The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office makes all reports available as required by Florida
State Statutes Chapter 119.
Records Fees
Incident Reports
Incident reports can be obtained in person, or by mail.
To request the information in person, come to the Records Section
located at:
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
Records Section
600 301 Boulevard West, Suite 202
Bradenton, Florida 34205
Office Hours:
Effective March 5, 2017, the Records Section will be open to the public Monday-Friday, from 8:00am-5:00pm.
Closed Weekends and Holidays
To request the information by mail, write to:
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
Records Section
600 301 Boulevard West, Suite 202
Bradenton, Florida 34205
NOTE: Requests by mail must include a self addressed stamped
envelope and $1.00 per report.
CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS
Sharon Chasteen, Records Director
(941)747-3011 ext. 2295
Accident Reports
The listed information was taken from Florida State Statue #FSS 316.066. Click here to see the statute.
(5) (a) Crash reports that reveal the identity, home or employment telephone
number or home or employment address of, or other personal information concerning
the parties involved in the crash and that are held by any agency that regularly
receives or prepares information from or concerning the parties to motor vehicle
crashes are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution for a
period of 60 days after the date the report is filed.
(b) Crash reports held by an agency under paragraph (a) may be made immediately
available to the parties involved in the crash, their legal representatives, their
licensed insurance agents, their insurers or insurers to which they have applied
for coverage, persons under contract with such insurers to provide claims or underwriting
information, prosecutorial authorities, victim services programs, radio and television
stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, newspapers qualified
to publish legal notices under ss. 50.011 and 50.031, and free newspapers of general circulation, published
once a week or more often, available and of interest to the public generally for
the dissemination of news. For the purposes of this section, the following products
or publications are not newspapers as referred to in this section: those intended
primarily for members of a particular profession or occupational group; those with
the primary purpose of distributing advertising; and those with the primary purpose
of publishing names and other personal identifying information concerning parties
to motor vehicle crashes.
(c) Any local, state, or federal agency that is authorized to have access
to crash reports by any provision of law shall be granted such access in the furtherance
of the agency's statutory duties.
(d) As a condition precedent to accessing a crash report within 60 days
after the date the report is filed, a person must present a valid driver's license
or other photographic identification, proof of status, or identification that demonstrates
his or her qualifications to access that information, and file a written sworn statement
with the state or local agency in possession of the information stating that information
from a crash report made confidential and exempt by this section will not be used
for any commercial solicitation of accident victims, or knowingly disclosed to any
third party for the purpose of such solicitation, during the period of time that
the information remains confidential and exempt. In lieu of requiring the written
sworn statement, an agency may provide crash reports by electronic means to third-party
vendors under contract with one or more insurers, but only when such contract states
that information from a crash report made confidential and exempt by this section
will not be used for any commercial solicitation of accident victims by the vendors,
or knowingly disclosed by the vendors to any third party for the purpose of such
solicitation, during the period of time that the information remains confidential
and exempt, and only when a copy of such contract is furnished to the agency as
proof of the vendor's claimed status.
Background Checks
Countywide background checks can be obtained in person, or by mail.
To request the information in person, come to the Records Section
located at:
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
Records Section
600 301 Boulevard West, Suite 202
Bradenton, Florida 34205
Office Hours:
Effective March 5, 2017, the Records Section will be open to the public Monday-Friday, from 8:00am-5:00pm.
Closed Weekends and Holidays
To request the information by mail, write to:
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office
Records Section
600 301 Boulevard West, Suite 202
Bradenton, Florida 34205
NOTE: Requests by mail must include a self addressed stamped envelope
and $2.00 per person. No personal checks or credit cards are accepted for payment.
I. Adult Background Checks
To obtain a countywide adult background check you can come to the Sheriff’s Office
Records Department or mail your request in. Correct spelling of the individual(s)
first
and last name, date of birth, race and sex must be provided. List any last names,
maiden
or married, that may have been used.
II. Statewide background checks can be obtained through the following methods:
To request the information by mail, write to:
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
User Services Bureau Criminal History Services
P O Box 1489
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Or access the website at:
www.fdle.state.fl.us
Or by telephone at:
1- 850 - 410 - 8109
III. Nationwide background checks can be obtained through the following methods:
To request the information by mail, write to:
FBI CJIS Division – Record Request
1000 Custer Hollow Road
Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306
Or access the website at:
www.fbi.gov
Or by telephone at:
1- 304 - 625 - 3878