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 will resume their regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Tuesday, February 18.
The Tax Collector’s private tag agency partners First Lakeland Tag Agency and Express Auto Tags of Winter Haven will be open for their regular business hours during this time, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Any Polk County residents who need vehicle title services or to renew their vehicle registrations can do so by visiting one of these tag agencies, or they can renew their vehicle registrations using the KIOSK service located at the Grove Park Publix store in Lakeland.
For more information or to make an appointment for services during regular Tax Collector hours, please visit www.PolkTaxes.com.
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About the Office of Joe G. Tedder, Tax Collector for Polk County, Florida;
Joe G. Tedder is elected by the people of Polk County to serve as their Tax Collector. The Office of Tax Collector is provided in Florida’s Constitution to serve in the state’s political subdivisions known as counties. The Tax Collector’s Office for Polk County has service centers in Bartow, Lakeland, Davenport, and Lake Wales. The Tax Collector’s Office serves over 720,000 residents in Polk County, offering services such as: Driver licenses and identification cards; motor vehicle registrations, decals, license plates, titles and disabled person parking placards; real estate and tangible personal property taxes; county local business taxes; tourist development taxes; concealed weapons license applications and renewals; and, other services.