handy in network congestion. You can also use social media to post
County Improvement a wallet, purse or briefcase, etc. Additionally, complete your status to let family and friends know you are okay. In
District contact cards for each child in your family. Put the addition to Facebook and Twitter, you can use resources such
Your family may not cards in their backpacks or book bags. An example can as the American Red Cross’s Safe and Well program.
be together when disaster be found at http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/ • If you are unsuccessful in completing a call using your
strikes, so plan how you documents/34330. Information should include contact cell phone, wait 10 seconds before redialing to help reduce
will contact one another. information for family, friends and neighbors as well as network congestion.
Think about how you will doctors and school information. • Immediately following a disaster, resist using your
communicate in different Identify a contact such as a friend or relative who lives mobile device to watch streaming videos, download music
situations. Consider the out of state for household members to notify, they are safe. or videos, or play video games, all of which can add to
following questions when It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to network congestion. Limiting use of these services can help
making a plan: call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in a better potentially life-saving emergency calls get through to 9-1-1.
• How will my family/household get emergency alerts position to communicate among separated family members. • Conserve your cell phone battery by reducing the
and warnings? The following are tips when making phone calls and brightness of your screen, placing your phone in airplane
• How will my family/household get to safe locations using your smartphone during or after a disaster: mode, and closing apps you are not using that draw power,
for relevant emergencies? • Keep all phone calls brief. If you need to use a phone, unless you need to use the phone.
Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayers: at least $50,000 and $75,000. (The deadline to apply for a $50,000 – Town of Haverhill, Town of Loxahatchee
Welcome fall! homestead exemption is March 1 of each tax year.) Groves, Village of Wellington
The end of the 2019 tax This month we will review some of the additional $25,000 – Palm Beach County, City of Boynton Beach,
year is fast approaching and exemptions available: the limited income senior citizen, City of Lake Worth Beach, Town of Lantana, City of Palm
October is a busy month in widow/widower, granny flat, and civilian disability Beach Gardens, Village of Palm Springs, Town of Jupiter
my office as we certify the exemptions. $5,000 – Village of Royal Palm Beach
ad valorem tax roll to the Tax I hope you will find this information beneficial. Widow/Widower Exemption
Collector’s Office. Respectfully, Florida grants an additional $500 exemption to widows and
Also, during this time, Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, widowers. You may submit a copy of the deceased spouse’s
petition hearings will begin Palm Beach County Property Appraiser death certificate. If the surviving spouse remarries, he/she is
led by the Value Adjustment no longer eligible to receive the additional exemption.
Board for property owners Additional Exemptions Living Quarters Of Parents Or Grandparents Exemption
who filed a petition because they disagree with their property (Also Known As The Granny Flat Exemption)
assessment or denied exemption, etc. On average, the number A property owner may be eligible for additional exemptions. An assessment reduction may be granted to qualified
of petitions filed in Palm Beach County is low, typically less In order to qualify for the following additional exemptions, residential property owners who build an addition to their house
than 1 percent of the total parcels in the county. you must have a homestead exemption on your property. to accommodate their parents or grandparents, age 62 or older.
As we move into the final months of 2019, I’d like to Limited Income Senior Citizen Exemption Civilian Disability Exemption
remind all property owners to review their homestead To qualify you must be 65 or older and your adjusted Full or partial exemptions are available for individuals
exemption status to determine whether they might qualify gross income must meet a maximum level that is adjusted with the following disabilities:
for additional property tax saving benefits. If you do annually by Florida’s Department of Revenue. The income • Quadriplegic
not have a homestead exemption on your property, we limitation amount is available from my office in mid-January • Paraplegic
encourage you to apply online or visit one of our five service of each year. The current income limit is $30,174. This does • Hemiplegic
centers in the county. not include tax-exempt bond interest or nontaxable Social • Legally Blind
Applying for a homestead exemption could save you Security income. You will be asked to provide a copy of your • Total and Permanent Disability, Confined to Wheelchair
money. A $25,000 exemption is applied to the first $50,000 Federal 1040 Tax Form or your Social Security 1099 Form. • Total and Permanent Disability, Not Confined to Wheelchair
of your property’s assessed value if your property is your The additional benefit for qualified seniors applies only Some of these exemptions have income limitations.
permanent residence and you owned the property on Jan. 1 to taxes levied by the following authorities. The county’s For more information on these exemptions or to download
of the tax year. An additional exemption of up to $25,000 senior exemption does not apply to other taxing authorities, and print forms, visit https://www.pbcgov.org/papa/
will be applied if your property’s assessed value is between such as the school district and other municipalities. departments/exemption.htm. You can always call us at (561)
355-2866 or email us at myexemption@pbcgov.org.

CAMPBELL AND KARLIK, P.A. Community Outreach Events
Visit us at one of our public community outreach events
ATTORNEYS AT LAW this fall. We will be taking homestead exemption applications,
answering questions about property valuations and more.
For a listing of public events, go to our website www.
pbcgov.org/PAPA and under Tools select Calendar of
Wills • Trusts • Estate Planning • Probate Events. For details, contact Mike Pratt, director of Education

Taxation • Real Estate • Corporations Services and Community Outreach at (561) 355-4021 or
email mpratt@pbcgov.org.

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