Brevard County Jail

Use Brevard County Inmate Search and enter the name. Brevard shows the booking, charges, and bail amount once posted. A missing Brevard name may mean a recent arrest. The sheriff's 24-hour arrest inquiry line, 321-690-1501, gives charges, bond amounts and court dates the search leaves out.

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The Brevard County Jail Complex is at 860 Camp Road, Cocoa, FL 32927. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office runs it. Brevard's jail houses pretrial detainees plus inmates sentenced to a year or less.

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The sheriff says bond can be posted 24 hours a day. In Brevard, pay in full by cashier's check, certified check, or money order payable to the Brevard County Clerk of Courts, or hire a licensed bail agent. Deputies cannot recommend an agent. For cash or a credit card, the sheriff points you to an outside payment service it names on its bond page. Release can take several hours because staff run checks first. The jail gives each released person one free local call to find a ride. Have the person's CID number and full name ready, and phone 321-690-1500 and press 0 with questions.

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Yes. The sheriff's bond page names an outside payment service for cash or card. You can use it online, by phone, or at the jail, where you fill out paperwork. You need the inmate's CID number and name. The same company also takes commissary deposits, and those are not bail, so tell the operator you are paying a bond. Read the service's name and web address on the sheriff's own bond page, not from an ad or a search result.

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Florida's Rule 3.130 requires a hearing within 24 hours of arrest. The sheriff lists weekday court at 1:15 p.m. and weekend and holiday court at 9:30 a.m., and families can watch on the jail livestream page. A juvenile hearing can delay the start. Check with the clerk at 321-637-2000 before you plan around it.

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For release before a judge sees the case, the Florida Supreme Court's 2026 schedule (AOSC25-69) sets $2,500 for a third-degree felony without force and $5,000 with force. Misdemeanors without force run $500 for first degree and $150 for second degree, and a first DUI is $500.

The first-appearance judge may set anything higher or lower.

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County and circuit courts are centered in Viera. Titusville handles cases from the north end of the county, and Melbourne handles county cases from the south. The state judges' directory lists a Brevard courthouse at 400 South Street, Titusville, 321-637-2017. The clerk at 321-637-2000 can say which building holds your hearing.

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For Brevard, the licensing agency, the Florida Department of Financial Services, puts the state bond premium at 10 percent of court-set bail. That is $500 on a $5,000 bail. Section 648.33 says an agent may not charge above or below the filed rate. In Brevard, get the rate, collateral, and missed-court terms on paper.

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Florida law allows a surety who owns land in the state (section 903.05), and the recorded bond becomes a lien on it (section 903.26). Brevard's own list of accepted deeds and appraisals is not posted where we looked. Phone the clerk at 321-637-2000 before you start.

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In Brevard, article I, section 14 of the Florida Constitution permits holding someone on capital or life charges with clear proof, or when no terms protect the community. A new crime on release can lead to revocation (section 903.0471). A hold from probation, immigration, or another county can also block release.

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The Brevard police department that arrested can share the report number and booking time. Brevard adults seem to go to the Camp Road complex. Come back to Brevard County Inmate Search after a few hours.

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The Department of Juvenile Justice lists the Brevard Juvenile Detention Center at 5225 Dewitt Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32927, phone 321-690-3400. Visiting is Wednesday 7 to 8 p.m., Saturday 1 to 2 p.m., and Sunday 7 to 8 p.m., and holidays can change that. Brevard juvenile records are private and kept off the adult search.

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Tell the judge at first appearance you need one. The circuit public defender covers Brevard County. The clerk at 321-637-2000 can direct you to the office.

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A missed hearing puts the bond at risk. In Brevard, section 903.26 sets payment 60 days after the clerk mails notice, and section 903.28 gives some back on surrender, less the longer it takes. Call the agent and a lawyer at once.

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Brevard usually returns court registry money when the case ends, less fines, costs, and fees. For Brevard, the Department of Financial Services says the 10 percent premium is kept after release but refunded if the person stays in. Once the court discharges the bond, collateral should be returned inside 21 days. Keep copies of the receipts and the case number.

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Brevard's jail never takes gift cards or crypto. Anyone saying a Brevard inmate will be moved within the hour unless you pay is running a scam. Hang up, then call the Brevard jail yourself at 321-690-1500.

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• ICE uses Form I-247A to ask Brevard jailers for more time.
• In Brevard, that means up to 48 more hours.
• In Brevard, weekends and holidays count toward those 48 hours.
• Posting bond in Brevard does not end an ICE hold.
• F.S. 908.105 says the Brevard bond judge must be told.
• Notice also goes to the Brevard state attorney.
• Every Florida jail sheriff, Brevard included, must join 287(g) (F.S. 908.11).
• For Brevard, ICE's 287(g) list shows:
  • Task Force Model
  • Warrant Service Officer
• If ICE takes someone from Brevard, search the ICE detainee locator.

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For minor offenses, officers from Melbourne, Cocoa Beach and other Brevard cities, plus sheriff’s deputies, can issue a notice to appear rather than arrest you. You then come to court on the date given. People booked at the Camp Road jail have first appearance in a courtroom inside the jail itself, held weekday afternoons and weekend mornings, and the Sheriff streams these hearings online. Florida requires this hearing within 24 hours of arrest. Until then, the Camp Road jail uses the 2026 uniform bond schedule adopted by the Florida Supreme Court, which sets a minimum per charge. Posting a bond means leaving money or a guarantee with the court so you’ll keep coming back. In Brevard, some charges carry no bond until a judge looks at them. Bondsmen around Cocoa and Viera, licensed by the state, charge a 10% premium on a state bond to post it for you.

The elected State Attorney of the Eighteenth Circuit prosecutes all state crimes in Brevard and Seminole. The elected Eighteenth Circuit Public Defender, whose Brevard office is on Judge Fran Jamieson Way, steps in for Brevard defendants who are too poor to hire counsel. A conflict, like representing two people charged in the same crime, can send one defendant to Florida’s regional conflict counsel or to a court-appointed private lawyer. Section 938.29 of Florida law lets the judge order a convicted person to pay for the appointed lawyer, which may become a lien.

In Brevard County Court, the harshest sentence on a first-degree misdemeanor is 12 months at Camp Road plus $1,000; a second-degree misdemeanor stops at 60 days plus $500. The State Attorney runs pretrial diversion for some first-time offenders, letting them earn a dismissal. Florida’s speedy trial rule requires a misdemeanor trial inside 90 days of formal charging, and only the defense can give that up. A jury of six decides.

For kids: Anyone under 18 is handled in the juvenile division of Brevard Circuit Court. Officers can give a civil citation (Section 985.12) for many first-time minor offenses, which means the youth does community service or other tasks and avoids an arrest record. Any Brevard child kept locked up sees a judge at a detention hearing within 24 hours; there, the judge weighs whether going home is safe.

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A Brevard felony starts at first appearance inside the jail, where the judge looks for probable cause and sets release terms. The State Attorney’s office in Viera then files a formal charge, called an information, or decides not to. At arraignment, the defendant pleads. Pretrial hearings and evidence sharing follow at the Moore Justice Center.

Felonies in Florida have three main degrees. Third-degree felonies, like most grand thefts or fleeing police in a car, have a maximum of 5 years in prison. A home burglary is usually second degree, maximum 15 years. First-degree felonies have a maximum of 30. Fentanyl and other drug trafficking charges also bring mandatory minimum terms. Viera judges use a Criminal Punishment Code scoresheet, totaling points to set the lowest sentence the judge can give without special reasons. Florida’s rule is that prisoners serve at least 85% of their sentence. Brevard also uses probation, drug court and veterans court.

Brevard prosecutors have 175 days from formal charging to try a felony, a deadline the defense frequently waives. Non-capital felony juries in Florida have six members.

For kids: Teens held on felonies stay at the Brevard Juvenile Detention Center on DeWitt Avenue in Cocoa, operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice. The Eighteenth Circuit State Attorney can direct file under Section 985.557, moving a 16- or 17-year-old’s felony into adult court; with 14- and 15-year-olds, only specific grave felonies qualify. Since 2019, Florida law has left that choice to prosecutors.

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Violent felony cases in Brevard follow the same order but carry heavier risks. After a pretrial detention hearing, a Brevard judge may refuse bond entirely. Under 10-20-Life, Section 775.087, guns raise the floor on listed felonies: carrying one means a 10-year minimum, firing one means 20, and a shot that kills or maims someone means at least 25 and possibly life. A life felony, which covers some sexual battery charges, can bring life in prison.

In Brevard, a capital felony, mainly first-degree murder, carries death or life without parole after a conviction. These cases need a grand jury indictment and a 12-member trial jury. Since 2023, Florida law allows a death sentence when at least 8 of the 12 jurors recommend it. Condemned men live on Union Correctional Institution’s death row near Raiford; condemned women live at Lowell.

Brevard crime victims are covered by Marsy’s Law, Florida Constitution Article I, Section 16(b). They can be informed of court events, be present, and be heard by the judge at key moments like plea deals and sentencing. Victim advocates with the State Attorney’s office offer help.

For kids: Section 985.56 permits a Brevard grand jury to indict a child at any age, with adult trial, if the charge could mean death or life. Execution, however, is never allowed for a crime someone committed while still under 18 in Brevard or elsewhere.

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Brevard's Sheriff's Office keeps an offender and warrant search built from its warrant file, and the agency answers at (321) 264-5100. Eighteenth Circuit cases, plus any capias, show in the clerk's General Public Case Search. The usual fix is a planned surrender at the Camp Road complex in Cocoa alongside a lawyer, who can also ask the judge to withdraw it. Rescheduling runs through the clerk's criminal office at the Moore Justice Center in Viera. FDLE adds a statewide wanted persons lookup for warrants published by other agencies.

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