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​Palm Beach County operates under transparency in accordance with the Florida Sunshine Open Records Law. The Public Records Coordinator in Public Affairs ensures requests are processed through the proper departments under the Board of County Commissioners.  As shown in the boxes below, several Departments and Constitutional Offices handle their own requests.

 If you are seeking any of the records listed below, please contact these offices directly.

What Records Are You Looking For?

 

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT & COMPTROLLER publicrecords@mypalmbeachclerk.com mypalmbeachclerk.com/records/public-records-requests 561-355-2983
Court Records, Tax Deeds, Adoptions, Marriage licenses, Lawsuits, Probate, Wills, Plats, Uncashed Checks
ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS ENG-ActionCenter@pbc.gov pbc.gov/epw 561-684-4012
Road Projects, Traffic Signs & Signals, Design Plans, Right of Way Maps
FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT & OPERATIONS FDORecordsrequest@pbc.gov pbc.gov/fdo/ 561-233-0220
Capital Improvements, Construction of County Buildings, Property and Real Estate Management
HEALTH DEPARTMENT PublicRecordsRequest@flhealth.gov floridahealth.gov/about-us/public-records/ 850-245-4005
Environmental & Public Health Records  
PBC LIBRARY SYSTEM publicrecords@pbclibrary.org pbclibrary.org/faq/public-records-requests/ 561-233-2799
Frequently Asked Questions Sunshine Law & Exemptions  
PBC TV pbctv@pbc.gov Video Records Request Form 561-355-4573
Video records of county government meetings  
PLANNING, ZONING & BUILDING PZBPublicRecords@pbc.gov pbcgov.com/eprr/pzb/ 561-233-5001
Building Records (Permits, Plans and Surveys), Planning and Zoning submittals, Code Enforcement Violations
PROPERTY APPRAISER pa-publicrecords@pbcpao.gov pbcpao.gov 561-355-2881
Property Records, Foreclosures, Liens, Homestead Exemption  
PROCUREMENT PUR-PublicRecordsRequest@pbc.gov pbc.gov/procurement 561-616-6846
Contracts for non-construction related commodities via the IFB, RFP, RFQ and RFS solicitation process.
SCHOOL DISTRICT PublicRecords@palmbeachschools.org palmbeachschools.org/school-board/public-records-requests 561-738-2788
  School Records  
SHERIFF'S OFFICE emailcentralrecords@pbso.org pbso.org/inside-pbso/general/central-records 561-688-3140
  Criminal / Arrest Records  
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS publicrecords@votepalmbeach.com votepalmbeach.gov/251/Public-Records 561-656-6200
  Voting Records
TAX COLLECTOR ClientAdvocate@pbctax.com pbctax.gov/resources/public-record-request/ 561-355-2264
Tax Information, Driver License Renewal, Hunting & Fishing Licenses, Business Licenses

 

Public Affairs Directory

Public Affairs Divisions

Related Links

Sunshine Laws & Exemptions

County policy on public records requests and fees (PPM/CW-F-002)

Florida Statutes Public Records Chapter 119​


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For All Other Public Records Under the Board of County Commissioners

Contact:

Public Affairs Department
301 N. Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL  33401
Email:  recordsrequest@pbc.gov
Telephone:  561-355-6680
Fax:  561-355-3819

Fees for public records are based on the time it takes to retrieve and review the requested documents.
In accordance with F.S. 119.07(4).

 

If the nature or volume of public records requested requires extensive use of information technology resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by personnel of the agency involved, or both, the agency may charge, in addition to the actual cost of duplication, a special service charge, which shall be reasonable and shall be based on the cost incurred for such extensive use of information technology resources or the labor cost of the personnel providing the service that is actually incurred by the agency or attributable to the agency for the clerical and supervisory assistance required, or both.

Sunshine Laws & Exemptions

 

 

 
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