What types of library cards are offered?

Card Type Audience Borrowing Limit Holds Expiration Verification
Tacoma Card Tacoma residents and property owners, City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public School employees, Puyallup Tribe members, local military stationed abroad

100 items

$100 fee limit

25 physical

20 digital

6 years Proof of address + ID
Community Card Organizations in Tacoma

100 items

$100 fee limit

25 physical

20 digital

6 years Proof of affiliation + ID
Neighbor Card Reciprocal borrowers (KCLS, Pierce, Puyallup, Seattle)

100 items

$100 fee limit

25 physical

20 digital

6 years Proof of address + ID
Paid Card Residents of Roy, Fircrest, Ruston, Carbonado

100 items

$100 fee limit

25 physical

20 digital

6 months or 1 year Proof of address + ID + payment
Quick Card Unhoused, transient, youth without ID

10 items

$50 fee limit

5 physical

20 digital

2 years None
Pathway Card Tacoma Public Schools students/teachers

5 items (students only)

Digital items (staff and students)

5 physical (students only)

20 digital

1 year Automatic through TPS enrollment