St. Lucie County Government

St. Lucie County splits public business between the Board of County Commissioners and five separately elected constitutional officers, so the right office depends on the errand: records and courts, property values, tax bills and tags, voting, or county services.

The Supervisor of Elections guide to elected and appointed officials lists each St. Lucie County constitutional office with its address and phone (St. Lucie County guide to elected and appointed officials), and the county home page links the same five offices under its Government menu, beside links for the two cities and St. Lucie Village (St. Lucie County home page). The table pairs common errands with the office that handles them.

Each constitutional officer is elected countywide to a four-year term, according to the same St. Lucie County guide, which lists the Sheriff's and the four other officers' January 2029 term dates alongside their contact details. Last verified: October 22, 2026, against the St. Lucie County officials guide, the county home page and the Clerk, Property Appraiser, Tax Collector and Supervisor of Elections contact pages.

A five-member Board of County Commissioners, one member for each district, governs St. Lucie County, and the officials guide lists an appointed County Administrator and an appointed County Attorney beside the board.

Florida law requires five commissioner districts in each county, numbered one to five and kept as nearly equal in population as practicable, and bars the board from changing district lines in the 270 days before a regular general election for the board (Florida Statutes section 124.01). In St. Lucie County, the officials guide says commissioners serve four-year terms, must live in their district at the time of election and are elected by all registered voters in the county (officials guide, Board of County Commissioners).

The St. Lucie County Board of County Commission meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. and the third Tuesday at 9 a.m., in the 3rd floor Commission Chambers at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, according to the same guide. The county home page links a Meeting Portal, a BOCC meeting calendar, minutes and agendas, a commissioner lookup and the list of advisory boards and committees (county home page), and the board's own page notes that County Commission meetings are available as on-demand video (St. Lucie County Board of County Commissioners page). The same board page credits a voter-approved referendum with securing more than 11,000 acres of environmentally sensitive land for conservation and passive recreation.

Most St. Lucie County offices sit in a handful of shared buildings: 2300 Virginia Avenue in Fort Pierce, the South County Annex in St. Lucie West, the Walton Road annex and the Tradition office in Port St. Lucie.

The Tax Collector lists three offices: Fort Pierce at 2300 Virginia Avenue, Walton Road at 1664 SE Walton Road, Port St. Lucie, and Tradition at 10264 SW Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie, with one phone, 772-462-1650 (St. Lucie County Tax Collector contact page). The Supervisor of Elections lists its main office in the Renaissance Business Park at 4132 Okeechobee Rd., Fort Pierce, plus counters in the St. Lucie West South County Annex, the Walton Rd County Administration Annex and inside the Tax Collector's Tradition office, all at (772) 462-1500 (St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections home page). The Property Appraiser works from 2300 Virginia Avenue and 250 NW Country Club Drive (Property Appraiser home page), and the Clerk keeps a branch in the South County Annex (Clerk locations page).

Hours differ by office. At Fort Pierce and Walton Road the Tax Collector is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, booking appointments until 2 p.m. and taking walk-ins from 2:30 p.m.; the Tradition office stays open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and books Saturday appointments between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Tax Collector hours). The Clerk's offices are open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays (Clerk hours).

St. Lucie County property tax bills combine rates from the County Commission, the School Board, the Fire District, the cities and several regional and special districts, each of which holds its own budget hearing.

The Property Appraiser's taxing authority table lists every authority with its 2025 final, 2026 rollback and 2026 proposed millage and the place and phone for its hearing (St. Lucie County taxing authority rates and hearings). County Commission units, including the General Fund, the Law Enforcement MSTU, Stormwater Management, the Transit MSTU and Mosquito Control, list hearings at 2300 Virginia Ave, 3rd Floor, Fort Pierce, 772-462-1670. School Board levies list hearings at 9461 Brandywine Ln, Port Saint Lucie, the Fire District at 5160 NW Milner Dr, Port Saint Lucie, and the South Florida Water Management District in West Palm Beach.

The Property Appraiser's TRIM notice, mailed in mid-August, carries each authority's proposed rate and hearing for a specific parcel (Property Appraiser TRIM notice page).

The St. Lucie County Tax Collector handles property tax payments, motor vehicle and driver license services, the county business tax receipt, the tourist development tax and hunting and fishing licenses.

The Tax Collector's services page says St. Lucie County Local Business Tax Receipt Ordinance Number 07-016 requires all businesses or professions located in the county to obtain a County Business Tax Receipt, and it puts the tourist development tax, which it also calls the bed or resort tax, at 5% of the revenue from living quarters rented for six months or less (St. Lucie County Tax Collector services). The same page covers motorist services, senior citizen driver license information, concealed weapon permits and in-person appointments at any of the three St. Lucie County offices.

The Tax Collector's contact page adds practical detail: driver license services run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Fort Pierce and Walton Road and from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Tradition, mail goes to P.O. Box 308, Fort Pierce, FL 34954, and email to taxcollector@tcslc.com is a public record under Florida law (Tax Collector contact page). The St. Lucie County tax collector, property tax bills, tourist development tax and business tax receipt guides cover each service step by step.

The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections handles voter registration, vote-by-mail requests, precinct lookups and early voting information, from a main office on Okeechobee Road in Fort Pierce and counters in Port St. Lucie.

The Supervisor of Elections home page lists its popular services as voter status and ballot tracking, sample ballots, a precinct finder, early voting and election dates, voter registration, election results, vote-by-mail requests and poll worker sign up, and it publishes phone lines in English, (772) 462-1500, and Spanish, (772) 448-5169 (Supervisor of Elections home page). Its offices are in the Renaissance Business Park, formerly the Orange Blossom Business Center, at 4132 Okeechobee Rd., Fort Pierce, in the St. Lucie West South County Annex, in the Walton Rd County Administration Annex and inside the Tradition Tax Collector office.

The same St. Lucie County office publishes the guide to elected and appointed officials used throughout this page, revised October 19, 2026, which lists federal, state, county, city, school board and special district officials with addresses, phones and term dates (officials guide). Election dates, early voting hours and polling place changes are posted on the Supervisor of Elections site as each election approaches.

Each St. Lucie County government guide answers one office or one task, and every government guide is linked in the list below.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court guide covers both Clerk counters, the fee schedule, records requests and the marriage, passport and jury services, and the court case search guide in the St. Lucie County guides section explains how to look up a case. The Property Appraiser guide explains values, the August TRIM notice, millage, exemptions and Value Adjustment Board petitions. The South County Annex guide covers the shared county building in St. Lucie West, and Port St. Lucie has its own city government guide for city services.