Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Winter Garden is a city in Orange County, Florida, with about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Winter Garden offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Winter Garden, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Winter Garden records are kept
- Kept by the City of Winter Garden: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Orange County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Orange County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Winter Garden City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: wgfl.gov/m/directory (page title: Staff Directory, Winter Garden, FL, CivicEngage)
- Phone: 407-656-4111
- Hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Winter Garden
Florida public records law applies to the city government of Winter Garden. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: wgpd.com/DocumentCenter/View/5648/Records-Requests---REV-09-14-2026 (page title: Last Updated 1.16.2026 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS GENERAL RECORDS)
- Phone: (407) 656-4111
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Orange County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Orange County. The Orange County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Winter Garden Arrest Records
The Winter Garden arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Winter Garden's arrests to the FBI. It also says where a person arrested in Winter Garden is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Winter Garden Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Winter Garden, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Winter Garden warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Winter Garden inmate search (the jail page of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Winter Garden criminal records (the court file, the Florida criminal history and the local arrest records), Winter Garden court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Winter Garden traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Winter Garden DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Winter Garden divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Winter Garden property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Winter Garden website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Winter Garden offices listed above, and the city's own website is wgfl.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Winter Garden?
Winter Garden cases are heard by the courts that serve Orange County, and people arrested in Winter Garden are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Orange County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Winter Garden?
Through the city's records request page at wgpd.com, phone (407) 656-4111. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.