Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 28, 2026 and October 3, 2026.
Hamilton County, Florida, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, three 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 Hamilton County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Hamilton County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hamilton County
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hamilton County. It reported 238 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population:
- Jasper, 3,549 residents.
- Jennings, 772 residents.
- White Springs, 760 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 Hamilton County: the Highway Patrol in Hamilton County (state police); the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Hamilton County, the Hamilton County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Hamilton, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Hamilton County and one more (state agency).
How Many Arrests The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Hamilton County Sheriff's Office: 238 for 2025, 285 for 2024, 349 for 2023 and 335 for 2022.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office's 238 arrests in 2025 were down 16 percent from 285 in 2024.
Through May 2026, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reported 71 arrests, against 112 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hamilton County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hamilton 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 80 people on an average day, up from about 76 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 63 beds, and it ran at 121 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 Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at inmate.hamiltonsheriff.com/smartwebclient/jail.aspx (page title: JAIL View), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 3, 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 Hamilton County
An arrest in Hamilton County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Hamilton County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at flcourts.gov/Florida-Courts/Court-Locations/First-District/Hamilton).
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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Jasper, Jennings or White Springs: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Highway Patrol in Hamilton County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Hamilton County or the Hamilton County Florida Game Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hamilton County Circuit Court, through the court records page at flcourts.gov.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Hamilton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the three cities in Hamilton County: Jasper, Jennings and White Springs.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Hamilton County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hamilton County each year?
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office reported 238 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Hamilton County?
Look on the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at inmate.hamiltonsheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Hamilton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hamilton 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.
Is this the official Hamilton 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.