Find Clay County Jail Releases

Clay County Jail Release Paths

Clay County Sheriff’s Office uses both “Clay County Jail” and “Clay County Detention Facility” for the central adult jail in Green Cove Springs. Its locally documented community-release methods include cash bond, surety bond, release on own recognizance, a purge payment, payment of a fine, court disposal of charges, and time served. Each closes the Clay booking, but the court case or supervision can continue.

A transfer also ends the Clay County Jail booking. It does not end custody. The person may go to another county, the Florida Department of Corrections, the U.S. Marshals, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or immigration custody. Staff check other jurisdictions for outstanding wants before any exit. The release record must therefore include the method, hold disposition, and receiving agency before a Clay County Jail release is described as a return to the community.

Note: The receiving-agency field is essential because a Clay booking can end while confinement continues in another system.

Confirm Clay County Jail Release

The official CCSO inmate catalog is the first named-person check. Search exact first and last names, then add a middle name, age, arrest date, charge, race, or sex when names collide. Review every matching booking. A past calendar date may be labeled “Released,” while a future date may be labeled “Expected release.”

1. Save the booking date, booking number, agency, charges, court details, bond, and displayed release date.
2. Call the jail at (904) 529-5905 for an operational status check when timing is urgent.
3. Ask Public Records at (904) 529-6090 for the physical exit date and time, release reason, holds, and receiving agency.
4. Match the booking to the Clay court case and read the release order, disposition, or sentence.
5. Follow a transfer into FDC, federal, immigration, or another county records system.

The Clay County released inmate search explains the system-to-system path when the receiving agency is unclear. For this facility, the CCSO event log remains the best source for the exact moment the county booking ended.

Clay County Jail Records Contact

Use the jail line for an immediate operational question and the Public Records Section for a document. CCSO permits an anonymous public-record request. It does not require a written request or a statement of purpose. Requests may go through the online portal, by phone, by mail, or in person at the sheriff complex.

A focused request should name the person, date of birth if known, booking period, and booking number. Ask for the release authorization, actual physical release date and time, release method, each hold and its outcome, transfer destination, property receipt, funds record, and booking photo. Electronic copies can limit page costs. Ask for an estimate before authorizing a large search.

Note: The posted 2021 prices should be confirmed against CCSO’s newer fee document before a requester relies on them.

Clay County Jail Release Record

A complete Clay County Jail release record answers four questions: who was held, which booking ended, when the physical exit occurred, and why or where the person went. Names alone are not enough when one person has repeat bookings or two people share an identity. Pair full name and date of birth with the booking number and court case.

The jail handbook says release paperwork follows other-agency checks, a cell and county-property check, completion of paperwork, and return of personal property. Those steps create records that are more probative than disappearance from a live web catalog.

Florida’s GS2 schedule sets a minimum of one anniversary year after release for booking records, commitment and release lists, and inmate incarceration records. Jail docket books are permanent. These are agency retention floors, not a promise that a released card will stay on the public catalog for one year. Request an older Clay County Jail record by booking number rather than relying on portal visibility.

Note: Web display length and government record retention are separate, so an absent card may still have an agency file.

Clay County Jail Release Timing

Clay County publishes a rare local timing detail. End-of-sentence exits begin after midnight when the person has a ride. Otherwise, eligible exits begin at the 6:00 a.m. shift change. CCSO release information warns that unusual conditions can delay release. This timing is a planning guide, not a scheduled appointment.

Court and bond releases have a different clock. Booking staff cannot begin until the required order or surety paperwork arrives. Court papers can reach booking in groups rather than hearing order. Payment time, a judge’s ruling, and physical exit time can therefore differ by hours. Call the jail before making a time-sensitive trip.

Note: A displayed release date omits the time that families often need, so request the booking event log for precision.

About Clay County Jail

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office operates the 490-bed jail at its headquarters complex. The facility holds adults awaiting trial, people serving county sentences, people awaiting transport, and at times people held for other agencies. The official CCSO facility page provides the jail phone and direct route to the public inmate catalog.

The July 2025 FDC report listed 226 felony-pretrial and 35 misdemeanor-pretrial people in the monthly average. Those figures describe the population present during one reporting period. They are not a count of bookings, releases, or annual traffic through Clay County Jail.

The official Clay County Jail page is shown below.

The official page identifies the operator, facility, and inmate-information route used to begin a release check.

Clay County Jail Property Release

Property return is part of the Clay County Jail release paper trail. The handbook states that personal property is returned and tells the person not to sign the receipt when an item is missing. The person should ask for a supervisor at that point. A remaining account check may be mailed or collected within five business days.

Someone transferring to FDC must arrange collection of items that the state prison will not accept. The handbook says those items are not left at Clay after departure. When reconstructing a disputed release or transfer, request the signed property receipt, account-disbursement record, and transfer sheet with the main event log.

Clay Jail and Court Records

The jail and courthouse sit close together on North Orange Avenue, but the two offices are separate custodians. The Clay court docket may show a bond, recognizance order, case disposition, sentence, or jail credit. CCSO records when booking received the authority and when the person physically left.

For exact confirmation, match both records by case and booking number. The Clay County criminal court record page explains how the legal order and physical exit event fit together. A Clerk document does not replace the jail timestamp, and a jail entry does not replace the court’s disposition.

Clay Jail Release to ICE

Historical ICE records show immigration detainees at the Green Cove Springs jail in 2003. Current ICE facility sources reviewed for Clay County do not establish Clay County Jail as a current ICE detention site. The dated source must not be presented as proof of a present detention contract.

An ICE detainer can still change the meaning of a Clay County Jail release. If the release sheet names ICE, county custody ended while federal civil custody began or continued. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System next. It searches adults by A-number and country of birth or by exact name, country of birth, and birth date.

ICE guidance says ODLS can include current detainees and people released from ICE custody during the prior 60 days. A no-result response is not a permanent discharge record. The Clay event remains the source for the county handoff, while ICE owns the next custody stage.