Kelly County Government
The coast is
coming back.
Kelly County runs property tax, the tourist tax for motels and rentals, and elections for Port Gellhorn and the Gulf towns.
Contact
Get in touch with Kelly County
County offices open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Tourist Tax Office, Tuesday to Friday.
Hurricane season
Hurricane season runs through November 30. Know your evacuation zone, keep a seven-day kit ready and sign up for LeoAlert to get official warnings by text.
01County services
Back in business, slowly.
Taxes, the tourist tax, records and elections: the county’s most requested services, for every town along the Gulf.
- Property taxCheck your assessment, apply for the homestead exemption and pay at the tax collector of any county.Start online
- MonthlyTourist development taxThe monthly tax on motel rooms and short-term rentals, which funds the beach clean-up and the reopening of the waterfront.How to file
- Boardwalk vendor permitsSell food, crafts or bait, or play music, on the reopened Port Gellhorn boardwalk: one stand, one season at a time.Get a permit
- Register to voteRegister, update your address or check your polling place.Start online
- Birth & death certificatesOrder certified copies of vital records, delivered in five business days.Start online
- 58,300residents
- 46miles of Gulf coast
- 12motels reopened this year
02On the map
Where to find us.
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Open the State mapCartography: Yanis & gtadb.org, CC BY 4.0
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