RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2025 LAKELAND, Fla. – People in Polk County have another new option for services like vehicle registration renewals, title transfers, and parking placards; the Polk County Tax Collector’s partnership with private tag agency Dealer Services Network (DSN) means another location is now available to customers. Express …
Process of Getting a Learner’s License is Changing: List of Approved Driver’s Ed Providers is Released
RELEASE DATE: JULY 30, 2025 On August 1, 2025, a new state law will take effect, increasing Learner’s License requirements so that 14 to 18-year-olds must take a 6-hour Driver Education Traffic Safety (DETS) course before receiving their Learner’s License. POLK COUNTY, Fla. –Florida teens will face a new requirement …
Kids Tag Art Celebrates Fundraising For the Arts in Annual Check Presentation
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 10, 2025 BARTOW, Fla. – The future is as bright as the colorfully creative bumpers adorned with Kids Tag Art license plates! Kids Tag Art (KTA), founded by Polk County Tax Collector Joe G. Tedder, has wrapped its 19th program year. On Tuesday evening, June 10, 2025, …
Polk County Tax Collector’s Office Will Be Closed On Good Friday
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 14, 2025 POLK COUNTY, Fla. – The Office of the Tax Collector for Polk County will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025, in observance of Good Friday. This includes all service center locations in Bartow, Davenport, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales, and Lakeland. The Tax Collector’s regular …
Tax Collector Launches Project to Preserve Historic Lakeland Building
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 19, 2025 Impacts will be felt throughout Polk County. Repairs to the Lakeland Service Center will significantly reduce the number of customers it can see daily during this necessary building maintenance. The Tax Collector is calling on customers to visit other locations or take advantage of online, …
ON SALE NOW: Tax Collector Encourages Kids Tag Art License Plate Sales in Support of Elementary Teachers
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 7, 2025 POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Put some color on your bumper! Tax Collector Joe G. Tedder is happy to announce this year’s Kids Tag Art (KTA) is now on sale at www.KidsTagArt.com. Tedder encourages people to purchase these special [vanity] plates as a fundraiser for elementary …
Kids Tag Art Awards Event Will Recognize Fifth Grade License Plate Artists
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 3, 2025 LAKELAND, Fla. – Students in Polk County are learning about local government through art, while also raising money for their teachers! These talented fifth graders will be honored and celebrated at the 19th annual Kids Tag Art (KTA) Awards of Distinction (AoD) ceremony on Tuesday …
Polk County Tax Collector’s Office Will Be Closed to Customers for Presidents’ Day
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 13. 2025 BARTOW, Fla. – All five of the Polk County Tax Collector’s service centers and call center will be closed to customers on Monday, February 17, 2025. On this Presidents’ Day, Tax Collector staff will be off-site in a valuable training session. All Tax Collector locations …
Congratulations! The Tax Collector’s Annual Customer Service Survey SWEEPSTAKES Winner’s Name is Drawn
FEBRUARY 10, 2025 LAKELAND, Fla. – The Polk County Tax Collector’s annual Customer Service Survey Sweepstakes winner has been chosen. The prize, a Publix gift card, goes to a local Lakeland family. Congratulations to Mercedes! The names of all customers who completed the survey were entered into a random drawing, …
Polk County Tax Collector’s Office Will Be Closed for MLK Jr. Day
RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 16, 2025 BARTOW, Fla. – All Polk County Tax Collector’s Office locations will be closed in observance of the holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on Monday, January 20, 2025. All Tax Collector locations will resume regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Tuesday, January …