Plantation 24 Hour Booking Lookup

Plantation 24 hour booking records go through the Broward County jail. The Plantation Police Department arrests people within city limits, but all bookings happen at the Broward Sheriff's Office main detention facility. BSO runs an online arrest search tool where you can find current bookings, charges, and bond details for free. Florida's public records law keeps this data open to everyone. You can check it any time without paying or creating an account.

Plantation Arrest Records and Search Tools

The Plantation Police Department serves the city with patrol, investigations, and traffic enforcement. Officers make arrests and then transport the person to the Broward County main jail for booking. Plantation does not have a city jail. The county handles all detention and processing.

The BSO Arrest Search portal is where you go to look up Plantation bookings. Type a name and the system pulls up matching records from across Broward County. Each entry shows charges, bond amount, booking date, and custody status. The arresting agency field tells you which department made the arrest. Look for "Plantation PD" to find arrests made by city officers.

This one search tool covers every law enforcement agency in Broward County. Whether the arrest was made by Plantation PD, Fort Lauderdale PD, BSO deputies, or any other local department, the booking goes into the same system. That makes it easy to search for someone even if you are not sure which agency was involved.

How Plantation Bookings Are Processed

The booking process follows a standard pattern. Plantation officers bring the arrested person to the Broward County facility. Jail staff take fingerprints and a photo. They log the charges and record personal information. If the charges carry a bond, the amount is set at this stage. Once the data goes into the system, it appears on the public search tool.

Processing times can vary. Some bookings finish in a couple of hours. Others take longer when the jail is crowded or the case involves multiple charges. If you are waiting to find someone in the system and they do not show up yet, give it a few hours and check again. You can also call the Broward jail at 954-831-5900 to ask about a specific person.

Under Section 119.07 of the Florida Statutes, booking records are public. The law gives every person the right to inspect and copy government records. This includes booking data from Plantation arrests. You do not need to give a reason for your request.

The FDLE website, shown below, provides additional statewide search options beyond the county level.

The FDLE handles criminal history checks across all 67 Florida counties.

Plantation Records and Florida Public Access Law

Section 119.011 defines public records broadly. Any material made or received by an agency during official business qualifies. Booking sheets, arrest reports, mugshots, and charge documents are all included.

There are exceptions. Section 119.071 lists records that can be held back. Sealed or expunged cases are not shown. Juvenile records use a separate system. Some active investigation files may be temporarily withheld. But standard adult bookings from Plantation are publicly accessible.

A booking record means someone was arrested and charged. It does not mean they are guilty. Many cases result in dropped charges, plea agreements, or not-guilty verdicts. The booking record stays in the system no matter what happens in court. Keep that in mind when looking at the data.

Contact Info for Plantation Booking Inquiries

The Plantation Police Department is at 451 NW 70th Terrace, Plantation, FL 33317. Call 954-797-2100 for general police questions. For jail-related matters such as bond, release status, or inmate location, call the Broward County jail at 954-831-5900.

People who are booked have the right to make phone calls after arrest. Section 901.243 protects this right under Florida law. It applies to all people booked into Broward County, regardless of which agency made the arrest.

The FDLE Criminal History portal provides statewide checks at $24 each under Section 943.053. Use it when you need to search beyond Broward County. For recent Plantation arrests specifically, the BSO tool gives you what you need at no cost.

Broward County Handles Plantation Bookings

Plantation is in Broward County. All people arrested by Plantation PD are booked into the Broward County jail system. This is the same system used by Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Davie, Sunrise, and every other municipality in the county. One search covers them all.

If you cannot find a record in the Broward system, the person may have been released, transferred, or arrested in a different county. The Florida Department of State jail directory links to inmate search tools for every county in Florida.

Nearby Cities

These cities are close to Plantation and each has booking record details on its own page.