Bay County criminal court sentencing outcomes
What happened in 359 criminal charges recorded in Bay County, 2018–2026. Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05.
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How criminal cases were sentenced in Bay County
All 96,478 charges on this page combined, 2018–2026.
| State prison | 13.7% | |
| County jail | 30.6% | |
| Adjudication withheld | 16.2% | |
| Diversion | 9.8% | |
| Sentence not recorded in the public data | 29.7% |
The unrecorded share is named rather than left for you to subtract. This page shows the prison / jail / withheld / diversion split; probation and dismissal are in the full report.
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Charges with published sentencing rates (182)
Charges recorded but below the rate floor (177)
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- Prohibitions 9 cases
- Obtaining vehicles with intent to defraud, failing to return hired vehicle, or tampering with mileage device of hired vehicle 9 cases
- Security required 9 cases
- Threats 9 cases
- Unlawful assemblies 9 cases
- Emergency communications state plan 8 cases
- License required 8 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(4)(b) 8 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 316.193(1) 8 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 316.193(2)(b) 8 cases
- False official statements 8 cases
- Falsifying records 8 cases
- Depriving officer of means of protection or communication 7 cases
- Vehicular homicide 7 cases
- Unlawful possession of a concealed handcuff key 7 cases
- False alarms of fires 7 cases
- Taxes declared state funds 7 cases
- Home-invasion robbery 7 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(a)3. 7 cases
- Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices 7 cases
- Identification cards 7 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 316.193(2)(a) 7 cases
- False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner 7 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(7)(a)7. 6 cases
- Making, possessing, throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging any destructive device or attempt so to do, felony 6 cases
- Intentional or reckless burning of lands 6 cases
- Unlawful to alter motor vehicle registration certificates, license plates, temporary license plates, mobile home stickers, or validation stickers or to obscure license plates 6 cases
- Preventing or obstructing extinguishment of fire 6 cases
- Uttering uncurrent bills 6 cases
- Prohibitions 6 cases
- Fraudulent transactions 6 cases
- Medical use of marijuana 6 cases
- Registration of dealers, associated persons, intermediaries, and investment advisers 6 cases
- Possession of shopping carts, laundry carts, dairy cases, egg baskets, poultry boxes, or bakery containers 6 cases
- Installation or use of tracking devices or tracking applications 5 cases
- Violations and penalties 5 cases
- Breaking or injuring fences 5 cases
- Bribery 5 cases
- Disposing of lighted substances, etc 5 cases
- Obstruction of public streets, highways, and roads 5 cases
- Violation of an injunction for protection against exploitation of a vulnerable adult 5 cases
- Dealer’s credit for collecting tax 5 cases
- Offenses against police canines, fire canines, SAR canines, or police horses 5 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(e)1. 5 cases
- Violations 5 cases
- Collisions, accidents, and casualties 5 cases
- Perjury in official proceedings 5 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 999.9999 4 cases
- Penalties 4 cases
- Spearfishing 4 cases
- Nonnative and captive wildlife penalties 4 cases
- Criminal penalties 4 cases
- Massage establishments 4 cases
- Refusal of admission and ejection of undesirable guests 4 cases
- Searches 4 cases
- Attempted felony murder 4 cases
- Battery on health services personnel 4 cases
- Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited 4 cases
- Operating chop shops 4 cases
- Fraudulent refunds 4 cases
- Traffic in or possess counterfeit credit cards 4 cases
- Nuisances 4 cases
- Disposal of bodies of dead animals 4 cases
- Circulating any substitute for regular currency 4 cases
- Failure of defendant on bail to appear 4 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(2)(a)3. 4 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(3) 4 cases
- Electronic monitoring devices 4 cases
- Order of no contact 3 cases
- Prohibited acts and practices 3 cases
- Power to punish contempts 3 cases
- Illegal killing, possessing, or capturing of alligators or other crocodilia or eggs 3 cases
- Unlawful use of badges or other indicia of authority 3 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(c)1. 3 cases
- Wholesale and retail saltwater products dealers 3 cases
- Beverages sold with improper license, or without license or registration, or held with intent to sell prohibited 3 cases
- Police powers of commission and its agents 3 cases
- Obtaining property by false personation 3 cases
- Battery of facility employee by throwing, tossing, or expelling certain fluids or materials 3 cases
- Change of interest and address 3 cases
- Penalties 3 cases
- Noncriminal traffic infractions 3 cases
- Liability for compensation 3 cases
- False or fraudulent proof of motor vehicle insurance 3 cases
- Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited 3 cases
- Wearing mask, hood, or other device on public way 3 cases
- Possession or use of weapon 3 cases
- Imitation controlled substances defined 2 cases
- Disturbing schools and religious and other assemblies 2 cases
- Damage to public lands 2 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 372.83 2 cases
- Unlawful taking, possession, or use of law enforcement officer’s firearm 2 cases
- Penalties 2 cases
- Unlawful filing of false documents or records against real or personal property 2 cases
- Unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior 2 cases
- Bringing into the state forged bank bills, checks, drafts, or notes 2 cases
- Interference with prisoners 2 cases
- Local animal control or cruelty ordinances 2 cases
- Obstruction by disguised person 2 cases
- Contempts 2 cases
- Effect of not answering summons 2 cases
- Intentional killing or wounding of any species designated as endangered, threatened, or of special concern 2 cases
- Use of scanning device, skimming device, or reencoder to defraud 2 cases
- Harboring, concealing, aiding escaped prisoners 2 cases
- Personal possession of wildlife 2 cases
- Aiding escape 2 cases
- Forging or counterfeiting doctor’s certificate of examination 2 cases
- Fire bombs 2 cases
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(c)2. 2 cases
- Unqualified electors willfully voting 2 cases
- False entries in books of business entity 2 cases
- Fraudulently obtaining goods or services from a health care provider 2 cases
- Licenses 2 cases
- Recreational licenses, permits, and authorization numbers 2 cases
- False swearing 2 cases
- County and municipal detention facilities 2 cases
- Safe storage of firearms required 2 cases
- Motor vehicle dealers 1 case
- Florida Money Laundering Act 1 case
- Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papers 1 case
- Unlawful conveyance of fuel 1 case
- Interference with official traffic control devices or railroad signs or signals 1 case
- Seaport security 1 case
- Powers of division 1 case
- Acceptance of unauthorized compensation 1 case
- Vehicular traffic on coastal beaches 1 case
- Obtaining of mortgage, mortgage note, promissory note, etc., by false representation 1 case
- Burning to defraud the insurer 1 case
- Making false statement to obtain property or credit or to detain real property 1 case
- Having in possession uncurrent bills 1 case
- Offenses against intellectual property 1 case
- Theft of copper or other nonferrous metals 1 case
- Violation of probation or community control 1 case
- Counterfeiting a payment instrument 1 case
- Dealing in stolen property by use of the Internet 1 case
- Counterfeit controlled substance 1 case
- Unlawful sale, manufacture, alteration, delivery, uttering, or possession of counterfeit-resistant prescription blanks for controlled substances 1 case
- Cyberintimidation by publication 1 case
- Purchase and delivery of firearms 1 case
- Assault or battery on specified officials or employees 1 case
- Misuse of laser lighting devices 1 case
- Bid tampering 1 case
- Attempts, solicitation, and conspiracy 1 case
- Evidencing prejudice while committing offense 1 case
- Prohibited use of certain lights 1 case
- Court procedure and penalties 1 case
- Unlawful use of police communications 1 case
- Open burning authorized by the Florida Forest Service 1 case
- Moonshine whiskey 1 case
- Civil investigative demand 1 case
- Penalties and prohibitions 1 case
- Penalties 1 case
- Violations and penalties 1 case
- Unlicensed practice of a health care profession 1 case
- Application for coverage 1 case
- Operation of aircraft while intoxicated or in careless or reckless manner 1 case
- Medicaid provider fraud 1 case
- Injuring or removing tomb or monument 1 case
- Nuisances injurious to health, penalty 1 case
- Public mutilation of flag 1 case
- Tattooing prohibited 1 case
- Criminal penalties 1 case
- Failure to control or report dangerous fire 1 case
- Illegal taking and possession of deer and wild turkey 1 case
- Capturing, keeping, possessing, transporting, or exhibiting venomous reptiles, reptiles of concern, conditional reptiles, or prohibited reptiles 1 case
- Freshwater fish dealer’s license 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(e)2. 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(f)2. 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(g)1. 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(4)(a) 1 case
- Prohibited acts 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 376.15 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(7)(a)5. 1 case
- Transfer without delivery of certificate 1 case
- Fla. Stat. § 893.13(7)(c) 1 case
- Divers 1 case
- Penalties 1 case
How Bay County compares
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Where this sentencing data comes from
Florida Clerk of Courts public records, under Fla. Stat. § 900.05. Window: 2018–2026. Sentencing rates are published only where a charge has at least 10 records in Bay County; below that we publish the count alone. Percentages are weighted by case count, and are shares of all charges recorded — not of convictions.
Past sentencing patterns do not predict future outcomes in any individual case. CaseParity does not recommend litigation strategy, plea decisions, sentencing positions, or appellate arguments. Sentencing outcomes reflect many factors not captured in structured public records.