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 …
UPDATE: Teens Have Until July 31 to Avoid New Driver’s Ed Requirement
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 24, 2025 After July 31, 2025, a new state law will increase Learner’s License requirements. POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Big changes are coming to learner’s licenses in Florida. A new state law, which was originally scheduled to take effect July 1, will now take effect August 1. The …
Deadline Looms: Teens Have One Week to Avoid New Driver’s Ed Requirement
Updated: June 24, 2025 After July 31, 2025, a new state law will increase Learner’s License requirements. POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Big changes are coming to learner’s licenses in Florida. A new state law, which takes effect July 1, will increase requirements so that those who wish to secure a …
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, …
Scammers Pose as Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Officials in New Text Message Fraud Scheme
RELEASE DATE: MAY 27, 2025 POLK COUNTY, Fla. –The Tax Collector’s Office for Polk County (TCPC) is alerting customers to be aware of a new text message scam in which the sender claims to be  collecting fees from outstanding traffic tickets on behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Customers …
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 …
Student Artist Overcomes Low Vision To Be Honored for Kids Tag Art
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 4, 2025 LAKELAND, Fla. – One student’s low vision is causing a community to see life like never before. Sailor Gammons, 11, is set to be celebrated as one of the Tax Collector’s Award of Distinction (AoD) recipients for the Kids Tag Art (KTA) license plate he …
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 …