Deerfield Beach Arrest Records
Recent bookings in Deerfield Beach go through the Broward Sheriff's Office detention system. The Deerfield Beach Police Department handles law enforcement in the city, but all arrested individuals are booked into BSO jail facilities. Deerfield Beach sits in the northeast corner of Broward County with about 90,500 residents. Booking records from Deerfield Beach arrests are public under Florida law and available to search through the BSO online arrest search portal.
Deerfield Beach Quick Facts
Deerfield Beach Booking Records Search
The Deerfield Beach Police Department is the city's law enforcement agency. Officers make arrests, but the booking process takes place at BSO detention facilities. After an arrest in Deerfield Beach, the person is transported to a Broward County jail. Jail staff handle the intake from there. They record the person's name, date of birth, charges, arresting agency, and physical description. The arresting agency field will show Deerfield Beach Police Department, which makes it simple to identify arrests specific to the city.
BSO runs an online arrest search tool at apps.sheriff.org/arrestsearch that covers every city in Broward County. Type in a name and the system returns booking records with charges, bond amounts, booking dates, and custody status. This is the fastest way to find recent bookings from Deerfield Beach. The tool is free to use. No account needed. No registration. Just enter a name and search.
The BSO arrest search page is the primary online tool for looking up booking records from Deerfield Beach and throughout Broward County.
Use this portal to search for anyone booked into the Broward County jail after a Deerfield Beach arrest.
How Deerfield Beach Bookings Work
The arrest and booking process in Deerfield Beach follows Chapter 901 of Florida Statutes. Officers can arrest with a warrant or without one in situations where they see a crime take place or have probable cause. After the arrest, the officer takes the individual to a BSO detention facility. The main jail is in Fort Lauderdale, though BSO runs additional facilities around Broward County.
Booking involves fingerprinting, a photograph, and entering all identifying details into the system. The charges are logged along with the arresting officer's information and the exact time of arrest. This creates the booking record. Under Chapter 119 of Florida Statutes, that record becomes public the moment it is created. There are no delays. Anyone can view it without providing a reason. The law makes this clear, and BSO follows it by posting arrest data online.
Note: Deerfield Beach bookings usually show up in the BSO online system within a few hours of the arrest.
Deerfield Beach Bond Process
After someone gets booked for a Deerfield Beach arrest, the bond process kicks in. Bond in Broward County follows Chapter 903 of Florida Statutes. The 17th Judicial Circuit sets the bond schedule. Some charges come with a preset amount. Others need a judge to decide at a first appearance hearing within 24 hours of the arrest.
Cash bond can be paid at the jail. Most people go through a bail bondsman who charges about 10% of the total bond as a nonrefundable fee. If the full cash bond is posted and the person makes every court date, the money comes back when the case wraps up. Some defendants get released on their own recognizance. The judge decides based on how serious the charges are and whether the person is likely to show up for court. Bond amounts for Deerfield Beach arrests show up in the BSO online inmate search.
Statewide Arrest Records
If you need to look beyond Deerfield Beach and Broward County, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has a statewide criminal history database. The FDLE record check costs $25 and pulls data from all 67 Florida counties. It gives a broader picture than a single county search and is useful when you are not sure where an arrest happened or want a full criminal history.
The Florida Department of Corrections runs a separate inmate search for people in state prison. That tool does not cover individuals in the Broward County jail on Deerfield Beach charges. It only shows sentenced offenders who have been transferred to the state system. For people currently booked, use the BSO arrest search. For state prison inmates, use FDC.
Note: FDLE results may be a few days behind the local BSO system because of the time required for data to move from the county level to the state database.
Public Records in Deerfield Beach
Florida's open records law under Chapter 119 guarantees the right to access booking records. You do not have to live in Deerfield Beach. You do not have to be a Florida resident. You do not have to explain why you want the records. The Broward Sheriff's Office is required to respond to records requests within a reasonable time.
The BSO online arrest search is free to use. If you need printed copies or certified documents, the sheriff's office may charge for copies and staff labor. Juvenile records are exempt from public disclosure. Sealed and expunged records are also off limits. But standard adult booking records from Deerfield Beach are fully open and accessible to anyone at any time through the BSO system.
Nearby City Booking Records
Deerfield Beach borders several other cities, most of which are in Broward County. Arrests from all Broward cities go through the BSO jail system, so you can use the same arrest search tool. Boca Raton is just across the county line in Palm Beach County and uses a different system.
Broward County Recent Bookings
Deerfield Beach is in Broward County, and all bookings from city arrests go through the Broward Sheriff's Office detention system. The county jail handles thousands of bookings each month from all over Broward. For more details on jail locations, court information, fees, and additional search tools, visit the Broward County page.