Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Port St. Lucie, Florida, in St. Lucie County, has about 259,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Every warrant for Port St. Lucie comes from a judge of the St. Lucie County Circuit Court or the County Court, is served by whichever agency finds the person, and is recorded in the court file of the case it was issued in. This guide says who issues and serves warrants here, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one and how one is cleared.
This guide covers who issues warrants, who serves warrants, after a warrant arrest, checking for a warrant, clearing a warrant and common questions.
Related guides: Port St. Lucie public records, St. Lucie County warrants, Port St. Lucie arrest records, Port St. Lucie inmate search, Port St. Lucie criminal records, Port St. Lucie court records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Issues Warrants in Port St. Lucie
In Florida an arrest warrant is signed by a judge. For Port St. Lucie that means the St. Lucie County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, issues its own warrants on the cases before it.
A bench warrant follows a missed court date in any of those courts. Whichever kind it is, the warrant is part of the file of the case it was issued in, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller keep that file.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at stlucieclerk.gov/public-search-gen (page title: Public Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Florida has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
Who Serves Warrants in Port St. Lucie
The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Port St. Lucie (filed by the FBI as Port St. Lucie Police Department) serve warrants in and around Port St. Lucie.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in St. Lucie County (the arrest records guide names each one); each serves warrants on its own ground.
The agency that serves a warrant from St. Lucie County is whichever one finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid across Florida.
Together, the three agencies in St. Lucie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,301 arrests to the FBI that year; arrests on warrants are counted among them, not separately.
Each agency and what it reported is in Port St. Lucie arrest records.
Where a Person Arrested on a Warrant from Port St. Lucie Is Held
A person arrested on a warrant and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, held about 1,230 people on an average day so far in 2026 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at stluciesheriff.com/215/Inmate-Lookup. The Port St. Lucie inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
A person arrested in Port St. Lucie on a warrant from another county is held at the same jail until that county takes custody.
How to Check for a Warrant in Port St. Lucie
The places to check for a warrant from Port St. Lucie:
- The court file of the case, through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, since a warrant is recorded in the case it was issued in.
- The State Attorney, phone 772-465-3000, which can say whether charges were filed; a warrant on a complaint follows the filing.
- The custody page of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office at stluciesheriff.com/215/Inmate-Lookup, which shows people already arrested and booked, not open warrants.
Not one of the St. Lucie County pages SearchSystems verified (the sheriff's, the court's, the prosecutor's and the records request page) is a list of open warrants, so a check means asking the court or the prosecutor about a case by name.
Clearing a Warrant from Port St. Lucie
A warrant is recalled by the court that issued it, so clearing one from Port St. Lucie starts with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller: the case goes back on the calendar and the judge recalls the warrant when the person appears.
A missed date in a case before the County Court is handled by that court, not by the St. Lucie County Circuit Court.
A lawyer can often arrange the appearance in advance. The State Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at sao19.org/saint-lucie-office, phone 772-465-3000.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I check for a warrant online in Port St. Lucie?
Not from the St. Lucie County pages SearchSystems verified; none of them is a warrant list. The court file is the record of a warrant: ask the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
Who serves warrants in Port St. Lucie?
The agency that reports for Port St. Lucie inside the city and the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office outside it, or whichever agency finds the person; an Florida warrant is valid anywhere in the state.
Where is a person arrested on a warrant in Port St. Lucie held?
At the county jail, run by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
How is a warrant from Port St. Lucie cleared?
By appearing before the court that issued it; the judge recalls the warrant in court. The case is put back on the calendar through the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
Is this the official Port St. Lucie website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.