St. Lucie County sets no simple numeric limit on household pets, but every dog and cat four months or older in the unincorporated county must be currently registered and rabies-vaccinated.
Chapter 6 of the county code requires owners in unincorporated St. Lucie County to register each dog or cat four months or older and obtain a county identification tag; registration is tied to a current rabies vaccination. Rather than a hard pet cap, the county controls excessive or nuisance keeping through its animal-care standards and aggressive-animal and hoarding provisions. Cities such as Port St. Lucie may impose their own numeric limits, so residents inside a municipality should check the local code. Kennels or larger operations require separate zoning approval.
Keeping an unregistered dog or cat four months or older is a code violation; excessive numbers may be addressed under animal-care or nuisance sections.
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