Find out if you re owed money from the circuit court clerks
Ken Suarez reports
TAMPA, Fla. - There s usually no such thing as free money. There always has to be strings attached, but not in this case.
Right now, circuit court clerks around the state are writing up lists of people who are owed money. If your name is on one of those lists, you could get at least $100, maybe much more.
The money comes from a variety of sources. The courts may have sent you a check for being a juror, and it may have gone to the wrong address, or it may have gone to the right address, and you didn’t realize it.
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Polk County will offer a new wave of rent and utility assistance to residents who have been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stacy Butterfield, Polk s comptroller and clerk of courts, announced Tuesday the county received an additional $21.8 million in federal funding to provide rental and utility assistance. It s always nice to get that in, then help the people of the county, Commission Chairman Rick Wilson said.
When will the funds be available?
County Manager Bill Beasley said the funds will become available in the upcoming weeks once the county has had a chance to adjust its Polk CARES guidelines to match the latest federal stipulations.