Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Fernandina Beach, Florida, in Nassau County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State Attorney files charges, a case in the Nassau County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Fernandina Beach public records, Nassau County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Fernandina Beach
The FBI lists Fernandina Beach with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Fernandina Beach Police Department. It reported 190 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Nassau County Sheriff's Office is the county agency.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Nassau County: the Nassau County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Nassau, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Nassau County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Nassau County and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Nassau County (state police).
How Many Arrests Fernandina Beach Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Fernandina Beach: 190 for 2025, 194 for 2024 and 184 for 2023.
Fernandina Beach's 190 arrests in 2025 were down 2.1 percent from 194 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fernandina Beach Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Fernandina Beach is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 240 people on an average day, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 315 beds, and it ran at 83 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Florida Department of Corrections lists its inmates at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Fernandina Beach
For Fernandina Beach the place to look is the case index of the Nassau County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at flcourts.gov/Florida-Courts/Court-Locations/First-District/Nassau).
Florida is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24 a search, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Fernandina Beach
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the agency must answer promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus a special service charge for large requests.
- An arrest by the Fernandina Beach police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at fbfl.us/109/Police (page title: Police Department | Fernandina Beach, FL), phone (904) 277-7342, 1525 Lime Street Fernandina Beach, FL 32034, Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Nassau County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Nassau County Circuit Court, through the court records page at flcourts.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nassauso.com (page title: Public Records Request/Fee Schedule | Nassau County Sheriff's Office).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Nassau County guide covers every agency in the county: Nassau County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fernandina Beach each year?
Fernandina Beach reported 190 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Fernandina Beach booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Nassau County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fernandina Beach?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Fernandina Beach?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fernandina Beach police for its own arrests, the Nassau County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the answer is due promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nassauso.com.
Is this the official Fernandina Beach website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.