Replacing a lost or destroyed Library Card

You must have a valid Tacoma Public Library card to check out all library materials.

Lost or Destroyed Library Cards
If your library card is lost or stolen, you must report it immediately to any branch of the Tacoma Public Library. You are responsible for all library materials checked-out on your card until you declare the card missing and have a stop placed on your record.
A Tacoma Public Library card which is declared lost or destroyed may no longer be used to borrow materials, even if it is subsequently located by the person to whom it was issued. Once a card has been declared lost or stolen the card number will no longer work with our computer system.
If you have declared your card missing or destroyed you must re apply for a new library card. To do this, you must present current, acceptable photo identification (driver’s license, passport, visa, INS card, or state, military, local school or employee id.), verify your home address, and pay in full all outstanding charges on your record before a new card will be issued.
There is a $1.00 charge to replace each lost or damaged Tacoma Public Library card.

Annual Library Card Update
The Tacoma Public Library updates all cardholder registrations once each year. To update a personal registration, we ask each patron, upon presentation of the Library card at check-out to state his/her name, residential address and telephone number. On occasion the Library may ask a patron state their date of birth and/or present photo identification to verify this information. Library cards issued to non residents, to Tacoma property or business owners, and to agencies have different annual update requirements. All library fines must be paid in full in order to complete the annual registration update. You must present your library card in order to update it. A card is not valid until it is updated.
A Tacoma Public Library card is your key to a universe of information and entertainment. We hope you will cherish it, guard it, and use it wisely

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