AO 2018-04: Port St. Lucie Police Department Service of Risk… — 19th Cir., FL · BenchPath

19th Cir. — AO 2018-04: Port St. Lucie Police Department Service of Risk Protection Orders

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Administrative Orders19th Jud. Cir., Admin. Order 2018-04 (July 10, 2018)

Summary

Service of Risk Protection Orders in St. Lucie County may be effected by the Port St. Lucie Police Department in lieu of the Sheriff.

Requirement

• The Port St. Lucie Police Department, and its individually sworn officers, are authorized to effect service of process, in lieu of the Sheriff of St. Lucie County, of Risk Protection Orders and documents as provided in section 790.401(5)(a), Florida Statutes, or as provided in sections 790.401(6)(a)1, and 790.401(6)(c)1.b, Florida Statutes.

Source of truth

The Port St. Lucie Police Department, and its individually sworn officers, are authorized to effect service of process, in lieu of the Sheriff of St. Lucie County, of Risk Protection Orders and documents as provided in section 790.401(5)(a), Florida Statutes.

Official source: 19th Circuit — Administrative Orders (circuit19.org)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: July 10, 2018
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-19th-2026-08-03

Reviewer note: PDF sha256: fd8d948d7cc75000fe1aa4be042698c716e07b696198e28e42705051f7bd0dde (fetched live 2026-08-03). Procedural, not an appointment: it determines who may serve process in RPO cases (see the 2024-03 companion for Martin County). Verbatim from the operative section of the order (https://www.circuit19.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2018-04.pdf), harvested 2026-08-03; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

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