St. Lucie County (Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie) is one of the fastest-growing US counties with heavy residential and master-planned community construction. Florida law (Fla. Stat. § 713.13) requires a recorded Notice of Commencement for most direct contracts over $2,500 — recorded with the St. Lucie County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Fort Pierce, and posted on the jobsite before the first inspection.