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My office employs 240 qualified market value for new construction was at $3 billion. The
employees, has five service centers located impact of COVID-19 on property values will be reflected
throughout Palm Beach County and in the 2021 assessments. Florida law requires our office to
retains more credentialed appraisal experts value property based on the status of the real estate market
Dear Taxpayers: than any other jurisdiction in the United States. We determine the and the property as of Jan. 1 each year.
As a reminder, my office continues to implement measures to taxable value of more than 640,000 parcels and nearly 60,000 I want to take this opportunity to thank my staff. I appreciate
ensure the health and safety of our staff, while also maintaining tangible personal property accounts in the county. their hard work and commitment to the taxpayers of Palm Beach
the highest level of safe service to the taxpayers of Palm Beach In 2020, Palm Beach County property values continued County. As we move into 2021, I anticipate new challenges and
County during the COVID-19 pandemic. to experience steady growth, increasing 5.5 percent from trends, but our mission will remain the same: to value property,
Our office is open to the public. However, we 2019. Westlake, South Palm Beach, and Village of Golf administer exemptions, and maintain ownership records for the
encourage you to contact us via phone: (561) 355-3230, showed the largest percentage of growth from 2019 to 2020. county fairly, equitably and in accordance with Florida law.
email: PAO@pbcgov.org or utilize our online services at The biggest trends in new construction were apartment Thank you for allowing me to serve as your property
our website: pbcgov.org/PAPA. complexes, industrial and retail properties. Overall, the appraiser. I wish you and your families a safe and happy
holiday season.
Get Them Partying And Palm Beach County Property Appraiser
Respectfully,
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS,
‘Jingling All The Way’ Homestead Exemption

With The Perfect Wine! Receipt Cards To Be Mailed
At The End Of December

By Laura Berrio, Have a favorite wine of your own? Give it as a gift to On the last business day in the month of December,
Freelance Writer/ introduce something new to their cellar. the property appraiser’s office mails a “pink and white”
Blogger Take the gift to the next level of festivity by customizing Homestead Exemption receipt card to every homestead
Need holiday gift your own wine label or picking out that perfect accessory. exempt property owner in Palm Beach County. If there are no
ideas for the wine lovers Keep them laughing and jingling all year with custom wood changes to the use and/or ownership of the property, simply
in your life? wine boxes and monogrammed wine glasses. keep the card as your receipt that you have been automatically
Looking for that A unique and timely wine gift is a blind tasting kit. Each renewed for another year. However, if there is a change to
perfect grape, but kit contains bottles wrapped to conceal the wines’ identities. ownership due to a sale, marriage, divorce, death, or change
finding yourself staring The box includes tips and tricks to host a tasting, along with in property use, call our office at (561) 355-2866 or email us
at an endless aisle of wine grids to capture tasting notes. Finish your shopping early by at MyExemption@pbcgov.org.
bottles? How do you pick buying a kit for each of your friends and hosting a holiday
that special bottle? If you Zoom tasting party!
know their taste, it is easy to deck the wine rack with Get an early start on next year’s list by paying attention to
their favorite. Select a gift they will love by thinking everyone’s favorite and you will dazzle them
about the wine they ordered when you joined them for year after year!
dinner at a restaurant or in their home. To mix it up, ~Cheers
pick a wine based on the season. Reds, such as Cabernet ~Keep the conversation going and
Sauvignon, Bordeaux, Syrah, and Malbecs, tend to warm the wine flowing!
us up in the colder months. They have a higher alcohol Follow the Vine at: www.
content and are typically served at room temperature. VineVibeUncorked.com.

If this is your first year filing for homestead exemption,
the property appraiser’s office recommends using our
easy online E-file system. It’s simple, efficient, and
secure. Log onto pbcgov.org/PAPA and click the E-file
button on the homepage.
You may also file by mail or in person at one of our
five service centers conveniently located throughout
Palm Beach County. The deadline to file a homestead
exemption application is March 1 of the year you’re
applying for and you may pre-file any time after you
take ownership of the property and become a permanent
resident of Florida. You and/or your spouse must not
be receiving a residency-based exemption on any other
property in Florida or in another state.
Office Closed Due To

Upcoming Holidays

The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office
(including all of our service centers) will be closed the
following days during the upcoming holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 24
• Friday, Dec. 25
• Friday, Jan. 1, 2021
Happy Holidays to you all!

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