This is a private reference service, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the public office that holds the record for those needs.
Official Record Routes
Florence County Sheriff's Office
6719 Friendfield Road
Effingham, SC 29541
Non-emergency: 843-665-2121
Detention Center: 843-665-9944
Publicly posted hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST
FCSO records requests use the sheriff's dedicated FOIA and NextRequest path.
Match the contact to the record type. FCSO holds county-custody and sheriff material. A municipal police report belongs with the city agency. A court disposition belongs with the court. State-prison and federal systems are separate.
- Use the Florence County home page for the official current and short released custody search sequence.
- Use Most Wanted for the FCSO warrant-list and court-confirmation path.
- For a City of Florence report, submit a request to City Manager's Office, FOIA, 324 W. Evans Street, Florence, SC 29501. The city lists police non-emergency at 843-665-3191.
- For Lake City records, contact LCPD at 202 Kelley Street, Lake City, SC 29560, 843-374-5411 or 843-374-5412, or use the city's FOIA route.
- For Timmonsville police records, contact TPD at 115 W. Main Street, Timmonsville, SC 29161, 843-346-7942, Tuesday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- For a Florence County court case, use the Judicial Branch gateway or the Clerk of Court, 181 N. Irby Street, MSC-E, Florence, SC 29501, 843-665-3031.
- For state-prison custody, use the SCDC inmate search. For federal or immigration detention, use the BOP or ICE locator that matches the custody system.