Leon County Felony Warrant List
Leon County's Sheriff's Office posts an Outstanding First and Second Degree Felony Warrants list online. It works like a roster, not a glossy most-wanted poster. On August 16, 2026, the list held 186 rows. Of those, 141 carried a defendant photo. Another 44 showed a placeholder instead. The tally shifts as warrants come and go. So the sheriff's live page always has the final word.
The list has real blind spots. Warrants under two months old stay off it. So do anything older than five years. Someone can have an active warrant and never appear there, and no refresh schedule is published. A matching name or photo proves little on its own. Only the issuing agency can confirm current status or identity.
The sheriff's felony-warrant interface sits below. It's a plain view of the listing system itself, not a booking-photo gallery.
Whatever the source shows today is what counts. Its rows and warnings change at the sheriff's discretion, and the images stay with the agency rather than being copied here as a mugshot gallery.
Leon County Wanted Listing Fields
Each row on the Leon County wanted list carries several identifying details. The charge field shows the basis for the warrant. That's all it shows. An issuing-agency label points you toward who handles questions about the matter. The warrant date helps sort cases apart when names run alike. Together, these fields can distinguish people who share a name. None of them replaces a court record.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Photograph | A defendant image when LCSO has one available; some rows display no image. |
| Full name | The name attached to the listed warrant, which still requires identity verification. |
| Date of birth | An identifier used to distinguish similar or matching names. |
| Warrant date | The date connected to the listed process, not an update guarantee. |
| Issuing agency | The agency named in connection with the warrant. |
| Charge and degree | The alleged offense and its first- or second-degree classification. |
| Details link | The sheriff's expanded entry for the selected listing. |
Browse Leon County Most Wanted
Treat the felony list as a public-safety tool, not a warrant encyclopedia. The sheriff's own page is the place to start. Look past the face and compare several fields. Write down when you checked, since a served or recalled warrant drops off the list without fanfare.
- Open the official LCSO felony-warrant list and read its scope limits before reviewing entries.
- Check the full name, date of birth, warrant date, issuing agency, alleged charge, and degree together.
- Do not infer current custody from an entry. If the person may have been booked, use the Leon County custody and booking paths.
- If you recognize someone, use the listed LCSO or Crime Stoppers tip route. Never approach, follow, or confront the person.
- For an urgent threat or an immediate sighting tied to danger, call 911.
LCSO Judicial Services also partners with the United States Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force. That unit chases suspects with violent-felony warrants and violent histories. Don't read too much into it, though. The online list remains a curated local publication, not a master database of every county or federal warrant.
Note: An absent row clears no one, since the published felony list skips both brand-new and aged-out warrants.
Check Leon County Warrants
For a search aimed at one person, skip the publicity list and use the separate LCSO general Warrant Search. The form takes a last name, first name, sheriff's person number (SPN), race, sex, date of birth, or a birth-date range. Those filters make targeted lookups far easier. LCSO does label the online results as informational only, not grounds for legal action.
The official warrant-search form is pictured below. It's a query tool, plain and simple.
Whatever the form returns is just a lead. LCSO's judicial guidance and Warrants Unit instructions are firm on this. The office will not confirm outstanding-warrant status by phone, email, or mail. Anyone directly affected should use the official in-person identification route, consult a Florida attorney, or contact the issuing court.
- Search the LCSO form with a full name, then add birth details or SPN when known.
- Compare all available identifiers. Do not treat a common-name match as proof.
- Check a known criminal case through the Leon County Clerk for docket entries, while remembering that the Clerk is not a universal warrant-clearance service.
- Resolve uncertainty through counsel, the issuing court, or LCSO's stated in-person process with valid identification.
Leon County Warrant Types
The felony page covers only first- and second-degree matters, so plenty of court commands never touch it. Keep two things apart in your head. One is the full universe of active process. The other is the sheriff's filtered publication drawn from it. A warrant means a judge has ordered an arrest or a court appearance on specified terms. That's all it means.
| Record type | What the public tool means | Safe next step |
|---|---|---|
| Selected felony warrant | Fits the degree and date limits of LCSO's public felony list. | Send location information through an official tip channel. |
| General arrest warrant | May appear in the broader name-based search without being selected for publicity. | Verify through the court, counsel, or official in-person route. |
| Case-related warrant entry | May appear on a known Clerk case docket as one event in that case. | Read the full progress docket and later disposition. |
| Unlisted or uncertain process | A no-result may reflect scope, timing, identity, or data limits. | Do not infer clearance; use the formal resolution path. |
A disposition is the court's recorded outcome. It can differ from the allegation that led to booking or a warrant. When a case is known, the Clerk docket is the right place to follow amended charges, hearings, dismissal, plea, acquittal, judgment, or a still-pending case.
The Leon County Clerk's criminal search works best when the online warrant result can be tied to a known case. Review the progress docket in order and note the date of each entry. A docket may show warrant-related activity, but the Clerk does not advertise its case search as a universal warrant-clearance certificate. Confidential or sealed matters may not appear like ordinary public cases, and older files may have few online images. Those limits are another reason to avoid treating either a name-only hit or a blank result as a final answer.
Resolve Leon County Warrants Safely
The Warrants Unit at the Leon County Sheriff's Office handles every stage of a warrant: receiving it, processing the paperwork, keeping the files current, and making arrests. Its own published material puts the workload at roughly 100 wanted-person arrests and 430 civil processes in a typical month. Those numbers describe what the unit does, not how many distinct people have open warrants. A web result is never a substitute for official verification, which only the sheriff's office can provide.
The Judicial Services page lays out the unit's duties in the agency's own words. The capture below shows the office context but stops short of any individual wanted profile.
Worried a warrant has your name on it? Talk to a Florida attorney or the court that issued it, and follow the verification steps LCSO publishes. That is the safe path. Trying to dodge service, hide out, or game the public search to avoid contact only makes things worse. Resolution comes through the court and a lawyer, not through shortcuts.
Leon County Warrant Tips
Seen someone on a wanted list? Report it to law enforcement rather than acting on your own. LCSO accepts anonymous tips. No name is required. Big Bend Crime Stoppers runs a separate community line, and that program alone decides whether a tip earns a reward. Its handbook lists payments from $500 up to $5,000 for eligible tips that lead to a felony arrest. Even so, nobody should count on a payout or assume a set amount.
Leon County Warrants and Tips
Warrants Unit
3333 West Pensacola Street, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 606-3450
After hours: (850) 606-3300
Email: warrant-tips@leoncountyfl.gov
Big Bend Crime Stoppers: (850) 574-TIPS (8477)
Stick to what you actually saw. That means the name as listed, where and when you saw the person, and a plain description of what happened. Do not play detective or follow anyone. An anonymous tip lets officers weigh the information while the agency decides how to respond and whether any reward applies.
Note: Email and nonemergency lines are not substitutes for 911 when a person faces an immediate risk.
Leon County Wanted Alerts
LCSO Connect bundles several tools in one app. Users get official tips, alerts, agency news, daily booking information, an inmate search, and public-record requests. That makes it handy right after checking a wanted list. A user can pass along what they know through the agency channel. They can also find out whether an arrest ended in county custody. One caution applies. The app's official description never promises booking photographs, so treat it as an information source rather than a guaranteed mugshot feed.
Alerts and social posts from the sheriff's office cover selected safety notices and calls for help. They are not complete lists. Someone named in an old post may have had a court date or a status change since it went up. Confirm with the live sheriff source first. Then turn to the Clerk docket for how the case ended.
The app's other features fill different needs. Nonemergency requests and detention info sit alongside a direct tip function. A daily booking item means an arrest was reported. An inmate search shows who is in county custody right now. A wanted alert asks residents for help. Each tool stands on its own. Booking, custody, and wanted status all change on their own schedules, so note the date on anything you find.