This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible agency for those services.
Jail and Records Contacts
Use Booking for a fast operational status check and Records for a document. They serve different functions even though both are part of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
SCSO Booking and Corrections
2020 Main Street
Sarasota, FL 34237
941-861-4601
Public lobby: daily, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
SCSO Records Section
Criminal Justice Center, first floor
2071 Ringling Boulevard
Sarasota, FL 34237
941-861-4025
Records@sarasotasheriff.org
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mail: P.O. Box 4115, Sarasota, FL 34230-4115
The official SCSO public-record request page links to the GovQA portal. For a court order, disposition, or certified docket record, use Sarasota Clerk Public Access at 941-861-7400 or ClerkNet. State-prison records come from the Florida Department of Corrections public-record office.
Choose the path that matches the question:
- For a released person or county release record, use the full Sarasota search and records path.
- For legal control after release, review parole and probation.
- For same-day release activity, check the 24-hour release options.
- For a date or alert, use the projected release date and VINELink check resources.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use FDC Offender Search and FDC records.
- For federal prison history, use BOP; immigration custody belongs with ICE and DHS-VINE.
- For one institution or custody system, select its facility page in the footer.