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 27, 2026.
Gadsden County, Florida, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, five 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 Gadsden 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: Gadsden County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Gadsden County
The Gadsden County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Gadsden County.
The FBI lists five cities in Gadsden County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population:
- Quincy, 8,119 residents.
- Midway, 3,485 residents.
- Chattahoochee, 3,028 residents.
- Havana, 1,756 residents.
- Gretna, 1,284 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 Gadsden County: the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Gadsden, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Gadsden County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Gadsden County, the Gadsden County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Gadsden County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Gadsden County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Gadsden County the counts on file are partial: Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, Quincy, Chattahoochee, Havana and two more have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gadsden County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Gadsden 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 140 people on an average day, down from about 210 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org/pt1_type/gadsden-county-jail (page title: Gadsden County Jail Inmate Search, Visitation, Mugshots | Records Search), phone (850) 875-8844, Monday to Friday and 7:30am to 2:30pm, 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 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 Gadsden County
An arrest in Gadsden County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Gadsden County Circuit Court, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at floridastatecourts.us/gadsden (page title: Gadsden County Court Records Search), phone (850) 875-8601, belongs to a lower court, not to the Gadsden County Circuit Court.
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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (850) 875-8844.
- An arrest in Quincy, Midway, Chattahoochee, Havana or Gretna: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Gadsden, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Gadsden County or the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Gadsden County: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Gadsden County Circuit Court it is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at floridastatecourts.us/gadsden, phone (850) 875-8601, is a lower court's.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at gadsdencountyfl.gov (page title: Make a Public Records Request | Gadsden County, FL).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Gadsden County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Gadsden County: Quincy, Midway, Chattahoochee, Havana and Gretna. Greensboro has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Gadsden County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gadsden County?
Look on the custody page of the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office at townofgreenwood.org, or call (850) 875-8844. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Gadsden County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gadsden 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 Gadsden County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gadsden 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 gadsdencountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Gadsden 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.