St. Lucie County has no single 'hoarding' ordinance, but its animal-care standards require adequate food, water, shelter, and veterinary care, and Florida's cruelty statute criminalizes confining animals without proper sustenance.
County Code Sec. 6-26 makes it a violation to confine any animal without sufficient fresh food and water daily, adequate exercise, weather shelter, clean quarters, and medical care for sick or injured animals, the core conditions that fail in hoarding situations. Overcrowded, unsanitary keeping triggers enforcement by county Animal Safety, which can seize animals. Florida Statutes Sec. 828.13 (confinement without sufficient food, water, or exercise) and Sec. 828.12 (cruelty) provide criminal backing, and severe or repeat cruelty can be charged as a felony. County code-compliance and animal-care officers coordinate on hoarding cases.
Care violations are enforced under Sec. 6-26; cruelty or neglect can be a first-degree misdemeanor or, if aggravated, a third-degree felony under Fla. Stat. 828.12.
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