St. Lucie County

Fort Pierce

Fort Pierce is an incorporated city and the county seat of St. Lucie County. Start with the city for permits, planning, code, and municipal services inside city limits. The current permit workflow routes one application through development-review agencies before Building and Fire review.

Type: City
County: St. Lucie
Population: 51,737

Data notes

Population source: Census Vintage 2025 subcounty population estimates. Florida Revenue November 2025 county planning row: 21.5570 mills for St. Lucie County. Census GEOID: 1224300.

Local front desk

Fort Pierce uses one application with staged review.

Fort Pierce no longer requires a separate development permit compliance review application. The building permit application moves through the development-review agencies first, then proceeds to Building and Fire review.

Local government

City of Fort Pierce services City departments, records, payments, meetings, resident services, and local government information. Fort Pierce Building Department City applications, digital permitting, staged review, inspections, floodplain records, and permit help.

Property and records

Property appraiser Parcel records, assessed value, exemptions, and taxable value. Tax collector Tax bills, payments, discounts, deferrals, and delinquent-tax questions. Clerk and recorder Deeds, mortgages, official records, court files, and recorded documents.

People and safety

Supervisor of Elections Voter registration, precincts, ballots, and county election information. Emergency management Local alerts, evacuation information, shelters, and storm instructions. School district Enrollment, calendars, district contacts, and the address-based assignment path.

Find the office Match the errand to the office Use the record or service to separate city, county, district, state, and private responsibilities. Find the utility provider Start utility service with the address Water, power, sewer, trash, gas, and internet can follow different service boundaries.

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Address, home, and local records

Home and local tasks in Fort Pierce

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Address and ZIP

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Property tax

St. Lucie County tax planning

The November 2025 county planning row is 21.5570 mills, about $2,156 per $100,000 of taxable value before parcel-specific charges.

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Storm planning

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Permits and records

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Building permits, code cases, liens, zoning, business tax receipts, and utility records may sit with St. Lucie County, a city, or a district.

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Address changes

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Direct Porch Notes

Notes about Fort Pierce

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History and culture

Fort Pierce's Highwaymen story has a self-guided trail

The trail begins at Seven Gables and follows markers, studios, public art, and the Lincoln Park story behind the 26 Florida Highwaymen.

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Useful local context

Notes that mention, illustrate, or sit near Fort Pierce

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History and culture

The Florida Cracker Trail keeps cattle-road memory on modern routes

The Florida Cracker Trail Association's annual ride remembers cattle history between Bradenton and Fort Pierce along a route that changes with modern roads and host ranches.

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History and culture

Navy SEAL Museum keeps Fort Pierce's beach training story visible

The Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce preserves the beach training story of Navy frogmen, Underwater Demolition Teams, and later SEAL history.

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Outdoors

Fort Pierce Inlet keeps the Treasure Coast ocean close

Fort Pierce Inlet State Park gives St. Lucie County a compact ocean, inlet, beach, and surf check.

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Around Fort Pierce

Nearby Florida place pages, ordered by straight-line distance between Census internal points. This is not driving distance.

Fort Pierce South St. Lucie County - about 1 mile away Fort Pierce North St. Lucie County - about 4 miles away White City St. Lucie County - about 4 miles away St. Lucie Village St. Lucie County - about 5 miles away Indian River Estates St. Lucie County - about 6 miles away River Park St. Lucie County - about 7 miles away Lakewood Park St. Lucie County - about 8 miles away South Beach Indian River County - about 10 miles away

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Home and local tasks

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County context

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Data and page limits

Last checked July 26, 2026. Place names, county coverage, GEOIDs, coordinates, and population labels come from the Census sources in the Florida place data used by this site. County tax planning rows use Florida Revenue November 2025 millage data. The local front desk is a reviewed profile of the city and county split, checked July 27, 2026. Direct note relationships and contextual note paths are kept separate. Parcel values, exemptions, permits, school assignments, storm instructions, utility service, private rules, and final bills still depend on the exact address and the official office or document.

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