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Lake County Detention Center, Tavares

Leesburg, Clermont, Eustis, Mount Dora and Lady Lake arrests are booked at the Lake County Detention Center on West Main Street in Tavares. Search Lake County Inmate Search or call 352-742-4000. Families can also read our court process guide.

1. Lake jail address

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.

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2. Searching Lake inmates

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.

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3. Bond in Tavares

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.

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4. Did a Clermont or Leesburg warrant arrest go to the West Main Street jail?

Very likely. Clermont, Leesburg, Eustis and Mount Dora police all hand their warrant pickups to the detention center on West Main Street. Custody can be confirmed through the Sheriff's Office at 352-343-2101. A capias is noted in the clerk's online court records search, and FDLE's statewide wanted-person lookup adds other agencies. For your own warrant, a defense attorney can walk you across from the courthouse to surrender, and the clerk can set a new date. Visits and video calls are scheduled online through the jail.

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5. Public defender

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

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6. Visiting

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

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7. Phones

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

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8. Money

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

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9. Mail

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

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10. Lake juveniles

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.

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11. Medical

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

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12. Lake federal cases

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.

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13. ICE detainers in Lake

• Tavares booking prints are compared with DHS records.
• ICE may file an I-247A detainer.
• The Main Street detention center can hold someone on the detainer up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
• 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.

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14. State prison

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.

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15. Lake mugshots online

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.

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16. Lake police numbers

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

Emergencies: 911.

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Lake County contacts

Inmate search

Lake County Inmate Search

Jail

Lake County Detention Center, 551 West Main Street, Tavares, FL 32778, 352-742-4000

Sheriff

352-343-2101

Clerk

352-742-4100

Lake County Detention Center Inmate Services Information

Phone: 352-742-4054

Physical Address:
551 W Main Street
Tavares, FL 32778

Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID Number
C/O Securus Digital Mail Center - Lake County Detention Center
PO BOX 22997
Tampa, FL 33634

Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name & Inmate ID Number
Lake County Detention Center
551 W. Main St
Tavares, FL 32778

Every year Lake County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 20,400 offenders, and maintain an average of 1,020 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.

The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.

The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Lake County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Lake County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Florida and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.

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