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Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office

Dear Taxpayer: Thank you for allowing me to serve as your property simply keep the card as your receipt that you have been
As we say goodbye to appraiser. I wish you and your families a safe and happy automatically renewed for another year. However, if there
2021, I want to share some holiday season. is a change to ownership due to a sale, marriage, divorce,
thoughts on the past 12 Respectfully, death, or change in property use, call our office at (561)
months and highlight some Dorothy Jacks, CFA, AAS, 355-2866 or email us at MyExemption@pbcgov.org.
of our accomplishments. Palm Beach County Property Appraiser If you’ve not yet filed for a homestead exemption, it’s
This was an exceptional We Value What You Value easy to e-file online. You may also file by mail or in person
year, as my office was at one of our five service centers. The deadline to file a
recognized w ith the homestead exemption application is March 1 of the year
Certificate of Excellence in Homestead Exemption you’re applying for and you may file any time after you
Assessment Administration Receipt Cards Mailed Late take ownership of the property and become a permanent
from the largest professional resident of Florida. To qualify, you and/or your spouse must
association in our industry. I am proud of every single December not be receiving a residency-based exemption on any other
one of the 230 qualified employees in my office, as we property in Florida or in another state.
retain more credentialed appraisal experts than any other On the last business day in the month of December,
jurisdiction in the United States. We determine the taxable the Property Appraiser’s office mails a pink and white Holiday Office Closures
value of more than 648,000 parcels and nearly 60,000 homestead exemption receipt card to every property owner
tangible personal property accounts in the county. in Palm Beach County with a homestead exemption. If there The Palm Beach County
In 2021, Palm Beach County property values continued are no changes to the use and/or ownership of the property, Property Appraiser’s Office and
their steady growth, increasing 5.72 percent from 2020. all of our service centers
Westlake, Briny Breezes, and Jupiter Inlet Colony showed will be closed the following
the largest percentage of value increase from 2020 to days during the holiday
2021. Overall, the market value of all Palm Beach County season:
property is more than $309 billion. More interesting • Friday, Dec. 24
statistics and figures can be found at pbcgov.org/PAPA. • Monday, Dec. 27
As Florida law requires my office to value property • Friday, Dec. 31
based on the status of the real estate market and the Happy Holidays!
property as of Jan. 1 each year, my staff are already
gathering information for 2022 assessments. I want to
thank each employee in my office for their hard work and
commitment to accuracy and excellence.
As we look forward to 2022, my office may encounter
new challenges and trends, but our mission remains
the same: to value property, administer exemptions, Dreaming up the ideal
and maintain ownership records for the county fairly, retirement is your job.
equitably, and in accordance with Florida law. Helping you get there
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