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Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayer: to create customized, specialized reports and maps based on the please contact public services support at (561) 355-
Hello May! taxpayer’s needs. 2881 or pa-pubsvc@pbcgov.org. Fees for reports and
My staff is busy Last year, the Public Services Support team, a group of five, programming can be found at pbcgov.com/PAPA.
completing preparations for managed:
the 2021 estimated taxable • 733 Data Run Requests/Variances – This includes address Home Values
property values, which will labels, maps, owner’s lists, and variances for when a taxpayer’s
be released to all Palm Beach planned use of their property deviates from local zoning. And Property Taxes
County taxing authorities • 109 Archive Records – This includes tax rolls and building
later this month. Specific cards. Some of our records date back to 1977, and homeowners Your ad valorem property tax bill is based on two
details will be forthcoming. request these records for income tax purposes. They usually want components: the value of your home and the tax rate, or millage.
In the meantime, I’d like to know the value when the property changed hands. If home values increase, tax bills do not necessarily have to
to provide an update on one • 144 Impact Fee Records – This is a request for a building increase as the millage/tax rate could be reduced.
of my top priorities when I became your property appraiser card from builders or homeowners who are searching to see if Both home values and proposed millage are revealed
in 2017: shortening the petition process for taxpayers. a structure ever existed on a vacant lot, and if so, its square feet, in the Notice of Proposed Property Taxes that will be
Property owners who would like to appeal an assessed number of bedrooms, baths, etc. If there was a structure, they can mailed to all property owners in August. If you feel that
value or denied exemption can file a petition with the Value submit the building card to the Palm Beach County Planning, the market value of your property is inaccurate, you have
Adjustment Board (VAB), which is administered by the Zoning and Building Department for an impact fee credit. the right to file a petition for adjustment with the Value
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller. Once all VAB • 93 Custom/Specialized Reports – This could encompass Adjustment Board through the Clerk of the Circuit Court
hearings have been conducted, the final tax roll – and all any number of requests, such as: and Comptroller. If you would like to address your tax
changes approved by the VAB – is certified. ◦ Information from the tax roll by assessed value rate, you have the right to speak to the elected officials
Shortening the timeframe of the tax roll’s final certification ◦ The number of homestead properties in certain cities who levy taxes at the public meetings listed in your notice.
allows my staff to focus all their efforts on the next tax roll. ◦ The entire tax roll or appraisal database file for the For more information, visit pbcgov.org/PAPA or contact
In 2019, we decreased the timeframe by nearly a month. current year Residential Appraisal Services at (561) 355-2883 or myhouse@
This year, despite taking part in numerous hearings, my staff ◦ Daily/monthly sales updates pbcgov.org.
successfully integrated telephonic technology to make this ○ Subdivision reports
the most efficient year yet. ○ All vacant properties Office Closed In Honor
We will continue to work with the VAB to streamline ○ Spreadsheets listing information for certain cities
the process and ensure efficiency and transparency for all ○ All properties in an estate Of Memorial Day
taxpayers in Palm Beach County. ○ All single family homes or a list by property use code
In this month’s newsletter, we’ll review numbers from ○ Certain properties by subdivision or labels for certain The Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office
the Public Services Support Department, which handles most areas (including all of our Service Centers) will be closed in
public records requests for my office. From address labels ○Vector and situs files honor of Memorial Day on Monday, May 31. We honor the
to customized reports, no matter how complex the request Did You Know? Our office occasionally receives requests for courageous men and women who died in military service
is, my staff is responsive and operates in a timely manner. a listing of residences that have certain breeds of dog. Though we for our country. Let us gratefully remember their sacrifice
Respectfully, do manage a vast array of parcel data, “We do not track pooches,” for our freedom and prosperity.
Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, as our specialist put it.
Palm Beach County Property Appraiser If you are interested in any special reports or maps, Local Government on page 11
Public Services Support

Department

The Public Services Support department receives and
processes hundreds of public records requests annually. Data is
derived from our geographical information system and appraisal/ LEADING THE WAY IN
tax roll systems. We have several standard reports and are able
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