How to Search Florida Wants & Warrants (Start Here)
Active warrants in Florida are maintained by law enforcement at state, county, and local levels. There is no single database of all warrants in Florida.
What this page covers: Florida state warrant databases, most-wanted lists, and county-level warrant search tools where available. What it does not cover: Federal warrants (those are handled by the U.S. Marshals and FBI).
Where to start: Check the state law enforcement agency first for statewide warrant searches. For county-level warrants, contact the county sheriff. Many county sheriffs post active warrant lists on their websites.
Common mistake: Most-wanted lists only show high-priority fugitives. If you need to check whether someone has any active warrant, a most-wanted list is not enough — contact the county sheriff or clerk of court directly.
Statewide warrant search
You may search for wanted persons
Sex offender registry
State police / DPS
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Number of counties
67 counties
Population
23,372,215
Households
8,752,810
Median Income
$73,311
Median Home Value
$359,000
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Edited by Sam Rokni — Editor & Owner, SearchSystems.net. Public records professional since 1999. NAPBS founding member. Full bio & credentials.
Last reviewed: June 04, 2026 · Methodology: Florida wants & warrants URL verified against the official state publisher at pas.fdle.state.fl.us on the review date. 6 primary .gov sources cited below.
Florida Wants & Warrants — Key Facts (2026)
Outstanding warrants, fugitive lists, and active sheriff's warrants for Florida — what's public, what isn't, and how to verify in 2026.
Public
Public-facing fugitive list
Yes (state portal)
Sealed
Active arrest warrants
Often non-public until executed
NCIC
Federal warrant index
Law enforcement only
$0
Cost of public warrant lookup
Free in most states
24-48h
New filings lag
Typical processing delay
Sheriff most-wanted list
100%
State fugitive portal
90%
NCIC (federal index)
0%
Sealed arrest warrant
0%
FBI Top-10 (national)
100%
Unit: % publicly searchable.
What Changed in 2026 — Florida Wants & Warrants
2026
Florida wants & warrants portal active
The official Florida portal at pas.fdle.state.fl.us continues to serve as the canonical entry point for wants & warrants in 2026.
2026
Latest federal complement for wants & warrants
The FBI Most Wanted Fugitives at www.fbi.gov provides federal-level context that complements Florida state records.
2026
Florida access in 2026
For 2026, Florida continues to publish wants & warrants information through state-authorized portals; check pas.fdle.state.fl.us for current fees and processing times.
2026
Federal records framework refresh
Federal record types (federal liens, federal land, federal vital statistics) continue to live OUTSIDE Florida's state portal — see the Primary Sources below for additional official portals.
The 3-Path Florida Warrant Search
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Path 1 — Sheriff most-wanted
Most Florida sheriffs publish a 'Most Wanted' page on the county sheriff's official .gov or county site.
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Path 2 — State fugitive portal
Florida's statewide fugitive/warrant list is published by the state law enforcement agency.
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Path 3 — Federal fugitives
FBI Most Wanted (fbi.gov/wanted) and U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted (usmarshals.gov) are the public federal lists.
Five Things People Get Wrong About Florida Wants & Warrants
MYTH"Old warrants expire."
FACTWarrants don't age out — they sit until served, quashed, or recalled. Decade-old traffic warrants surface at traffic stops all the time.
MYTH"There's a public national warrant database."
FACTThe national warrant file lives inside NCIC — law-enforcement only. Every public 'nationwide warrant search' is a reseller's patchwork.
MYTH"The most-wanted page is the warrant list."
FACTMost-wanted pages are curated highlights. The actual warrant count in Florida runs far beyond what any public page shows.
MYTH"All warrants are the same."
FACTBench warrants (missed court) and arrest warrants (probable cause) are different animals with different consequences — and different fixes.
MYTH"Call the police to check your own warrant."
FACTThat call can end with handcuffs — if a warrant exists, they act on it. Attorneys run the check safely; that's part of why people hire them.
Primary Sources and Official Record Portals
- pas.fdle.state.fl.us — Official Florida Wants & Warrants — State portal for Florida wants & warrants
- FBI Most Wanted Fugitives — Federal fugitive list (national)
- U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted — U.S. Marshals top fugitives
- DOJ Wanted Fugitives — Department of Justice component agencies
- ICE Most Wanted — Immigration & Customs Enforcement
- DEA Most Wanted Fugitives — Drug Enforcement Administration
- ATF Most Wanted — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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Wants & Warrants Databases
45 official Florida wants & warrants sources.
Wants & Warrants
Records Bureau – ALACHUA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
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The Records Bureau manages the entry and maintenance of all countywide wanted persons, agency-reported missing persons, and agency-reported stolen property items into the Florida and National Criminal Information Center systems within guidelines set by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau also provides centralized storage and retrieval for all incident and traffic crash reports generated by the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office.
🌐 acso.us
BECA Splash (brevardclerk.us)
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Please Note: Over the past several weeks, BECA has been receiving an overwhelming number of requests from automated data miners and scrapers, causing BECA to slow down or fail during operation.
Police Records | Fort Lauderdale Police Department
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Warrant lookups covering Florida run through here. If a link breaks, the office homepage at flpd.gov carries the new path.
🌐 flpd.gov
Charlotte County Sheriff
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Therefore, covert operations for the control of narcotics, vice and/or organized crime violations are necessary. The Street Crimes Unit is a uniformed unit that specializes in street-level drug activity deterrence and apprehension. The Fugitive Apprehension Unit serves many of the felony warrants issued in the county.
🌐 ccso.org
Past Wanted of The Week
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Felicia Vanway wanted for violating probation on the original charges of obstructing a crime investigation and possession of fentanyl .
Check Out The Arrest Log | News Releases | Collier County, FL Sheriff
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Law enforcement records from Florida. It covers this agency's jurisdiction; city departments and neighboring counties publish their own. Useful for confirming an incident entered the public record before requesting the full report.
Collier County Arrests
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Welcome to the Collier County Sheriff's Office website. This site is your resource for an array of safety tools and information. Our members embody my philosophy of “service to others before self.” We also pride ourselves on being true partners in our community.
Welcome to Glades County Sheriff's Office
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<a href="http://www.gladessheriff.org/law_enforcement/most_wanted.php">Your Link Name</a>
Hernando County Sheriff's Office
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You can come into the office and obtain the information, or click here to visit the Florida Crime Information Center.
HCSO Arrest Inquiry
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This database lists individuals currently in jail and includes information regarding their charges, bond amounts, and booking photos.
Warrant Information
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files, and serving or executing all judicial process received by the Indian River County Sheriff’s · Office. The unit also receives and processes Baker Act and Marchman Act Orders generated during · normal work hours for execution by the Civil/Warrants Unit or Patrol Division.
Arrest Search
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Scammers introduce themselves, pretending to be deputies of the Lee County Sheriff's Office, hereby using different names. Scammers will then explain that one of their family members was arrested. These callers continue to state that the incarcerated family member can be released with an ankle monitor device, due to an overcrowded jail.
Recent Bookings | Martin County Sheriff's Office, FL
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This office holds the sheriff's records for Martin County. It is independently run, so verify anything critical against the official warrant office.
About FHP - Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
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In that first year, they patrolled 1,938,564 miles of roadway and investigated 1,000 crashes. Today we patrol over 43,200,000 miles and investigate over 176,000 crashes annually. Florida had less than two million residents in 1939, while today we have over 23 million. Additionally, Florida has an estimated 140 million visitors to our state each year.
UPDATE: Deputies, Sheriff Arrest Fugitive Wanted in Recent Drug Trafficking Operation/VIDEO: Drug Distribution Ring…
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Today, after an extensive, more than yearlong investigation, members of the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and Volusia Bureau of Investigation dismantled a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl and cocaine on the streets of Volusia County and beyond. The ringleaders and several other members were arrested, with additional arrests expected in the future. The investigation also led to the identification of the organization’s supplier, who was arrested today in South Florida.
Indecent Exposure Arrest
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Detectives sought and obtained an arrest warrant charging Jose David Gonzalez-Rivera with one count of exposure of sexual organs, a violation of FSS 800.03-1A.
Behind the Star - May 2026 - Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Useful for confirming an incident entered the public record before requesting the full report. It covers this agency's jurisdiction; city departments and neighboring counties publish their own.
🌐 pbso.org
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
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Pinellas County Sheriff's Office P.O. Drawer 2500 Largo, FL 33779-2500 · Email addresses are public record under Florida law and are not exempt from public records requirements. If you do not want your email address to be subject to release pursuant to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity.
Warrants Inquiry | Polk County Sheriff's Office
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If you know the whereabouts of any wanted person, do not take action on your own! Please complete the Anonymous Wanted Person Tip Form by first submitting a search for the wanted person in the below area.
Jail Inquiry | Polk County Sheriff's Office
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Law-enforcement records for Polk County route through this office. It sits outside government; official offices remain the record of authority.
JAIL View - Palatka
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CHARGES ; STATUTE, COURT CASE NUMBER, CHARGE, DEGREE ; [+], 322.34.2a, 0 (PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF), MOVING TRAFFIC VIOL.
Wanted Persons - Public Access System (PAS)
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The database contains Florida warrant information as reported to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement by law enforcement agencies throughout the state and authorized for release to the public. FDLE and the reporting agencies strongly recommend that no citizen take any individual action based on this information.
Community Resources « St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Useful for confirming an incident entered the public record before requesting the full report. Case numbers from these logs are the key to everything downstream — note them.
🌐 sjso.org
Sumter County Sheriff Press Releases
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Victim and juvenile details are redacted by law from the public versions. Case numbers from these logs are the key to everything downstream — note them.
Sheriff Sam St. John | Florida Sheriffs Association
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Retired patrol sergeant after 36 years with Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office; elected Sheriff of Suwannee County, 2016; and re-elected in 2020 & 2024.
Washington County Sheriff's Office, FL
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The Washington County Sheriff (FL) website was developed to help improve communication with county residents. The website allows residents to connect with the Washington County Sheriff for submitting tips, sharing county resources, as well as providing the community the latest public safety news such as Inmate Roster.
🌐 wcso.us
Crime & Arrest Info | Clay County Sheriff’s Office
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View basic arrest information, traffic citations issued, active warrants or review persons currently incarcerated in jail. All information on this site is subject to release under Florida’s Public Records Law, F.S. 119.
Cold Case Homicides - Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay, Inc.
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Active-warrant information for Florida is posted through this channel. It is independently run, so verify anything critical against the official warrant office.
WARRANTS UNIT — Marion County Sheriff's Office
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The Fugitive Apprehension Unit primarily investigates and locates defendants named in criminal arrest documents that are violent offenders, have extensive criminal histories or are evading arrest. The unit is responsible for the entire county, which is the 5th largest county in the State of Florida at roughly 1,588.4 square miles and a population of over 420,000.
Civil Process Unit - Pasco Sheriff's Office
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Pasco Sheriff’s Office Civil Process Unit carries out the Sheriff’s statutory responsibility for service of process and execution of writs. These judicial process documents originate from the courts, governmental agencies and attorneys in Florida, as well as throughout the United States.
Manatee County Crime Stoppers
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The mission of CrimeStoppers of Manatee County is to make Manatee County a safer place by assisting Law Enforcement with the collection of critical information and intelligence (tips) with regard to criminal activity, unsolved crimes, and the whereabouts of fugitives.
Crime Stoppers | Alachua, Gilchrist, & Levy Counties
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Useful for confirming an incident entered the public record before requesting the full report. It covers this agency's jurisdiction; city departments and neighboring counties publish their own.
Wanted Individuals
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Active-warrant information for Florida is posted through this channel. It is independently run, so verify anything critical against the official warrant office.
Inmate Search | Baker County Sheriff's Office FL
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The Baker County Florida Sheriff’s Office website was developed to help improve communication with county residents.
CCSO Most Wanted | Clay County Sheriff’s Office
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They say that “timing is everything,” and recently in a local convenience store, a member of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office found himself in the perfect position to stop a crime while it was in progress. On this day, we spoke with Lt.
Leon County Sheriff's Office
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Crimes in Palm Beach County | Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Reports post on the office's schedule, typically daily or weekly. It covers this agency's jurisdiction; city departments and neighboring counties publish their own.
Escambia County Sheriff's Office (FL)
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The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office (Florida) is designed to help improve communication with area residents.
Hardee County Sheriff :: Records Request
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This notice is posted in accordance with F.S. 119.12 · E-MAIL ADDRESSES Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity.
Police Department - Riviera Beach, Florida (FL)
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The Mission Statement of RBPD is to safeguard the lives and property of the people we serve and protect, to reduce the incidence of crime.
Green Cove Springs, FL | Official Website
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Welcome to Desoto County Sheriff, FL
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Missing Persons
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The Clearwater Police Department is asking for your help in obtaining information regarding the following persons missing under suspicious circumstances. Even the slightest bit of information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, can be helpful or even crucial to solving a case.
Miami-Dade's Most Wanted Sexual Predators and Offenders
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This source lists wanted and warrant information for Florida. It is an official government source.
Man Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography | Cape Coral Cops Recruitment
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Law enforcement records from Florida. Reports post on the office's schedule, typically daily or weekly. Victim and juvenile details are redacted by law from the public versions.
Florida Counties
67 Florida counties are indexed on SearchSystems.net — top 28 counties shown below. Browse the full directory or click any county for local court, sheriff, recorder and assessor links.
Which Florida counties publish jail rosters and sheriff records online
36 of Florida's 68 counties run their own online source for jail rosters and sheriff records, based on what this directory indexes. Every other county is covered by the statewide systems listed above — click a county for its full records page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I check the Florida most-wanted list?▼
Florida's statewide wanted-persons and active-warrant information is published by the Official Florida Wants & Warrants. View the current list at pas.fdle.state.fl.us. Additional federal fugitives can be reviewed on the FBI Most-Wanted portal.
How do I know if I have an outstanding warrant in Florida?▼
Most warrants in Florida are issued at the county or municipal level by the local court or sheriff. The Official Florida Wants & Warrants (pas.fdle.state.fl.us) publishes statewide and felony-level warrant data; for misdemeanor and traffic warrants you generally must contact the clerk of the issuing court directly. Sheriffs in each county also maintain local active-warrant pages.
Can a private person serve or enforce a warrant in Florida?▼
No. Only sworn law-enforcement officers can serve and execute warrants in Florida. Civilians who locate a wanted person should report the information to the Official Florida Wants & Warrants or local law enforcement at pas.fdle.state.fl.us rather than attempt direct contact. Some Florida warrants also carry a reward administered by the issuing agency.
How do I clear an old Florida warrant?▼
A Florida warrant generally must be cleared through the court that issued it — by appearing in person, hiring counsel, or filing a motion to quash. The Official Florida Wants & Warrants can confirm whether a warrant is currently active in the statewide system at pas.fdle.state.fl.us, but only the issuing judge can recall or quash it.
Does Florida share warrant data with other states?▼
Yes. Florida warrants that meet entry criteria are uploaded to the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC), making them visible to law enforcement nationwide. The Official Florida Wants & Warrants at pas.fdle.state.fl.us manages Florida's NCIC interface and entry standards.