Reviewed and updated October 11, 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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Suwannee County, Florida, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Florida the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller; the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Suwannee County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Suwannee County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Suwannee County is filed in the Suwannee County Circuit Court or the County Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and civil cases up to $50,000, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at suwanneecountyfl.gov/florida-court-clerks-comptrollers-recognizes-d... (page title: Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Suwannee County Board of Co), phone 800-500-1119, 224 Pine Avenue SW, 2nd Floor Live Oak, FL 32064, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
Florida has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Florida Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it. The search is on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement site.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Suwannee County
The Suwannee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Live Oak keep the arrest records in Suwannee County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Suwannee County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Suwannee County arrest records.
The State Attorney for Suwannee County
Charges in Suwannee County are filed by the State Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Suwannee County Circuit Court or the County Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at sao3.org/locations (page title: Locations | State Attorney's Office), phone (386) 758-0470, 173 NE Hernando Ave., Suite 420 Lake City, FL 32055, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Suwannee County
Registered sex offenders living in Suwannee County are listed on the Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators Registry, run by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement at offender.fdle.state.fl.us. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Suwannee County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) a county office must answer a request 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. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at suwanneecountyfl.gov/public-records-requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Suwannee 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).
Can I search Suwannee County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at suwanneecountyfl.gov (page title: Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month | Suwannee County Board of Co).
How do I get my own Florida criminal history?
Through the same search, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in Suwannee County?
The State Attorney, reached at (386) 758-0470, which files its cases in the Suwannee County Circuit Court or the County Court.
Is this the official Suwannee 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.