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.
Green Cove Springs, Florida, in Clay County, has about 10,000 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 Clay 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: Green Cove Springs public records, Clay County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Green Cove Springs
The FBI lists Green Cove Springs with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Green Cove Springs Police Department. It reported 146 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 Clay County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 2,830 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Clay County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Clay County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Clay County, the Clay County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Clay and one more (state agency); Clay County School Board (other); the Highway Patrol in Clay County (state police).
How Many Arrests Green Cove Springs 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.
- Green Cove Springs: 146 for 2025, 107 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 159 for 2022 and 146 for 2021.
Green Cove Springs's 146 arrests in 2025 were up 36 percent from 107 in 2024.
Through April 2026, Green Cove Springs reported 32 arrests, against 42 in the same months of 2025.
Across Clay County, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,036 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Green Cove Springs Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Green Cove Springs 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 420 people on an average day, up from about 390 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 492 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Clay County Sheriff's Office at claysheriff.com/search/inmate+search (page title: inmate search | Clay County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Green Cove Springs
An arrest in Green Cove Springs can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Clay County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Clay County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clayclerk.com/search-records).
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 Green Cove Springs
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Green Cove Springs police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at greencovesprings.com/269/Records (page title: Records | Green Cove Springs, FL), phone 904-297-7300, 1001 Idlewild Avenue Green Cove Springs FL 32043, Monday through Thursday, from 8 am to 6 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Clay County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clay County Circuit Court, through the court records page at clayclerk.com/search-records.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Clay County guide covers every agency in the county: Clay County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Green Cove Springs each year?
Green Cove Springs reported 146 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Green Cove Springs?
Look on the custody page of the Clay County Sheriff's Office at claysheriff.com/search/inmate+search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Green Cove Springs booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clay County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Green Cove Springs?
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 Green Cove Springs?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Green Cove Springs police for its own arrests, the Clay 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.
Is this the official Green Cove Springs 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.