This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official record. Contact the responsible public office for those services.
Official Contacts and Record Routes
The Sumter County Sheriff's Office phone directory and Records Division page provide the current official contacts. No fixed records-office hours are published, so call before an in-person visit.
Sumter County Sheriff's Office
7361 Powell RoadWildwood, FL 34785
Main and non-emergency: (352) 569-1600
Criminal Records: (352) 569-1667
Records email: records@sumterso.org
Records fax: (352) 569-1666
Sumter County Detention Center
219 E Anderson AvenueBushnell, FL 33513
Detention Center: (352) 569-1700
Communications non-emergency: (352) 793-2621
Records requests may be made online, by mail, by email, by telephone coordination, or in person at the Wildwood address above or 250 E McCollum Avenue in Bushnell. Email addresses sent to SCSO become public records. Use these routes according to the need:
- For a booking photo, arrest report, or booking record, begin with the Sumter County records and roster hub, then contact SCSO Records if the item is not online.
- For someone booked today, check Arrested Today; for a wider date range, use Arrest Reports.
- For current custody or release information, use Jail View or call the Detention Center. The free VINE Arrest Check may provide covered custody-change alerts.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Florida Department of Corrections Offender Search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE detainee locator.