Sometimes finding an address using search tools can be confusing and standard address naming conventions set by the United States Postal Service (USPS) may conflict with finding an address as you know it. The most common issues arise when attempting to search for addresses with long and complex names or when an address has uncommon elements, such as an address that has two directionals.
For complex and long addresses, try entering the street name only without numerals, directionals or street types. For example, if you are searching for "99999 SE Port St Lucie Boulevard" try using only "Port St Lucie". This example would return all addresses located on Port St Lucie Blvd. If you are unsure of the street name, you can even type only a partial street name and will receive all properties with a street name that begins with your input. An example might be typing only 'Port', which will return any address that contains 'Port' including locations on 'Port St Lucie Blvd'.
Street names that start with a traditional suffix, such as 'Avenue', follow the USPS convention that restricts the use of an abreviation. The word 'Avenue' should be spelled out entirely. Do not use abbreviations like 'Ave' or 'Av' as these will not produce the desired results.
When entering an address with two directionals, e.g. ‘SW West Park Ave’, the USPS standard is applied, which requires that the first directional is abbreviated and entered in the pre-directional position and the second directional is spelled in full and considered part of the street name. Searching with directionals can be tricky, if in doubt first enter the street without the directional and as stated above, use the initial results from your search to verify format and then narrow your search further from there.
The general rule for searching is that your search must be a single continuous part of the whole address using USPS formatting. What this means is that your search must be a single excerpt contained within the whole address. So e.g. let us assume we are looking for ‘8735 S HIGHWAY A1A’, the following are all examples that will include your desired result using only the Street Name search field: “A1A”, “HIGHWAY” and “WAY A”. Split or two part excerpts will not work, such as “HIGH A1A” and “HIGHWAY 1”
For the most optimal search of properties using the name, it is important that the name be spelled correctly. If you are unsure about the spelling of the name, you can use partial names ie. for Jonathan Doe, you can search by just 'Doe' or 'Jonathan' or even 'Jon'. This same principal also applies to business DBA name searches.
Parcel IDs can be searched by entering digits without dashes. If your search is returning zero results, then the number has probably been entered incorrectly. The search returns matches beginning with the digits you type, thus you could try leaving off a few numbers on the end to be sure that all properties beginning with those first digits are displayed.
Within the subdivision search, it is possible to search by a single subdivision or multiple subdivisions. To search by subdivision you can either type the name of the subdivision or left click within the subdivision search box. To select a subdivision in the subdivision list, left click on the desired selection to add it to your search.
In the top left corner of the results grid you will notice a button that reads ‘Export to Excel’. To export your finished search results, select the ‘Export to Excel’ button and wait for your browser to download the results.
Once you have downloaded your Excel document you will need to open the document in a compatible program. The most common program used to open .xlsx file types is Microsoft Excel 2016, but there are many options you may choose from, including a free option from Google called Docs.