St. Lucie County Sex Offender Registry

St. Lucie County sex offenders and sexual predators register with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, and all of their information feeds directly into the Florida Department of Law Enforcement statewide database, which any member of the public can search at no cost.

St. Lucie Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Registration

The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office handles all sex offender and sexual predator registration for the county. Registration happens in person at the St. Lucie County Jail's Visitation Building, located at 900 N Rock Rd., Fort Pierce, FL 34945. You cannot register by mail or online. Florida law makes in-person registration mandatory, and St. Lucie County follows that rule without exception.

The registration office is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Note that the office closes for lunch each day. The exact lunch closure runs from 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM, so anyone who shows up during that window will need to wait. The office is also closed on county-recognized holidays. If you are trying to register and are unsure whether the office is open on a particular day, call the Criminal Investigations Division at 772-462-3230 before making the trip.

For registration questions, the Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division is the right contact. Those who want information about St. Lucie County's registered sexual predators and sexual offenders can call CID at 772-462-3230. For direct registration appointments, call 772-462-3465.

The St. Lucie Sheriff's sex offender page outlines what the public can do to get information about registrants in the county.

The Sheriff's Office provides a dedicated resource page for sex offender information, including how residents can look up registrants and set up neighborhood alerts.

Registration Deadlines and State Law

Florida law sets clear timelines for when sex offenders must register. Anyone newly released from incarceration must register within 48 hours of release. Anyone moving into St. Lucie County from another county or state must also register within 48 hours of arriving. That 48-hour window is not a suggestion. Missing it is a criminal offense under Florida law.

The St. Lucie Sheriff's Office explicitly states that felony, sexual offender, sexual predator, and career offender registration is required within 48 hours of being released or within 48 hours of entering St. Lucie County, pursuant to Florida Statutes 775.13, § 943.0435, 775.21-6, and 775.261. These statutes work together to define who must register, what they must report, and how often they must come back.

Under § 775.21, the sexual predator designation is a formal legal status that a court must assign by written order. That status comes with stricter requirements than the standard offender registration. Predators must re-register quarterly, every three months, while standard sex offenders re-register twice a year. Both schedules involve in-person appearances at the Sheriff's Office.

Residency restrictions apply statewide under § 775.215. Registered sex offenders in St. Lucie County cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare center, park, playground, or similar location where children routinely gather. These limits apply throughout the county, including in unincorporated areas and within city limits.

What Registration Requires

Registration is not just a name and address. State law specifies what information a sex offender must provide each time they register. That list includes full legal name, Social Security number, date of birth, age, race, and sex. It also includes physical descriptors: height, weight, hair color, and eye color. A photograph is taken at each registration. The registrant must provide their current residential address, any temporary addresses, vehicle information, and all electronic contact information including email addresses and instant messaging names.

Employment location and the date and place of each conviction are also collected. Fingerprints are taken. The registrant must provide a brief description of the crime or crimes they were convicted of. All of this goes into the FDLE database where it can be accessed by the public. If someone's information changes after they register, they must report those changes within 48 hours. That includes new phone numbers, new vehicles, address changes, and changes to online accounts.

One thing registrants cannot do is use a P.O. box as their address. A physical residential address is required. If someone lives in a motor vehicle, trailer, or mobile home, they must provide the vehicle identification number, license tag number, registration number, and a physical description including color scheme. The same level of detail applies to anyone living on a vessel or houseboat, where the hull identification number and manufacturer's serial number must be disclosed.

Searching the FDLE Registry for St. Lucie County

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement maintains the official statewide sex offender and sexual predator registry at offender.fdle.state.fl.us. This is the primary tool for searching registered offenders in St. Lucie County. You can filter results by county, city, ZIP code, or name. Searching by St. Lucie County returns all registrants with active addresses anywhere in the county, from Fort Pierce to Port St. Lucie to unincorporated areas.

Each FDLE profile includes the registrant's photo, physical description, registered address, offense history, and whether they carry the sexual predator designation. Predator profiles are labeled clearly. The database is updated regularly as offenders register and re-register, though there can be some lag between a registration event and the online update. If you need the most current information on a specific person, calling the Sheriff's Office directly at 772-462-3230 is the fastest way to get it.

The FDLE offender search tool also lets you search by a radius around a specific address. That feature is useful for parents checking who is registered within a mile or two of their home, a school, or a park. Results can be mapped, making it easier to see the geographic spread of registrants in a given area.

The FDLE statewide registry gives St. Lucie County residents direct access to sex offender and sexual predator records for the entire state.

The FDLE homepage serves as the statewide hub for sex offender information, with search tools that cover St. Lucie County and all 67 Florida counties.

Neighborhood Alerts for St. Lucie Residents

The St. Lucie Sheriff's Office encourages residents to sign up for alerts when sex offenders move into their neighborhood or near their business. The free alert service runs through Florida Offender Alert, which is a statewide notification system tied to the FDLE registry. You choose the ZIP codes or areas you want to monitor, and the system sends an email any time a registered sex offender or sexual predator registers a new address in that area.

This matters because people move. An offender who registers in Port St. Lucie one month may update to a new address the next. The FDLE database reflects those changes, and the Florida Offender Alert system picks them up automatically. Residents who rely on periodic manual searches may miss those updates. The alert service fills that gap by watching continuously. It costs nothing to sign up, and you can monitor multiple areas if you have property in more than one part of the county or the state.

Businesses that operate near parks, schools, or other areas where children gather often use the alert system as well. It is a practical way to stay informed without having to manually check the registry on a regular schedule.

Cities in St. Lucie County

St. Lucie County's largest city is Port St. Lucie, which has its own police department and local law enforcement presence. Registered sex offenders living within Port St. Lucie city limits still register with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, as the Sheriff handles county-wide registration under state law.

Nearby Counties

Sex offenders who move out of St. Lucie County must notify the Sheriff's Office and then register with their new county's law enforcement agency within 48 hours of moving. The counties bordering St. Lucie each have their own registration offices and enforcement procedures.