St. Lucie County Tax Collector, Chris Craft, 2300 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, FL (2022)

12/06/2021

SHARING EXPERIENCE

Today, St. Lucie County Tax Collector, Chris Craft is spending time with students in Mike Ridlen’s Economics class at Fort Pierce Westwood’s Marine & Oceanographic Academy, explaining what he does and sharing his experience on how he got to where he is.

Mr. Ridlen was Chris’ teacher when he was a student at Westwood, and he invites Chris to come and speak to his seniors every year.

12/03/2021

CHRISTMAS ANGELS 🎄😇

This year, our office once again partnered with the The Salvation Army USA to participate in their Angel Tree program, which helps provide Christmas gifts for hundreds of thousands of children around the country annually.

Our staff selected tags for local children and fulfilled their wish lists. The bags of gifts were delivered to our area's Salvation Army Angel Tree drop-off location this week.

Wishing everyone a merry and bright holiday season (from "Santa Chris" - pictured, center). 😉

12/02/2021

WALTON ROAD IS OPEN!

We are pleased to announce that our Walton Road office will be open today, following a temporary closure caused by a power outage that occurred on Tuesday.

We accept customers by appointment at each of our three offices each day from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., and we take walk-ins every day from 2:30 - 5 p.m.

It remains our honor to serve our St. Lucie County neighbors, and we thank you for your patience over the past two days as we navigated this issue!

12/01/2021

CHRISTMAS 4 KIDS 🎄🎁

Our office is once again partnering with the St. Lucie County Fire District to help collect new, unused, unwrapped toys for their annual "Christmas 4 Kids" toy drive.

We have a collection box in each of our three lobbies. If you'd like to help, bring a new, unwrapped toy and place it in one of the boxes before December 9. Help us make a local child's Christmas brighter!

11/30/2021

UPDATE: CALL CENTER BACK UP!
We have restored our call center and our phones are once again operational. However, the outage caused issues with our computer systems, which we are working to fix.

Because of this, our Walton Road office will remain closed today and tomorrow so that we may get back to being fully operational by the start of business at 9 a.m. on Thursday, 12/2.

If you have an appointment with us at Walton Road tomorrow, you should have received an email instructing you to go to our Fort Pierce or Tradition office to receive service - we will honor your appointment at either office, and we will have extra staff on hand to assist with transactions.

POWER OUTAGE, CALL CENTER DOWN

We are currently experiencing a power outage at our Walton Road office that has resulted in our call center being down. We are unable to take calls on our main line, and we are unable to assist customers at Walton Road.

If you have an appointment at our Walton Road office this morning, please visit our Fort Pierce or Tradition office and we will assist you there.

We are working with our power provider to solve the issue and apologize for the inconvenience.

11/29/2021

SAVE 4% ON YOUR 2021 TAXES IN NOVEMBER

There are two more days for property owners in St. Lucie County to receive a 4% discount on their 2021 real estate taxes. Pay by November 30 and the discount will automatically be figured into your transaction.

Skip the trip and pay online at www.tcslc.com. Select our "e-check" option to avoid additional fees. You can also drop your payment (checks only, please) into one of our drop boxes, which are available at each of our three locations. If you're paying cash, you don't need an appointment - just come in and utilize our Express Tax Payment line.

11/25/2021

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🦃🍂🍽

We are grateful, today and every day, for the honor of serving our St. Lucie County neighbors.

A reminder that we are closed today and tomorrow to enjoy Thanksgiving with our families. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, 11/29, or you can visit us online any time at www.tcslc.com.

11/23/2021

5-STAR GOOGLE REVIEW ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Our latest 5-star Google review comes from our neighbor, William, who had a great experience with us when he visited our Walton Road office recently:

"Best experience ever. Kiara our agent was kind, considerate and patient. She was engaging and more than helpful. I was in and out within an hour. Unlike any other office like it. Great job!"

It is our mission to provide our neighbors the highest level of customer service, and we love when people like William take the time to provide feedback (thank you, William!) It remains our honor to serve our St. Lucie County neighbors.

11/18/2021

TERRIFIC TCSLC 🏆

Our latest #TerrificTCSLC comes from a neighbor who visited our Tradition office recently and received help from Customer Service Representative, Emily:

"Emily did a great job. My dad is 96 and she was so nice to him and myself. Best experience ever at a DMV in 30 years."

At the St. Lucie County Tax Collector's Office, it is our mission to provide our neighbors with the highest level of customer service. We love hearing about your great experiences with us! You can either fill out a comment card at any one of our three offices, or hit us up on social using #TerrificTCSLC in your post.

It remains our honor to serve you!

11/15/2021

THANKSGIVING CLOSING 🦃🍽🧡

All of our office locations will be closed on Thursday, 11/25 and Friday, 11/26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. You can visit us online any time at www.tcslc.com.

11/11/2021

THANK YOU, VETERANS! 🇺🇸

Today, all of our office locations are closed in observance of Veterans Day. We celebrate and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. Today and every day, THANK YOU, Veterans!

11/10/2021

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE

This month, we are partnering with the Treasure Coast Food Bank by holding food drives at each of our three locations in advance of Thanksgiving.

You can help out by bringing non-perishable food items to any of our three offices and dropping them into the big orange food bank collection container, which you'll find in each of our lobbies.

Thank you for helping us in the fight to end hunger on the Treasure Coast! For more information, visit www.stophunger.org.

11/08/2021

VETERANS DAY CLOSING - THURSDAY, 11/11

All office locations will be closed this Thursday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day.

We will be here and ready to serve you every other day this week, by appointment from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. by walk-in from 2:30 - 5 p.m. You can also visit us online any time at www.tcslc.com.

11/06/2021

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS TONIGHT! ⏰

A reminder to FALL BACK this weekend - turn your clocks back before you go to bed tonight so you're not an hour ahead in the morning (and enjoy that extra hour of sleep)!

11/04/2021

IT'S TAX SEASON...SAVE TIME - PAY ONLINE!

We are officially in the 2021 tax season! Paying your 2021 property taxes is as easy as going to www.tcslc.com and clicking on "pay online," then selecting "Pay Real Estate and Personal Property" from the list of choices on the top right.

Payments made via eCheck are free, those made with any major credit card have a 2.5% third-party fee per transaction.

Pay early and save! Payments made in the month of November receive a 4% discount.

11/02/2021

UPDATE WED 11/3: SYSTEMS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY (AS OF 10 a.m.)

STATEWIDE SYSTEM OUTAGE - DRIVER LICENSE TRANSACTIONS

All of our offices, as well as tax collector offices across the state, are experiencing a service interruption due to a statewide DMV system outage. We are unable to process any driver license transactions, including IDs, driver licenses and testing.

We ARE able to process titles, registration renewals and property tax payments.

Our apologies for the inconvenience. We are awaiting word from the state on the issue being resolved.

10/31/2021

Wishing everyone a happy and safe Halloween! 🎃👻💀🕸🕷🧟‍♀️🦇

10/30/2021

EFFECTIVE MONDAY 11/1: We Are No Longer Assisting Martin County Residents

Tax season begins Monday, November 1, and that marks the start of the busiest time of year for all tax collectors across the state. Because of this, the St. Lucie County Tax Collector’s Office will no longer be able to assist Martin County residents with their Department of Motor Vehicle-related services during a temporary closure of the Martin County Tax Collector’s Office.

All three locations of our office have been providing service for over a week and a half since learning of the Martin County Tax Collector's “network issues.” On Monday and Tuesday of this week, there were 14 Martin County Tax Collector employees assisting with efforts. Wednesday, those employees were pulled to assist with “testing of their network” in anticipation of Martin County reopening on Monday, November 1. We continued to take Martin County residents this week, but without the extra help and the added volume of tax season, that will no longer be possible.

“I have to be fair to the residents of St. Lucie County,” Craft said. “We pitched in and did everything we could, while we could, to help Martin County.”

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, offices throughout the state, including St. Lucie, have restricted service to residents from their own counties. Over the past week and a half, Tax Collector Chris Craft made an exception to lend a hand to his southern neighbors so that they could receive the services they needed while he was able to provide the help.