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County Courthouse
2300 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, FL 34982-5632
Phone: (772) 462-1400
Fax: (772) 462-2131
www.stlucieco.gov

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If St. Lucie county, Florida is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for St. Lucie county, Florida.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of St. Lucie county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a St. Lucie county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the St. Lucie county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem St. Lucie county, Florida allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the St. Lucie county, Florida lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Florida laws and competition, savvy St. Lucie county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Florida tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Florida tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Frances HutchinsonCommissioner, Chair, District 4Liz@co.st-lucie.fl.us
Douglas CowardCommissioner, District 2Cowardd@co.st-lucie.fl.us
Chris CraftCommissioner, District 5 
Paula LewisCommissioner, District 3barbarab@co.st-lucie.fl.us
Joseph SmithCommissioner, District 1 
Ken MascaraSheriff 
Jeff FurstProperty Appraiser 
Bob DavisTax CollectorJO@STLUCIECO.GOV
Ed FryClerk of Courts 
Gertrude WalkerSupervisor Of ElectionsGERTRUDE@STLUCIECO.GOV

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