Volusia County Jail Inmate Search
To find someone in the Volusia County jail, use the Volusia County Division of Corrections online inmate inquiry, updated continuously. Volusia operates two facilities, so confirm which one applies before you drive. 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 Volusia 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 Volusia County. Confirm the actual hearing date and time with the facility or the court.
Where and how Volusia County holds the hearing
- Judicial circuit
- Seventh Judicial Circuit (Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties)
- Where it happens
- First Appearance hearings are held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on Red John Road — whichever of the two Volusia facilities the person is housed in.
- When
- Non-holiday weekdays at 1:30 p.m.; weekends and holidays at 8:30 a.m. On weekdays, jail arraignments commence immediately after first appearances finish.
- Can you watch?
- The Seventh Judicial Circuit does not publish public viewing arrangements for Volusia County first appearances.
Volusia County Pretrial Services may give the judge information at the hearing, and may supervise compliance afterwards if the person is released with conditions. The circuit's own guidance is blunt about the hearing itself: it is limited to probable cause, bond and release conditions, everything said is recorded and can be used later, and it is not the place to argue the facts of the case.
Waiver of extradition hearings are also held at the Branch Jail, on non-holiday weekdays only.
Not published
- The Seventh Judicial Circuit does not publish public viewing arrangements for Volusia County first appearances.
Everything said at that hearing is recorded
The Seventh Circuit says so itself. First appearance is about probable cause, bond and conditions — not about explaining what happened. Recorded jail calls fall in the same category.
Sources: Seventh Judicial Circuit — Administrative Order CR-2017-009-VL (first appearances and jail arraignments, Volusia County) · Seventh Judicial Circuit — First Appearance · Seventh Judicial Circuit — Volusia County Pretrial Services
From arrest to release in Volusia County
01Arrest
A law enforcement agency takes the person into custody in Volusia County and transports them to the Division of Corrections, which is a separate entity from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
02Booking
The person is processed into the Volusia County Division of Corrections. Housing depends on custody status: the Branch Jail on Red John Road holds pretrial and medium/high custody non-sentenced males, and the Correctional Facility on Indian Lake Road holds county sentenced, low/medium custody non-sentenced males, and all female inmates.
03First Appearance
The hearing is held at the Branch Jail on Red John Road, whichever facility the person is housed in — 1:30 p.m. on non-holiday weekdays, 8:30 a.m. on weekends and holidays. Jail arraignments follow immediately on weekdays. Pretrial Services may provide the judge with information used to decide release conditions.
04Bond Decision
At first appearance the judge addresses release. Bond is posted at the Branch Jail at 1300 Red John Road — this is the mistake families make most often in Volusia County.
05Release or Continued Custody
If release is ordered and conditions are satisfied, the person is released. Otherwise they remain in custody while the case proceeds in the Seventh Judicial Circuit.
What a lawyer actually does before first appearance
An attorney can appear at the Volusia 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. First Appearance hearings are held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on Red John Road — whichever of the two Volusia facilities the person is housed in.
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 Seventh Judicial Circuit (Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns 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 Volusia County the timing is fixed: Non-holiday weekdays at 1:30 p.m.; weekends and holidays at 8:30 a.m. On weekdays, jail arraignments commence immediately after first appearances finish.
Calls from the Volusia 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.
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Which Volusia County facility applies to you?
To post bond or attend a First Appearance hearing, go to the Branch Jail — regardless of which facility the person is housed in.
Volusia County Branch Jail (VCBJ)
- Address
- 1300 Red John Road, Daytona Beach, FL 32120
- Main
- (386) 254-1555
- Houses
- Pretrial status, state sentenced, and medium/high custody non-sentenced males.
- Capacity
- Design capacity: 899
- Bond posting and First Appearance hearings happen here.
Volusia County Correctional Facility (VCCF)
- Address
- 1354 N. Indian Lake Road, Daytona Beach, FL 32120
- Main
- (386) 254-1565
- Houses
- County sentenced, low/medium custody non-sentenced males, and all female inmates.
- Capacity
- Design capacity: 595
How do I post bond in Volusia County?
Volusia County runs two facilities four miles apart, and families routinely drive to the wrong one. To post bond or attend a First Appearance hearing, go to the Branch Jail, regardless of where the person is housed.
- 01Bond posting and First Appearance: Volusia County Branch Jail, 1300 Red John Road, Daytona Beach — (386) 254-1555.
- 02Housing questions for county sentenced, low/medium custody non-sentenced males, and all female inmates: Volusia County Correctional Facility, 1354 N. Indian Lake Road — (386) 254-1565.
- 03Verify any bonding company independently before sending money — search the company name, the agent's name, and the phone number.
- 04Under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.130, release is addressed at first appearance, which must happen within 24 hours of arrest.
Volusia County's Division of Corrections is a separate entity from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
Facing a specific charge? See our Orlando criminal defense hub, the Florida DUI penalties guide, or felony enhancements.
Getting there
Both facilities are off U.S. 92, roughly four miles west of the I-95 interchange in Daytona Beach.
- From Daytona Beach
- Take U.S. 92 west to Red John Road or Indian Lake Road.
- From DeLand or West Volusia
- Take U.S. 92 east about 4.9 miles.
Questions families ask first
Talk to a Liberate Legal attorney before the hearing.
If someone you love was just booked in Volusia 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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