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 on September 23, 2026.
Gilchrist County, Florida, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Gilchrist 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: Gilchrist County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Gilchrist County
The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Gilchrist County.
One city in Gilchrist County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Trenton, 2,267 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 Gilchrist County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Gilchrist County, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Gilchrist County, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Gilchrist, the Gilchrist County Florida Game Commission and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Gilchrist County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Gilchrist County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Gilchrist County the counts on file are partial: Trenton and Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Gilchrist County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gilchrist 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 47 people on an average day, up from about 45 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 45 beds, and it ran at 99 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office at gcso.us (page title: Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office), phone 352-440-7361, 9239 S US Hwy 129, Trenton, FL 32693, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Gilchrist County
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 Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 352-440-7361.
- An arrest in Trenton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Gilchrist County, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Gilchrist County or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Gilchrist: the records office of the agency involved.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at qpublic.net (page title: Public Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Gilchrist County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Gilchrist County: Trenton. Bell 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 Gilchrist County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Gilchrist County?
Ask the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office at 352-440-7361; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gcso.us.
Where are people arrested in Gilchrist County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Gilchrist 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 Gilchrist County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Gilchrist 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 qpublic.net.
Is this the official Gilchrist 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.