Please read this first. We are a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, or pull official booking records. For any of those things, you need to reach the correct government office directly using the details below.
Looking for an Inmate or a Record
If you need official help with a jail or inmate record in Columbia County, the records unit at the Columbia County Sheriff's Office is the place to start. For questions about who is currently held in the county jail, the Columbia County Detention Facility runs a phone line that is answered around the clock. The contact details for both are listed here.
Columbia County Sheriff's Office, Records Division
4917 US Hwy 90 East
Lake City, FL 32055
(386) 752-9212
ccso.records@columbiasheriff.org
Records hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Columbia County Detention Facility, Jail Information Line
(386) 755-7000
Answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Not sure which system holds the person you are looking for? Use the quick guide below to send yourself to the right place.
- Someone booked into the county jail starts with our jail inmate records page
- Booking photos are covered on the jail roster mugshots page
- Charges filed after an arrest are explained on the court records after a jail arrest page
- For a specific lockup, check the detention facility pages listed in the footer of every page
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the statewide Florida Department of Corrections offender locator
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE detainee locator