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 October 4, 2026.
Calhoun County, Florida, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and six campus, state or other agencies. An arrest 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 Calhoun 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, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Calhoun County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Calhoun County.
The FBI lists two cities in Calhoun County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population:
- Blountstown, 2,269 residents.
- Altha, 495 residents.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Calhoun County: the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Calhoun County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Calhoun County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Calhoun County, the Calhoun County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Calhoun County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Calhoun County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Calhoun County the counts on file are partial: Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Altha and Blountstown have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Calhoun County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Calhoun County 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 59 people on an average day, down from about 64 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 66 beds, and it ran at 96 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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org/pt1_type/calhoun-county-jail (page title: Calhoun County Jail Inmate Search, Visitation, Mugshots | Records Search), phone 850-674-5049, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Calhoun County
An arrest in Calhoun County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Calhoun County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at calhounclerk.com/records-search); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jud14.flcourts.org/state-attorney).
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 Calhoun County
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 Calhoun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 850-674-5049.
- An arrest in Blountstown or Altha: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Calhoun County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Calhoun County or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Calhoun County: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the State Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Calhoun County Circuit Court, through the court records page at calhounclerk.com/records-search.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at votecalhounfl.gov (page title: Public Records Request Information | Calhoun County | Supervisor of Elections).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Calhoun County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Calhoun County: Blountstown and Altha.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Calhoun County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Calhoun County?
Look on the custody page of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org, or call 850-674-5049. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Calhoun County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Calhoun County?
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 Calhoun County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. 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 votecalhounfl.gov.
Is this the official Calhoun County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.