Unfortunately, you cannot. You have to visit the Brazil Public Library in person to get a Library Card. You must bring proof of your residence.

Public libraries in Indiana are funded primarily through property taxes within their library districts.

If you live within the Brazil Public Library district or are a qualifying real property taxpayer, your library service is supported through those taxes.

If you live outside the district and don't otherwise qualify for library service, Indiana law requires the library to charge a nonresident fee for a local library card. The minimum fee is based on the library's operating expenditure per capita.

So there are different ways library service is funded—but library service has to be funded.

The Brazil Public Library doesn't set the underlying state funding structure.

Because you don't contribute to the library through property taxes within the library district. Indiana law requires libraries to charge eligible nonresidents a fee for a local library card.

Individuals who live outside the library district and do not otherwise qualify for library service do not contribute to the library through those property taxes. Indiana law requires public libraries to charge a fee to certain nonresidents who wish to receive a local library card. The minimum fee is tied to the library's operating expenditure per capita, with the library board permitted to establish a higher fee.

Residents and qualifying real property taxpayers support the library through property taxes and therefore may use the library without a local library-card fee.

The fee is based on the way library service is funded in Indiana and the operating cost per person. The library has to meet the state's requirements for nonresident cards. We did try to make it more flexible by offering three-, six-, and twelve-month options.