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 9, 2026.
Citrus County, Florida, has about 170,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office 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 Citrus 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: Citrus County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Citrus County
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Citrus County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Citrus County: the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Citrus, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Citrus County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Citrus County, the Citrus County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Citrus County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Citrus County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Citrus County the counts on file are partial: Citrus County Sheriff's Office has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Citrus County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Citrus County 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 21 people on an average day, down from about 1,270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 717 beds, and it ran at 135 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 Citrus County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org/pt1_type/citrus-county-jail (page title: Citrus County Jail Inmate Search, Visitation, Mugshots | Records Search), phone 352-527-3332, 2604 W. Woodland Ridge Drive, Lecanto, FL 34461, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 27, 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 Citrus County
An arrest in Citrus County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Citrus County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Citrus County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at citrusclerk.org/186/Court-Records-Search-SCORSS, phone 352-341-6424); the State Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at citruscounty.gov/departments/attorney.php).
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 Citrus County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Citrus County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 352-527-3332.
- An arrest by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Citrus, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Citrus County or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Citrus 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 Citrus County Circuit Court, through the court records page at citrusclerk.org, phone 352-341-6424.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at citruscounty.gov (page title: Public Records Requests).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Citrus County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Citrus County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Citrus County with an arrest reporting agency of its own.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Citrus County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Citrus County?
Look on the custody page of the Citrus County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org, or call 352-527-3332. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Citrus County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Citrus 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 Citrus County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Citrus 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 citruscounty.gov.
Is this the official Citrus 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.