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 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Okeechobee County, Florida, has about 42,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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: Okeechobee County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Okeechobee County
The Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Okeechobee County.
One city in Okeechobee County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Okeechobee, 5,731 residents: 232 arrests reported for 2023.
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 Okeechobee County: the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Okeechobee County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Okeechobee County, the Okeechobee County Florida Game Commission, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Okeechobee and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Okeechobee County (state police).
How Many Arrests Okeechobee 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.
- Okeechobee: 232 for 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Okeechobee County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Okeechobee 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 260 people on an average day, up from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 232 beds, and it ran at 117 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 Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office at okeesheriff.org/corrections (page title: Jail | okeechobee-county-so), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Okeechobee County
For Okeechobee County the place to look is the case index of the Okeechobee County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at flcourts.gov/Courts-System/Court-Structure/Court-Locations/Fourth-D...).
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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Okeechobee: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Okeechobee County, the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Okeechobee County or the Okeechobee County Florida Game Commission: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Okeechobee County Circuit Court, through the court records page at flcourts.gov.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okeechobeecountyfl.gov (page title: Public Records Request | Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
The other Okeechobee County guides go further: warrants, inmate search, criminal records, court records, police reports, traffic tickets, DUI, divorce records and property records.
Cities in Okeechobee County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Okeechobee, the one city in Okeechobee County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Okeechobee County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Okeechobee County each year?
Okeechobee reported 232 arrests to the FBI for 2023, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Okeechobee County?
Ask the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at okeesheriff.org/corrections.
Where are people arrested in Okeechobee County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Okeechobee 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 okeechobeecountyfl.gov.
Is this the official Okeechobee 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.