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 2, 2026.
Liberty County, Florida, has about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Liberty 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 Liberty 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: Liberty County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Liberty County
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Liberty County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Liberty County: the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Liberty County, the Liberty County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Liberty, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Liberty County and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Liberty County (state police).
Arrest Counts on File for Liberty County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Liberty County the counts on file are partial: Liberty 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 Liberty County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Liberty 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 55 people on an average day, up from about 46 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 69 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Liberty 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Liberty County, the Liberty County Florida Game Commission or the Highway Patrol in Liberty County: the records office of the agency involved.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at libertycountyfl.org (page title: Public Records Request | Liberty County BOCC).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Liberty County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Liberty 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 Liberty County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Liberty County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Liberty 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 Liberty County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Liberty 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 libertycountyfl.org.
Is this the official Liberty 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.