Water

Electricity

Gas

Phone

Cable T.V.

Garbage

Emergency

Hospitals

Vehicle Registration

Driver’s Licences

Sun Pass

Voters Registration for Palm Beach County

Boca Raton City Hall
201 West Palmetto Park Road , Boca Raton , Florida
Tel: 561-393-7742
345 S. Congress Avenue , Delray Beach , Florida
Tel: 561-276-1226

Main Post Office

Library

Palm Beach County Library
561-482-4554
Boca Raton Library
561-393-7852

Pressure Cleaning

Way Beyond Pressure Cleaning LLC – Residential, Commercial and Industrial
Concrete, Sidewalk, Driveways, Roof, Pavers, Ceilings And More…
561-441-1798

Palm Beach County Clerk’s Office

Marriage License & passport applications as well as Traffic & parking Ticket payment service are available from a mobile unit outside the Boca Raton City Police Station at 100 NW Boca Raton Blvd. From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Civil Div. Tel: 561-274-1588
Criminal Div. Tel: 561-274-1530
Web site is at: www.pbcountyclerk.com

Tax Collector

If you do not receive your tax bill by November, you can call the
Tax Collector at 561-355-2264.

Social Security Office

14548 South Military Trail
Delray Beach , Florida 33484
Tel: 561-495-4198, Fax: 561-498-7535, TDD: 561-498-3729
Directions: located on military Trail north of Atlantic Avenue and south of Lakefront
Blvd and 143rd Place .

South West County Little League Baseball

South County Regional Park

Baseball complex

561-63-PITCH

Homestead Exemption

What it does:

Deducts up to $ 25,000 from the property’s assessed value, lowering your property tax.

Who’s eligible:

All Florida legal residents who hold title to the property and occupy their property as their primary residence on or before January 1st of the tax year the exemption is filed for.

(Legal resident means that the state of Florida must be your legal domicile exclusive of all other states or country)

When to file:

Between January 1st and prior to March 1st.

How to file:

You must appear in person any time prior to march 1st, at one of the offices listed below. You will also need to have a Florida driver’s license, Florida car registration, voter’s registration or declaration of domicile, title policy, recorded deed, phone and electrical bill showing the address on the property that you are filling for exemption on. You will also need to show your social security number.

Where to file:

Palm Beach County Property Appraiser’s Office

501 S. Congress Ave , Rm 150, Delray Beach , Florida 33444 Tel: 561-276-1250

301 N. Olive Ave , 5th floor, W. Palm Beach , Florida 33401 Tel: 561-355-2866

Hours: 8:30am – 5:00pm

Florida law also provides for a $500.00 exemption on property taxes for an unremarried widow(er); serviceman with at least a 10% service connected disability or a resident certified to be legally blind and/or totally and permanently disabled by two licensed Florida physicians who are professionally unrelated or by the veteran’s administration. In addition certain disabled persons are entitled to a total exemption from property taxes- for details, one must consult one of the property appraiser’s office.

You can visit the Website at:

http:// www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/propapp

Identity Theft

If someone has used your personal identification to fraudulently establish credit, report the incident as quickly as possible to all your credit card companies and financial institutions and to each of the credit reporting agencies as listed below and request that a fraud alert be placed on your file.

Experian Tel: 888-397-3742

Equifax Tel: 800-525-6285

Trans Union Tel: 800-680-7289

Obtain a copy of your credit report from each of the credit reporting agencies. Check to see whether any additional accounts were opened without your consent or whether unauthorized charges were billed to any of your bank or credit card accounts. To request copies of your credit reports call:

Experian Tel: 888-397-3742

Equifax Tel: 800-685-1111

Trans Union Tel: 800-916-8800

To contact the credit reporting agencies for general information:

Experian Information Services

P. O. Box # 2104

Allen , TX 75013-2104

888-397-3742

Transunion Corp.

P. O. Box # 2000

Chester , PA 19022

800-888-4213

Equifax Credit Info. Services

P. O. Box # 105873

Atlanta , GA 30348

800-685-1111

Contact the Social Security Administration’s fraud hotline at 800-269-0271 to report the unauthorized use of your personal identification information.

Contact the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles to see whether the department has issued an unauthorized license number in your name. If so, notify them that you are a victim of identity theft.

File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by contacting the FTC’s Identity Theft Hotline by telephone: 1-877-IDTHEFT; TDD: 202-326-2502; by mail: Identity Theft Clearinghouse, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW , Washington , D.C. 20580-0001 or online: www.consumer.gov/idtheft. Ask for a copy of ID THEFT: “When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name”, a free comprehensive guide to help you guard against and recover from identity theft.

Marketing Lists

You can limit the marketing material you receive through the mail, by telephone or by e-mail. If you would like to reduce the amount of advertising material you receive from other companies, you can write to the Direct Marketing Association at the appropriate address listed below. You must provide your name, address and phone number with your request.

Mail Preference Service

C/o Direct Marketing Assn.

P. O. Box # 9008

Farmingdale,N.Y.11735

Telephone Preference Service

C/o Direct Marketing Assn.

P. O.Box # 9014

Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735-9014

E-Mail Preference Service

WWW.e-mps.org

Other Important Phone Numbers To Know

Palm Beach County Health Department
561-840-4500

Palm Beach County Public Information
561-355-2754 – Florida

Poison Information Network
800-282-3171

Poison control
800-222-1222

Anthrax Hotline
800-342-3557

Hurricane information
561-393-7800

Beach conditions
561-276-3990

Sunshine State One Call

800-432-4770

(DON’T DIG INTO DANGER CALL FIRST)