Brevard County Jail Inmate Search
To find someone in the Brevard County jail, use the Brevard County Jail Complex online inmate search, updated continuously. Recently booked individuals typically appear within a few hours of arrest. Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, an arrested person must be taken before a judge within 24 hours.
The roster opens in a new tab. Leave this page open — what happens after you find them is below.
Found them. Now what?
The roster tells you where someone is. It does not tell you what happens at the hearing that comes next. Bond amount and release conditions are set at first appearance in Brevard County — electronic monitoring, no-contact orders, travel limits — and those conditions are harder to change once a judge has set them.
Call (407) 232-7287Florida law requires a judge to see them within 24 hours.
24hours from arrest
Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130(a), except when previously released in a lawful manner, every arrested person must be taken before a judge — in person or by audio-video technology — within 24 hours of arrest. At first appearance the judge must inform the defendant of the charge and provide a copy of the complaint. A state attorney and a public defender must attend, and an official record is maintained. If the defendant has retained private counsel, the public defender's attendance is not required.
This clock is a general guide to the 24-hour rule, not case-specific timing for any individual in Brevard County. Confirm the actual hearing date and time with the facility or the court.
Where and how Brevard County holds the hearing
- Judicial circuit
- Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Brevard and Seminole counties)
- Where it happens
- All Brevard County first appearances are held at the Brevard County Detention Center, under the circuit's standing order on jail initial proceedings.
- When
- Weekdays at 1:15 p.m.; weekends and holidays at 9:00 a.m. Juvenile detention hearings are heard before adult hearings.
- Can you watch?
- The Sheriff's Office streams jail court to the public on its Jail Livestream page, because the courtroom inside the jail limits in-person public access for security reasons. The published stream times are 1:15 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, and 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays for plea court. The judge with authority over jail court can switch the stream off at their discretion, and juvenile proceedings heard first can delay the start. Note the small mismatch: the circuit's administrative order sets weekend and holiday first appearance at 9:00 a.m., while the Sheriff publishes 9:30 a.m. as the stream time.
Paperwork has a hard cutoff. On weekdays, anything involving an inmate must be e-filed to the Clerk by 8:30 a.m.; on weekends and holidays, by 6:00 a.m. Anything filed after the cutoff is processed for the following day's hearing. That single line explains most of the cases where a family expects a hearing and it does not happen.
Not published
- Neither the circuit nor the Sheriff publishes a rule for which Brevard courthouse hears the case after first appearance.
The 8:30 a.m. cutoff is the whole ballgame
In Brevard, a late-morning arrest often means the paperwork misses that day's docket and the hearing lands the next day. If you are counting hours, count them from the cutoff, not from the arrest.
Sources: Eighteenth Judicial Circuit — Administrative Order 18-53-B Amended (jail initial proceedings, Brevard County) · Eighteenth Judicial Circuit — First Appearance documents · Brevard County Sheriff's Office — Jail Livestream
From arrest to release in Brevard County
01Arrest
A law enforcement agency takes the person into custody in Brevard County and transports them to the jail complex on Camp Road in Cocoa. The complex is owned by Brevard County and operated by the Sheriff.
02Booking
The person is processed into the Brevard County Jail Complex at 860 Camp Road in Cocoa. The complex is owned and maintained by Brevard County and operated by the Sheriff, and routinely houses more than 1,600 people daily.
03First Appearance
The hearing is held at the Brevard County Detention Center — 1:15 p.m. on weekdays, 9:00 a.m. on weekends and holidays, with juvenile detention hearings heard first. Paperwork e-filed after 8:30 a.m. on a weekday, or after 6:00 a.m. on a weekend or holiday, is pushed to the following day's docket.
04Bond Decision
At first appearance the judge addresses release. For bond questions, call the jail complex at (321) 690-1500 and press 0 for Inmate Information and Bonds.
05Release or Continued Custody
If release is ordered and conditions are satisfied, the person is released from the jail complex. Otherwise they remain in custody while the case proceeds in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.
What a lawyer actually does before first appearance
An attorney can appear at the Brevard hearing and be heard on release
First appearance is a hearing, not a formality. Defense counsel can appear and argue the conditions of release — the bond figure, and what your relative has to agree to in order to leave. All Brevard County first appearances are held at the Brevard County Detention Center, under the circuit's standing order on jail initial proceedings.
Conditions set here are harder to change later
Electronic monitoring, no-contact orders, curfews, travel restrictions and reporting requirements are set at this hearing. Changing them afterwards means a separate motion and another hearing in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Brevard and Seminole counties).
The State always has a prosecutor in the room
Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, a state attorney and a public defender both attend. If private counsel has been retained, the public defender's attendance is not required. In Brevard County the timing is fixed: Weekdays at 1:15 p.m.; weekends and holidays at 9:00 a.m. Juvenile detention hearings are heard before adult hearings.
Calls from the Brevard County jail are recorded
Calls from a jail phone are recorded and can be used later in the case. That applies to conversations about what happened, and to conversations about who was there.
Ask us what to expect at first appearance in Brevard County. (407) 232-7287
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Where is the Brevard County jail located?
Brevard County Jail Complex
- Address
- 860 Camp Road, Cocoa, FL 32927
- Main / Reception
- (321) 690-1500
- Inmate Information & Bonds
- (321) 690-1500 — then press 0
- Visitation Appointments
- (321) 690-1518
- General Assistance
- (321) 690-0205
- Medical Unit
- (321) 690-1547
- Mental Health Unit
- (321) 690-1559
- Inmate Records
- (321) 690-1541
- Classification Unit
- (321) 690-1570
- Chaplain
- (321) 690-1530
- Fax
- (321) 635-7800
- Owned and maintained by Brevard County and operated by the Sheriff.
- Accredited through the Florida Corrections Accreditation Commission.
- Opened in 1986 with 386 beds; now routinely houses over 1,600 people daily, with a rated capacity of 1,849.
How do I post bond in Brevard County?
Brevard routes bond questions through a dedicated line at the jail complex rather than a separate bond office number.
- 01Call (321) 690-1500 and press 0 for Inmate Information and Bonds to confirm the bond amount and current accepted payment methods.
- 02Verify any bonding company independently before sending money — search the company name, the agent's name, and the phone number.
- 03Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, release is addressed at first appearance, which must happen within 24 hours of arrest.
Brevard County contracts with Smart Communications for inmate mail. All regular postal mail is scanned and viewed on housing-unit kiosks — the original document is destroyed.
The inmate's name and ID number must both be printed on the envelope, or the mail is returned to sender.
Brevard has several courthouses — Titusville, the Moore Justice Center in Viera, Melbourne and Palm Bay. Neither the circuit nor the Clerk publishes a rule saying which one hears a case after first appearance, so confirm the location on the notice of hearing rather than assuming.
Release from the jail takes several hours even once bond is posted, and bond can be posted at any hour of the day.
Facing a specific charge? See our Orlando criminal defense hub, the Florida DUI penalties guide, or felony enhancements.
Visiting, writing and sending money in Brevard County
Every line below comes from the Brevard County Sheriff's Office's own published jail pages.
- No face-to-face visits
- There is no in-person visitation except professional visits and visits specially approved by Jail Command. Everything runs through Smart Communications kiosks.
- Booking a video visit
- Create a Smart Communications account, then schedule a maximum of seven days ahead and a minimum of 24 hours ahead.
- Video visit times
- Seven days a week: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., 1:00–5:00 p.m., and 8:00–10:30 p.m.
- Video visit cost
- Remote visits from home are 15 or 30 minutes at 25 cents a minute — $3.75 or $7.50. Inmates can also start a video call themselves, which must be answered within three minutes.
- Electronic messages
- Two free electronic messages every Saturday; additional messages 50 cents each, payable by sender or collect. Photos are $1.00 each.
- Regular mail
- All postal mail goes to Smart Communications / Brevard County, inmate first and last name and ID number, PO Box 9145, Seminole, FL 33775-9145. Mail without both the name and the ID number is returned to sender.
- Mail is scanned, not delivered
- Letters are scanned to the kiosks and the originals are destroyed after 30 days — never send original birth certificates, marriage certificates, social security cards or irreplaceable photos. After release, scans can be downloaded free from smartjailmail.com for 30 days.
- Property release hours
- Tuesday 8:15–9:30 a.m., Wednesday 12:15–1:30 p.m., Thursday 7:15–8:30 p.m. You need valid photo ID and the inmate must pre-authorise the release to you. Property line (321) 690-1531.
- Items you cannot send
- The jail accepts only items ordered by a judge for court proceedings. Anything else is case-by-case.
- Bond payment methods
- Cashier's check, certified check or money order payable to the Brevard County Clerk of Courts; cash or card through TouchPay at touchpayonline.com, 1-866-204-1603, or on-site at the jail complex. You need the CID number and the inmate's full name.
- Commissary deposits
- Fund an account through TouchPay. If the account is in the negative, half of each deposit now reaches the inmate and half goes to the balance. Commissary packages can also be sent through iCare, (877) 615-3296.
- Charges and bond amounts
- Call (321) 690-1501, answered 24 hours, for charges, bond amounts and pending court dates.
- Watching jail court
- The Sheriff streams jail court publicly: 1:15 p.m. weekdays, 9:30 a.m. weekends and holidays, 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays for plea court. Juvenile proceedings heard first can delay the start.
Questions families ask first
Talk to a Liberate Legal attorney before the hearing.
If someone you love was just booked in Brevard County, the hours before first appearance matter. Liberate Legal is a criminal defense firm in Orlando serving Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Volusia, Osceola, Lake, and Polk counties.
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Information verified September 4, 2026.
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