Terms and Conditions – Florida Busted Mugshots govern your use of this independent public records directory. By visiting, browsing, or running any search on floridabustedmugshots.com, you accept every rule listed on this page.
If you do not accept these terms, stop using the site right away. Read each section with care before you proceed.
Site Overview and Operator Status
Florida Busted Mugshots operates as an independent information resource. The site collects no original government data. Every record shown links back to a public source maintained by a Florida sheriff’s office, county jail, or state agency. Our role is to help you search Florida mugshots, Florida arrest records, Florida booking photos, and related jail rosters in one place.
Independent Information Directory
This site runs as a privately owned directory. No local, state, or federal government body owns, controls, or funds it. We are not a law firm, private investigator service, or licensed consumer reporting agency.
Not a Government Agency
Florida Busted Mugshots holds no direct tie to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Department of Corrections, or any county clerk of court. We do not hold arrest records in our own databases. We point users to public records sources.
No Affiliation with Law Enforcement
We are not connected to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the Duval County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Miami-Dade Police Department, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, or the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. No law enforcement agency endorses this site.
Acceptance of Terms
Every visitor must read and accept these terms before using any feature on the site. Acceptance happens the moment you load a page, click a link, or run a search query. Continued use acts as your digital signature on this agreement.
Agreement Method
You accept these terms by typing a URL into your browser and loading any page on floridabustedmugshots.com. There is no checkbox or button to click. Your access equals your consent.
Age Requirement
You must be 18 years of age or older to use this site. Arrest records often contain mugshots of adults charged with crimes. Some booking photos may show sensitive content. Users under 18 are not allowed to browse, search, or view any part of the site.
Capacity to Enter Agreement
You confirm that you have the legal capacity to enter a binding agreement. You cannot use this site if a court has ruled you legally incompetent, if you are under guardianship, or if you lack the mental ability to read and accept these terms.
Service Description and Scope
Florida Busted Mugshots gives you a single starting point to search for Florida jail mugshots, Florida inmate search results, Florida arrest log entries, and Florida police blotter items across many counties. The site gathers public links and arranges them by county for fast lookup.
Public Records Search Tool
The site acts as a search index that links to Florida public arrest records held by official agencies. We help you find Florida booking photo search results, Florida arrest photo lookup entries, and Florida recent bookings data through third-party public portals.
Florida Mugshots and Booking Photos
You can look up Florida booking photos and mugshots tied to county jail intake. Photos come from publicly available booking systems operated by individual Florida sheriff’s offices. We do not take, store, or sell booking photos.
County Jail Booking Information
Site pages cover Florida county jail bookings, Florida detention center mugshots, and Florida jail roster searches. Coverage spans the largest counties in the state, with new county pages added over time as public sources become available.
FCRA Compliance Restrictions
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) controls how consumer reports are used in the United States. Florida Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency. Information on this site cannot be used for FCRA-covered decisions. Violation of this rule can lead to federal liability.
Prohibited Uses of Information
You may not use any data, photo, name, or record from this site to make decisions about employment, housing, credit, insurance, tenant screening, professional licensing, or government benefits. Use of mugshot data for any of these purposes violates federal law.
Not a Consumer Reporting Agency
Florida Busted Mugshots does not act as a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA. We do not assemble or evaluate consumer credit information, criminal background checks, or insurance eligibility data. We do not provide consumer reports for any fee.
Permitted Personal Purposes
You may use this site for personal curiosity, lawful journalism, academic study, public safety research, or your own background check. Commercial republishing of data scraped from this site is not allowed without written permission.
Permitted User Conduct
Every visitor must follow the same basic rules of conduct. The site stays open only as long as users act within legal and ethical limits. Abuse of the system will lead to a permanent block.
Lawful Use Requirements
You agree to use Florida Busted Mugshots only for lawful purposes. You will not stalk, harass, intimidate, threaten, or harm any person named or pictured in the records shown. You will not use site data to commit identity theft or fraud.
Prohibited Activities
The following actions are banned on this site:
- Running bots, scrapers, crawlers, or automated scripts to harvest data
- Attempting to hack, probe, or break into site servers
- Uploading viruses, malware, ransomware, or harmful code
- Impersonating Florida Busted Mugshots staff or any law enforcement officer
- Republishing site content as your own without written consent
- Selling or licensing data from this site for FCRA-covered use
Florida County Coverage Areas
Florida Busted Mugshots organizes pages by county to make local lookups fast. Each county page lists public resources for that area. Below is the core coverage map as of September 2026.
Hillsborough County Records
Hillsborough County Florida mugshots are available through the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office booking search. The county covers Tampa and surrounding cities. Booking data typically refreshes every few hours through the official sheriff’s portal.
Duval County Records
Duval County Florida mugshots link to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office online roster. Duval County includes Jacksonville and nearby communities. The sheriff’s office posts recent booking photos and charges within 24 hours of intake.
Orange County Records
Orange County Florida mugshots are searchable through the Orange County Corrections Department inmate lookup. The county covers Orlando and the surrounding metro area. Booking records and charges appear on the official inmate search page.
Miami-Dade County Records
Miami-Dade County arrest records are pulled from the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department inmate search. The county covers Miami, Miami Beach, Homestead, and many other cities. Records list current inmates and recent bookings.
Broward County Records
Broward County Florida mugshots link to the Broward Sheriff’s Office jail inmate search. The county includes Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Pompano Beach. Booking photos are usually posted within a day of arrest.
Palm Beach County Records
Palm Beach County mugshots link to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office booking blotter. The county covers West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, and Delray Beach. The sheriff’s office maintains a searchable booking database.
Pinellas County Records
Pinellas County Florida mugshots are available through the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office inmate lookup. The county covers St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Largo. Records refresh multiple times per day on the official portal.
Lee County Records
Lee County Florida mugshots are searchable via the Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrest inquiry page. The county covers Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Bonita Springs. Arrest records and booking data are posted on the sheriff’s public site.
Information Accuracy and Sources
Public records come from many official agencies, and each agency maintains its own publication schedule. Florida Busted Mugshots cannot guarantee that any single record is current, complete, or free of clerical error.
Public Records Source Disclaimer
Every record links to or reflects data from a public source. We do not edit, update, or verify the accuracy of any third-party record. The official agency that published the record remains the only source of truth.
No Guarantee of Completeness
A missing record does not mean the person was never arrested. Some agencies remove mugshots after a set time period. Others redact booking photos after expungement. Florida law and each agency’s own policy control what stays public.
Record Updates and Corrections
If you spot an error in a record linked from this site, contact the agency that published the record. Florida Busted Mugshots cannot change public records held by a sheriff’s office, county jail, or court clerk.
Intellectual Property Rights
The site layout, code, design, graphics, logos, and written text belong to Florida Busted Mugshots or to our licensors. Public records themselves are public, but the way we organize, present, and index them is original work.
Site Content Ownership
All original site content, including page layouts, navigation menus, search tools, graphics, and text created by our team, is owned by Florida Busted Mugshots. You may not copy, mirror, or reproduce any original content without written consent.
Limited License to Users
You receive a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to view site pages in a normal web browser. You may not republish, redistribute, or resell any part of this site. Scraping the site to build a competing database is a breach of this license.
Trademarks and Branding
The Florida Busted Mugshots name, logo, and any related marks are our trademarks. You may not use our marks in advertising, on social media, or on a competing product without written permission.
Third-Party Links and External Sites
The site links to many external sources, including sheriff’s offices, county corrections departments, and state agency portals. Once you click a third-party link, you leave our site and enter a site owned and controlled by someone else.
No Endorsement Policy
A link to a third-party site does not mean we endorse that site. We do not control the content, advertising, or privacy practices of any linked site. Read each external site’s own terms and privacy policy before you submit any data.
User Responsibility for Third-Party Sites
Any information you type into a third-party site is governed by that site’s own rules. Florida Busted Mugshots is not responsible for how those sites handle your data, how they store your searches, or what they do with your IP address.
Privacy and Data Collection
We collect only the minimum data needed to run the site, serve traffic, and stop abuse. Our full data practices are described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these Terms and Conditions.
Information We Collect
We collect your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URL, and pages visited on our site. We use this data to diagnose traffic problems, stop bots, and improve site performance.
Cookies and Tracking
The site uses cookies and similar tools to remember your settings, measure traffic, and run basic analytics. You can disable cookies in your browser. Some site features may not work if you block all cookies.
Data Sharing Practices
We do not sell personal data. We share data only with law enforcement under a valid subpoena, court order, or search warrant, or with service providers who help us run the site under a written data protection agreement.
Account Termination and Access Restrictions
We reserve the right to block, ban, or limit access to any user at any time. We do not need to give a warning or explain the reason before we act. The most common reason for a block is repeated scraping or abusive traffic.
Grounds for Termination
We may terminate your access if you scrape the site, attack the site, use the data to stalk or harass someone, sell data for FCRA-covered use, or violate any other part of these terms. We may also terminate access if a court orders us to do so.
Effect of Termination
Once access is terminated, you must stop using the site right away. Termination does not affect any clause that should survive termination, including the limitation of liability, the indemnification clause, and the choice of law clause.
Disclaimer of Warranties
The site is provided on an as-is basis. We make no promises about fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, reliability, availability, or freedom from defects. You use the site at your own risk.
As-Is Basis
Florida Busted Mugshots does not warrant that the site will run without interruption, that defects will be fixed, that the site is free of viruses, or that the site will meet your specific needs. Any warranty implied by law is disclaimed to the fullest extent allowed by Florida law.
No Professional Advice
Nothing on this site counts as legal advice, financial advice, medical advice, or private investigator work. We do not have a lawyer on staff. Talk to a licensed attorney in Florida if you need legal advice tied to an arrest record.
Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent allowed by Florida law, Florida Busted Mugshots is not liable for any harm that comes from your use of the site. This includes direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages.
Scope of Liability Cap
If a court rules that we are liable despite this clause, our total liability is capped at one hundred US dollars ($100). This cap reflects the free, public nature of the site and the limited value you paid to access it.
Excluded Damages
We are not liable for lost profits, lost data, lost business, business interruption, reputational harm, emotional distress, or any other indirect harm. We are not liable for actions taken by a third party based on data found on this site.
Indemnification by User
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Florida Busted Mugshots, its owners, employees, contractors, and affiliates from any claim, demand, lawsuit, or damages that arises from your use of the site or your breach of these terms. If we get sued because of your actions, you agree to cover our legal costs.
Modifications to Terms
These terms may change at any time. We may add new rules, remove old rules, or rewrite sections as Florida law, search engine rules, or our business needs change. The latest version always controls your use of the site.
Right to Update
We may update these terms without sending you a personal notice. Major changes will be reflected by a new effective date at the top of this page. Small edits, typo fixes, and clarifications do not trigger a notice.
Notification of Changes
When we make material changes, we will post a notice on the home page for at least 30 days. Continued use of the site after the notice period means you accept the new terms. Stop using the site if you do not accept them.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms are read under Florida state law. Any dispute tied to these terms or to your use of the site will be resolved in a Florida court. You submit to the personal jurisdiction of Florida courts by using the site.
Florida State Law
Florida law controls every part of these terms, even if you live in another state or another country. Federal law may also apply where it preempts Florida law, especially under the FCRA and other federal public records statutes.
Venue for Disputes
Any lawsuit tied to these terms must be filed in a state or federal court sitting in Florida. You waive any objection to venue, jurisdiction, or inconvenient forum. You also waive the right to a jury trial on certain claims where allowed by law.
Severability and Entire Agreement
If a court strikes down any part of these terms, the rest of the terms still apply. The whole agreement between you and Florida Busted Mugshots is contained in these Terms and Conditions and in our Privacy Policy.
Severability Clause
If any clause is found unenforceable, a court may replace it with the closest legal clause that reflects the original intent. The rest of these terms will remain in full force and effect.
Complete Agreement
These Terms and Conditions, together with the Privacy Policy, form the complete agreement between you and Florida Busted Mugshots. Any prior oral or written agreement on the same subject is replaced by this document.
Contact Information
For questions about these Terms and Conditions, reach out through the methods below. We try to reply to every email within five business days.
Email: support@floridabustedmugshots.com
Support Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Mailing Address: Florida Busted Mugshots, PO Box 4521, Tampa, FL 33601
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the questions users most often ask about our Terms and Conditions. If your question is not here, send us an email. The FAQ below is part of the binding terms above, so read each answer with care before you continue using the site.
Is Florida Busted Mugshots a government website?
No. Florida Busted Mugshots is an independent, privately owned public records directory. We are not a state, federal, county, or municipal agency. We do not work for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Department of Corrections, or any Florida sheriff’s office. Our site links to public records held by those agencies. We do not hold the original records and cannot issue certified copies. Certified records must be requested directly from the agency that holds them.
Can I use records from this site to deny someone a job or housing?
No. The Fair Credit Reporting Act controls decisions about employment, housing, credit, insurance, tenant screening, professional licensing, and government benefits. Florida Busted Mugshots is not a consumer reporting agency. We do not provide FCRA-compliant background checks. Using our data for any FCRA-covered purpose can expose you to federal liability. Use this site only for personal, journalistic, academic, or public-safety research purposes.
How accurate is the data on this site?
Data on this site links to public records maintained by official Florida agencies. We cannot guarantee accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Arrest records can be updated, sealed, expunged, or corrected at any time by the agency that holds them. A record that shows up today may be removed tomorrow. A missing record does not mean the person was never arrested. Always confirm with the original source before relying on any record.
Do I need to create an account to use the site?
No. Florida Busted Mugshots does not require an account, a login, or a subscription. You can browse, search, and view records without creating a profile. If you contact us by email, we may keep your email address and message to handle your request and improve our service. We do not sell or rent your contact data to any third party.
Can I scrape data or download records in bulk?
No. Automated scraping, harvesting, crawling, or bulk downloading of this site is banned under these terms and may violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and similar laws. We run traffic monitoring and bot detection tools. Users who break this rule will be blocked, and we may report them to law enforcement. If you need bulk public records for a research project, contact the source agency directly.
What happens if I break these terms?
If you break these terms, we can block your IP address, block your device fingerprint, or take legal action. Breaking these terms may also violate federal or Florida state law, including the FCRA, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and Florida’s unfair trade practices statutes. You may face civil damages, criminal charges, or both. You also agree to pay our legal costs if we sue you and win.
How do I report an error in a record?
Errors in records must be reported to the agency that published the record. Florida Busted Mugshots does not edit or remove records held by a Florida sheriff’s office, county jail, or court clerk. If you believe a record is wrong, contact the original agency. You can also seek an expungement or sealing order through a Florida court. Talk to a licensed Florida attorney for legal help with expungement.