The detention center is at 551 West Main Street, Tavares, FL 32778, next to the Lake County Judicial Center. Detention center: 352-742-4000. Lake County Sheriff's Office: 352-343-2101.

Lake County Inmate Search lists charges and bond. Many Lake cities run their own police, and all of them book here, so the list changes fast. VINELink sends release alerts.

Lake is in the Fifth Judicial Circuit. A judge holds first appearance inside 24 hours:

• ROR: no money down.
• Cash: every dollar of the bond, which the clerk refunds after the case, keeping costs.
• Bondsman: 10 percent and at least $100 per charge, kept as payment.

A hold from Orange, Sumter or probation outlasts any bond payment. A missed Tavares hearing produces a capias. See our Lake bail page.

Call the sheriff's office (352-343-2101) about Lake warrants. The Clerk of Court (352-742-4100) has the docket. A lawyer can plan a surrender.

Lake defendants found indigent can be represented by the Fifth Circuit Public Defender. The $50 fee may be waived.

Visits at the Tavares detention center are scheduled, often by video. Call 352-742-4000. See visits and remote visits.

Tavares inmates can't receive calls; they dial out on lines families fund in advance. Our guides cover phones, messages and tablets.

Commissary purchases come out of account deposits. Use approved methods. See money and commissary.

Write the name and booking number with 551 West Main Street. No stickers or perfume. See mail rules.

Juvenile court handles Lake arrests under 18. Detained Lake teens are placed in a Department of Juvenile Justice regional center, with a hearing inside 24 hours. Parents can ask the sheriff's office at 352-343-2101.

Call 352-742-4000 about medicine, seizures, diabetes or suicide risk.

The U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, hears Lake federal cases in Ocala, 207 NW 2nd St., Ocala, FL 34475.

Lake federal defendants appear first before an Ocala magistrate; a detention hearing then decides custody. The U.S. Marshals (352-547-3680) may keep them in a county jail. Use the BOP locator once sentenced.

• Tavares booking prints are compared with DHS records.
• ICE may file an I-247A detainer.
• The detention center can hold up to 48 hours past release, weekends and holidays included.
• F.S. 908.105: the detainer goes to the bond judge, the state attorney and the court file.
• F.S. 907.041: unauthorized aliens booked in Tavares on forcible felonies aren't released before first appearance; detention is presumed, open to rebuttal.
• F.S. 908.11: 287(g) is required; Lake has task force and warrant service officer agreements.
• Lake families can try ICE's detainee finder; staff at the Miami field office, 2805 SW 145th Ave., Miramar, FL 33027, 954-843-5800, can also help.

Lake inmates bound for prison leave Tavares on an FDC bus for a reception center. Follow them through the FDC tool; Florida prisons listed here.

Yes. When you search the Lake inmate search, each result shows the mugshot. Lake sheriff's records (352-343-2101) can give you an official copy; a few are exempt.

ICE photos: submit a FOIA. Federal mugshots stay closed, except Marshals fugitive alerts.

• Leesburg Police Department: 352-787-2121
• Clermont Police Department: 352-394-5588
• Lake County Sheriff's Office: 352-343-2101

Emergencies: 911.