Volusia County Arrest History
Arrests in Volusia County may be made by the Volusia Sheriff's Office, a municipal police department, Florida Highway Patrol, or campus law enforcement. Deltona and several smaller cities contract with VSO, while Daytona Beach and Port Orange maintain their own police departments. The agency that made the arrest keeps its incident narrative even when the person was booked at a county facility.
Corrections, not VSO, owns county jail booking and custody information. Booking creates an intake record, photo, fingerprints, charges, bond entries, and custody status. The arresting agency's allegations may later be changed, reduced, or never filed by the State Attorney. For that reason, a Volusia County arrest record establishes that an arrest and booking event occurred, not guilt.
Corrections Owns Volusia Booking Records
This local division of duties is easy to miss. The Sheriff's Records Section holds VSO reports, but the Volusia County Division of Corrections maintains jail records. Sending a booking request to VSO just because a deputy made the arrest can add delay. Use Corrections for the inmate profile, booking number, charge table, bond, release, and custody questions.
The two facilities also have different roles. The Volusia County Branch Jail at 1300 Red John Drive opened in 1987 and had a stated 2023 design capacity of 1,042. The Volusia County Correctional Facility at 1354 Indian Lake Road opened in 1977 and had a stated capacity of 616. Their combined design capacity was 1,658, though current populations and housing assignments can change.
| Record needed | Correct custodian |
|---|---|
| Incident or probable-cause narrative | Arresting sheriff, police, highway, or campus agency |
| Booking, charge, bond, and custody | Volusia County Division of Corrections |
| Filed charge, hearings, and disposition | Volusia Clerk of the Circuit Court |
| Statewide releasable history | Florida Department of Law Enforcement |
Looking Up Volusia County Arrests
Begin with the channel that matches the age and purpose of the search. A live inmate result is best for recent custody, while the daily Arrest/Booking Download preserves a date-based report. Use the agency report for what officers alleged and the clerk docket for what prosecutors later filed.
- Search the Corrections inmate route, accept its informational-use disclaimer, and try the booked-under spelling or six-digit booking number.
- Open the Clerk's official Arrest/Booking Download for daily XLSX or PDF reports created from the Jail Management System.
- Call the 24-hour jail information line at 386-254-1540 for charge or booking questions. County IT answers report-generation questions at 386-736-5922.
- Request the narrative from the arresting agency. Use VSO Records for a sheriff or contract-city case, but the relevant city police records unit for its own arrest.
- Check Clerk Case Inquiry after charging. A future court date commonly reaches the clerk in one to two days.
- Use FDLE for releasable statewide Florida history or FDC Offender Search for a sentenced state prisoner. Neither replaces the local report.
When online channels fail, Corrections and VSO accept public-record requests through their official processes. VSO Records can also be reached at 386-736-5962 or visited at 123 W. Indiana Avenue, Suite 401, DeLand, on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays.
Volusia Daily Arrest and Booking Downloads
The Clerk's Arrest/Booking Download is the strongest official daily-log interface in Volusia County. It provides date-based XLSX and PDF reports generated from the county Jail Management System. The clerk states that it neither creates nor maintains the underlying data, and statutory exemptions can cause an entry to be omitted.
Use the download to identify a booking date and number, not to draw a conclusion about the case. A daily report is a snapshot. The arrest narrative still belongs to the arresting agency, the current custody record belongs to Corrections, and the final prosecution record belongs to the clerk. County IT, not the clerk's criminal counter, handles report-generation issues.
Inside a Volusia County Arrest Record
A complete arrest trail combines an agency report with the booking profile. The report describes the incident and alleged probable cause. The booking profile records jail intake and charge data supplied at that stage. Redactions may protect exempt identifying, victim, juvenile, medical, investigative, or security information.
| Agency case number | Connects the request to the arresting agency's incident or probable-cause report. |
|---|---|
| Booking number and time | Identifies the county intake event and supports jail, visitation, and record searches. |
| Arresting agency | Shows which custodian should receive the narrative request. |
| Charges and statute | Lists allegations entered at intake; they can differ from charges later filed in court. |
| Bond | May show bond type, amount, number, or a no-bond status subject to judicial review. |
| Booking photograph | Offers identity and custody context but is informational, not certified proof of identity or guilt. |
| Release and custody status | Shows dates or current jail status, which can change after the displayed snapshot. |
| Court case number | Links a charge to the later clerk case when one has been assigned. |
Reading a Volusia Inmate Charge Table
The county inmate profile can display name fields, city and state, booking and release dates, booking number, inmate ID, age and other descriptors, aliases, marks, booking history, and a photograph. The charge table is more detailed than a simple roster. Its columns can include charge number, statute, statute description, bond type and amount, arrest case number, court case number, disposition, and charge status.
- Arrest case number
- The identifier used by the arresting agency for its report.
- Court case number
- The later clerk identifier, if prosecution has produced a filed court case.
- Bond type and amount
- The release security entered for a charge, subject to court action.
- Charge status
- A system value that must not be decoded by guesswork when no official legend is supplied.
- Disposition
- A later outcome field; an initial booking alone does not establish it.
Multiple charges can paginate, and different counts can have different bonds or outcomes. Confirm any unclear status with Corrections or the clerk rather than assigning a plain-English meaning to an unexplained code.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
The live inmate search and daily download answer different questions. The inmate search supports name and booking-number pathways after the user accepts a disclaimer. It is informational, and online images are not certified records for legal action. The daily download is better for a date-based recent-booking review, while VSO activity reports and agency news feeds add operational context.
Absence from a live roster does not prove that no arrest occurred. A person may have been released, booked under a different spelling, omitted under a public-record exemption, transferred, or processed outside the date being reviewed. The official log should be used for system context, not as a gallery or a source for republishing private-person names and images.
VSO Arrest Report Requests
VSO Records is the correct custodian only when VSO created the report. Its channels include the official GovQA Public Records Center, telephone, mail, email or fax routes described by the agency, and the fourth-floor counter at the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center. Requests should include the agency case number when known, incident date, location, record type, and a clear description.
The official VSO Records page shown below describes available reports, request channels, fees, and access limits.
VSO may withhold or redact active investigative material, protected victim data, juvenile information, sealed or expunged material, criminal intelligence, and other exempt records. If Daytona Beach Police or Port Orange Police made the arrest, send the request to that city rather than VSO.
Volusia Sheriff's Office Records
Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center
123 W. Indiana Ave., Suite 401
DeLand, FL 32720
386-736-5962
Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding holidays
The First Day at Volusia Branch Jail
At central intake, staff search and medically screen the arrested person, take a photograph and fingerprints, inventory property, and enter charges and bond from arrest paperwork and warrants. If release does not occur, first appearance takes place within one day. The county FAQ lists the Branch Jail courtroom at 1:30 p.m. on weekdays and 8:30 a.m. on weekends and holidays, subject to day-of changes.
The judge considers the charges and probable cause, counsel, release conditions, and bond. Case Management then uses charges, history, and other factors for housing. The county lists a one-time $30 booking fee and a $5 daily subsistence charge, with the daily fee waived for eligible working inmates. These are jail-account charges, not criminal fines or proof of guilt.
The official county visitation source below identifies the Branch Jail and its separate Video Visitation Building.
It also shows why a six-digit booking number matters for contact and visitation workflows after intake.
Where Volusia Arrest Reports Live
The offense location points to the report custodian. VSO serves unincorporated areas and contract cities including Deltona, DeBary, Pierson, and Oak Hill. VSO Records uses 386-736-5962. Daytona Beach Police Records is at 129 Valor Boulevard and uses 386-671-5430. Port Orange Police Records is at 4545 S. Clyde Morris Boulevard and uses 386-506-5801.
| Arrest made by | Report request route |
|---|---|
| VSO or contract-city deputy | VSO Records / GovQA / DeLand counter |
| Daytona Beach Police | DBPD Records / city JustFOIA |
| Port Orange Police | POPD Records / city JustFOIA or clerk channel |
| Other municipal police | The creating city police department or city custodian |
| Florida Highway Patrol | Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles report channel |
A county booking does not transfer ownership of the incident narrative to Corrections. Likewise, VSO news may link to releases from city departments, but that does not make VSO the custodian.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
An arrest record is created before a prosecutor and judge resolve the allegation. The State Attorney can change or decline charges, and a filed count can end in dismissal or acquittal. To follow a booking into the filed accusation and outcome, use the Volusia County criminal court case record.
| Arrest record | Conviction record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail | Created through the court and reported to FDLE |
| Shows an allegation, arrest, and booking | Shows a finding or plea of guilt on a specific count |
| Lives with the agency and Corrections | Lives in the clerk file and state repository |
| May end with release, no filing, dismissal, or acquittal | May lead to sentence, appeal, sealing, or expungement under law |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and many bookings never become filed charges or convictions.
FDLE receives arrest fingerprints and later court dispositions, but reporting and correction timing can vary. A person reviewing their own identity-matched statewide record can use FDLE's fingerprint-based Personal Review process.