Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Fernandina Beach, Florida, in Nassau County, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Florida the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller; the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Fernandina Beach is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Fernandina Beach public records, Nassau County criminal records, Fernandina Beach arrest records, Fernandina Beach warrants, Fernandina Beach court records, Fernandina Beach police reports, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Nassau County Circuit Court
In Florida the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Fernandina Beach are heard by the Nassau County Circuit Court, which hears felonies, civil cases over $50,000, divorces, probate and juvenile matters; the County Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
For Nassau County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at flcourts.gov/Florida-Courts/Court-Locations/First-District/Nassau (page title: - Florida Courts), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Florida has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Florida Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Fernandina Beach
The Nassau County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fernandina Beach (filed by the FBI as Fernandina Beach Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Fernandina Beach: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Nassau County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Fernandina Beach arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Fernandina Beach in 2025
The agency that reports for Fernandina Beach had 28 violent and 69 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State Attorney for Nassau County
The State Attorney decides which arrests in Nassau County become charges and files them in the Nassau County Circuit Court or the County Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at sao4th.com (page title: State Attorney Office for The Fourth Judicial Circuit | SAO4th), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Fernandina Beach
Registered sex offenders living in Fernandina Beach are listed on the Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators Registry, run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at offender.fdle.state.fl.us. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Nassau County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) a county office must answer a request 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. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at nassauso.com/administrative-services/public-records-request-fee-sch... (page title: Public Records Request/Fee Schedule | Nassau County Sheriff's Office).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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).
Can I search Fernandina Beach criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at flcourts.gov (page title: - Florida Courts).
How do I get my own Florida criminal history?
Through the same search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Fernandina Beach?
The State Attorney, which files its cases in the Nassau County Circuit Court or the County Court.
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.