St. Lucie County Jail

Type it into St. Lucie County Inmate Search. A brand-new St. Lucie booking might not show yet; recheck later today. If she still isn't listed, phone the St. Lucie jail at 772-462-3450 and ask if another agency holds her.

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On the same St. Lucie County Inmate Search record. If it is blank, a judge may still need to set one or a hold may apply. Call 772-462-3450 with her full name and date of birth.

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The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, which covers St. Lucie, posts its 2026 local bond schedule as Order 2026-02, with the statewide table (AOSC25-69) attached as Exhibit A. For people not held for the judge, the St. Lucie amounts are: forcible third-degree felony, $5,000; nonforcible, $2,500; forcible first-degree misdemeanor, $1,000; nonforcible, $500; forcible second-degree misdemeanor, $250; nonforcible, $150; first DUI, $500.

At first appearance in St. Lucie, a judge can set any amount, and each charge carries its own bond. Ask the jail to confirm the figure for each charge.

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The list under section 903.011(6) includes people on probation when arrested and anyone accused of robbery. Under Rule 3.130 the first appearance is due within 24 hours after arrest.

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Phone 772-462-3450 before you go. Ask where bond is paid, the hours, whether cash, cashier's check, money order, or card is accepted, and who a check must name. The Sheriff's page does not post bond hours, so rely on the jail desk. Have photo ID and the St. Lucie booking number ready. Get a receipt every time.

The Clerk's Criminal Department, 201 South Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, also handles bond paperwork at 772-462-6900, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ask whether your payment goes to the jail or the clerk.

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No. In St. Lucie, money for calls, tablets, and the store is a deposit and frees no one.

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In St. Lucie, a state bond premium is 10 percent of bail, per the Florida Department of Financial Services, and it is usually kept after release. Agents must use their filed rate (section 648.33). The state says collateral is due back 21 days after the court releases the bond. If there is no release, the premium is refunded. Get terms in writing. Questions or complaints go to the Florida Insurance Consumer Helpline, 877-693-5236.

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Perhaps. Florida allows a private surety only if that person lives in the state or owns real estate in it (section 903.05). Their combined net worth has to reach the bond amount (section 903.08), and they swear to what the property is and what is owed on it (section 903.09). St. Lucie sets its own equity and mobile home rules, so check with the jail or Clerk before anyone signs.

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St. Lucie defendants can raise it at first appearance or through a lawyer's motion. St. Lucie judges weigh the charge, proof, ties, record, and danger (section 903.046). Gather proof of work, family, and an address. The jail cannot change the amount.

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If she can't pay, a St. Lucie judge appoints a lawyer at first appearance (Rule 3.130). Tell the judge you need one, and ask the Clerk's Criminal Department at 772-462-6900 for the hearing date and courtroom.

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Ask the jail at 772-462-3450 whether a hold is attached, and ask the Clerk's Criminal Department at 772-462-6900 which cases are open. In St. Lucie, an outside warrant or probation hold can keep someone jailed even after bond is paid.

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Get the report number from the police department and ask where she is being kept. Then check St. Lucie County Inmate Search. The Sheriff and Clerk pages do not list any city lockup, so ask the department whether she has already been sent to the county jail. The jail at 772-462-3450 can say if she has arrived.

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The adult search leaves out minors. The St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 1301 Bell Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL 34982, 772-241-6260, is the Department of Juvenile Justice center for St. Lucie, Indian River, Martin, and Okeechobee. Call to confirm where the child is. Only a judge decides whether a youth stays.

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For St. Lucie, Article I, section 14 of the Florida Constitution permits detention without bail in capital or life cases with strong proof, or where release endangers others, risks flight, or threatens the case. Under section 903.0471 a judge may end release if the person commits a new crime or breaks a release condition.

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The bond may be forfeited. St. Lucie's clerk mails notice, and payment is due 60 days later unless discharged (section 903.26). If she is brought back, section 903.28 lets the St. Lucie court refund part of the money, less as time goes on. Her lawyer and the agent should hear about it the same day.

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After the case is over, or by a judge's order, less any unpaid fees, court costs, and penalties on every case tied to the person (section 903.286). The Clerk mails the refund check within 10 days after discharge once you file a refund request form with photo ID, and charges nothing. Ask the Payment Center at 772-462-6950. An agent's premium stays with the agent.

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Be suspicious of gift cards, crypto, payment apps, or a demand to pay within minutes. End the call and phone the St. Lucie jail yourself at 772-462-3450.

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• An ICE detainer (Form I-247A) asks the St. Lucie jail to hold someone longer.
• In St. Lucie, that means up to 48 more hours.
• The St. Lucie clock keeps running on weekends and holidays.
• A St. Lucie bond can be paid while the St. Lucie hold stays.
• The St. Lucie judge who sets bond learns of it (F.S. 908.105).
• Notice also goes to the St. Lucie state attorney.
• Florida law (F.S. 908.11) puts the St. Lucie sheriff in the 287(g) program.
• For St. Lucie, ICE's 287(g) list shows:
  • Task Force Model
  • Warrant Service Officer
• If ICE took someone from St. Lucie, use the ICE locator to find them.

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Port St. Lucie police and St. Lucie deputies don’t jail everyone they charge. For lots of minor misdemeanors they hand over a written notice to appear, and the person heads home that day. Rock Road inmates get first appearance, a brief court hearing, within a day; criminal rule 3.130 sets that 24-hour clock. Until then, the St. Lucie jail can release some people on a bond from the Florida Supreme Court's 2026 statewide schedule (AOSC25-69), which sets minimums; the Nineteenth Circuit's chief judge may go higher. Domestic violence and certain other charges require the judge to decide first. Short on money? A licensed Fort Pierce bail bond agency can post it. Florida sets their premium at 10% of the bond, $100 at minimum, and it isn’t returned.

The State Attorney for the Nineteenth Circuit, chosen by voters in all four Treasure Coast counties, prosecutes every state crime here. The circuit’s elected Public Defender represents defendants the court finds unable to hire their own lawyer. When that office has a conflict, Florida’s Regional Counsel lawyers take the client. Florida Statute 938.29 allows St. Lucie judges to charge a fee for appointed lawyers and turn unpaid amounts into a lien.

The two misdemeanor levels in Florida: first degree, with a ceiling of twelve months on Rock Road and $1,000 in fines; second degree, with a ceiling of 60 days and $500. Ninety days from formal charging is the speedy-trial deadline for a St. Lucie misdemeanor, though a defendant may waive it. Six St. Lucie residents make up a misdemeanor jury. People with clean records are often offered pretrial diversion; finish it in St. Lucie and the charge is thrown out.

Under 18: Juvenile cases are heard by Circuit Court judges, not County Court. A Port St. Lucie middle schooler caught in a first minor scrape usually gets a civil citation (Statute 985.12): volunteer hours or counseling in place of an arrest record. Youth from all four Treasure Coast counties who need to be locked up are taken to Fort Pierce’s St. Lucie Regional Juvenile Detention Center, a lockup operated by the state’s juvenile justice department. Within 24 hours, a judge rules on whether each child stays.

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St. Lucie prosecutors call a charge a felony when it could bring more than one year in a Florida prison. In St. Lucie, a felony arrest is followed by first appearance, and there a judge sets bond and the terms of pretrial release (the rules you follow while waiting for trial, such as GPS monitoring or no contact with a victim). Nineteenth Circuit prosecutors then review the evidence and may sign an information, the paper that formally starts a Fort Pierce felony case. At arraignment in the Fort Pierce courthouse, the St. Lucie defendant pleads, usually not guilty at first.

The lowest St. Lucie felony rung, third degree, stops at 5 years. Burglarizing an empty house is usually second degree, good for up to 15. First-degree felonies, such as trafficking large amounts of cocaine, top out at 30. A Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet turns the crime and a defendant’s history into points, and St. Lucie judges use the total to find the minimum prison time. No Florida inmate leaves before finishing 85% of the term.

A St. Lucie felony carries a 175-day speedy-trial deadline, which most defendants give up for more preparation time. Six jurors hear these trials and must reach one shared verdict.

Under 18: St. Lucie teenagers facing felonies mostly remain in the juvenile system; probation, counseling or a residential program are the usual outcomes. Prosecutors may instead direct file under Statute 985.557, which lets them charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for nearly any felony; for 14- and 15-year-olds, only grave crimes on the statute’s list, such as armed robbery, qualify. Adult charges have been optional for prosecutors since 2019, never required.

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St. Lucie violent cases go through the same courthouse steps, but the penalties climb to the top of Florida law. Life felonies can bring life in prison. Capital felonies, like first-degree murder, bring execution or life in prison with no parole. If the State Attorney’s proof looks solid, a St. Lucie judge may hold the defendant without bond.

Guns bring in 10-20-Life, the nickname for Florida Statute 775.087. A person who carries a firearm during a crime like robbery faces at least 10 years. Shooting it raises the minimum to 20. Wounding someone badly or killing them with it means 25 years to life.

For a death penalty case, all 12 jurors hear the evidence, but since 2023 only 8 of them must agree on death for a judge to impose it. Condemned men from St. Lucie go to Raiford (Union Correctional Institution), while St. Lucie women given death sentences are sent to Lowell Correctional Institution in Marion County.

Marsy’s Law, in Florida’s constitution, means St. Lucie victims get word of each court date, can watch from the Fort Pierce gallery, and can speak when a judge weighs release, a plea or a sentence. The Nineteenth Circuit State Attorney’s victim advocates help with those steps.

Under 18: Using Statute 985.56, a St. Lucie grand jury can indict (officially accuse) a youngster of any age for a crime punishable by death or life, and the trial proceeds in adult court. Minors at the time of the offense can never be executed, and a life term for one of them first requires a hearing focused on their youth.

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Nineteenth Circuit warrants rest with the Sheriff's Office, where deputies at (772) 462-7300 will check a name. The clerk's website leads to the docket, where any capias is noted. Arrange your surrender through counsel at the North Rock Road jail and seek release. The clerk on South Indian River Drive handles new dates, and Port St. Lucie cases come through that same office. FDLE's statewide wanted persons search lists warrants other agencies post, which helps if the person has lived elsewhere in Florida.

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