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Sarasota County records are divided by custody stage and record owner. The jail handles booking and current county custody, the Records Section processes county booking-record requests, the Clerk maintains the court case, and state or federal systems apply only after custody moves beyond the county jail.

Use the route that matches the question:

• For a current or prior Sarasota County jail booking, start with the SCSO Arrests & Inmate Search. The full official path and known roster limits are on the home booking-record guide.
• For a county booking sheet or intake photograph, use the SCSO Records request channel. Give the full name, booking date, booking number if known, and arresting agency.
• For the arrest report, contact the agency that made the arrest. SCSO directs city-police report requests back to that city department.
• For a case event, hearing, or final disposition, use Sarasota ClerkNet first. Court help is available at 941-861-7400; the criminal-case phone option is 8, then 3, and those extensions close from noon to 1 p.m.
• For a person sentenced to Florida state prison or state supervision, use the Florida Department of Corrections offender search. Central records and search questions go to 850-488-9859.
• For a federal sentence, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. It covers federal inmates from 1982 forward and does not show booking photographs.
• For current ICE detention or CBP custody over 48 hours, use the ICE detainee locator. It does not search minors or display mugshots.