Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
Oviedo, Florida, in Seminole County, has about 42,000 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 Seminole County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Oviedo public records, Seminole County arrest records, Florida arrest records and Florida inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Oviedo
The FBI lists Oviedo with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Oviedo Police Department. 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 Seminole County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 0 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Seminole County: the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Seminole County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Seminole County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Seminole County, the Seminole County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); Sanford Airport (other); the Highway Patrol in Seminole County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Oviedo
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Oviedo the counts on file are partial: Oviedo has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Oviedo Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Oviedo and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 860 people on an average day, down from about 930 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,384 beds, and it ran at 65 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 Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Seminole County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, 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 Oviedo
Whether someone was arrested in Oviedo, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Seminole County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at seminoleclerk.org/public-records-online).
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 Oviedo
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 Oviedo police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at cityofoviedo.net/201/Crime-Reports (page title: Crime Reports | Oviedo, FL), phone 407-971-5700, 300 Alexandria Boulevard Oviedo, FL 32765, Monday through Friday (except holidays) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Seminole County Circuit Court, through the court records page at seminoleclerk.org/public-records-online.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at seminolecountyfl.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Seminole County).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The Seminole County guide covers every agency in the county: Seminole County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Oviedo?
Look on the custody page of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office at seminolecosheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Oviedo booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Oviedo?
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 Oviedo?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Oviedo police for its own arrests, the Seminole 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 seminolecountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Oviedo 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.