A Washington County arrest warrant is a state-authorized issuance that allows the police forces of Washington County to look for and ultimately arrest a suspect that is believed to have been involved in a crime. Despite originating from a specific county, arrest warrants can be executed anywhere in the state of Florida, regardless. This means that if you find out you have an arrest warrant, you should not try to evade arrest by changing counties.
The very first thing you should do if you have an arrest warrant is to find and retain a defense lawyer.
But how can you find out whether or not you have an arrest warrant? While different counties will alert people that are the target of a warrant in different ways, this is something that you should be able to and can find out for yourself. There are a pair of ways to do this.
The first is to contact or visit the Washington County Sheriffs Office, although if you appear in person, you may be arrested on the spot. You can find the office at 1293 Jackson Ave #400, in Chipley, FL 32428. The second method is to use the Wanted Persons Search tool, a database of wanted individuals throughout Florida, and you can access it at http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/person/displayWantedPersonsSearch.a.
You can find arrest records and other offender information at http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/, or you can click on the above search form to instantly search through an online criminal records database.
Can you find arrest records and information on Washington County warrants over the phone? (Updated in 2021)
- For details on arrests made recently and inmates currently detained, call 850-638-6110.
- For filing a non-emergency complaint, call the Sheriff’s Office at 850-638-6111.
- For police reports, including arrest records, accident reports, and criminal history records, contact the Records Custodian at 850-638-6070.
- For accessing judicial records, call the Office of the Clerk of Courts at 850-638-6289.
Crime Statistics for Washington County, Florida
As compared to the annual crime average of 2018, which stood at around 220 incidents, the 2019 yearly crime rate stood lower at just about 165 cases. Of these complaints, an estimated 130 were against property crimes, including 74 against larceny thefts. Violent crimes led to the filing of around 30 complaints.
By the end of the year 2010, Washington County, Florida had 24,672 citizens, which was almost the same number it had the year before, and there were 1,196 arrests during this same period. If you’re interested in finding more criminal statistics, you may do so at http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/cms/FSAC/County-Profiles/washington.aspx.