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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.

Sentencing outcome distribution for Bay County
State prison13.7%
County jail30.6%
Adjudication withheld16.2%
Diversion9.8%
Sentence not recorded in the public data29.7%

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Charges with published sentencing rates (182)

ChargeRecordsPrison ratevs Florida median
Use, possession, manufacture, delivery, transportation, advertisement, or retail sale of drug paraphernalia, specified machines, and materialsFla. Stat. § 893.14712,445 0.1%+0.0
TheftFla. Stat. § 812.0147,224 22.4%+8.6
Drivers must be licensedFla. Stat. § 322.037,019 0.0%+0.0
Driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualifiedFla. Stat. § 322.346,087 4.7%+2.5
BatteryFla. Stat. § 784.035,752 5.6%+2.4
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(a)4,676 41.1%+22.6
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(b)4,181 0.0%+0.0
Resisting officer without violence to his or her personFla. Stat. § 843.023,640 0.0%+0.0
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(1)(a)2,880 0.0%+0.0
BurglaryFla. Stat. § 810.022,088 61.3%+14.0
Trespass in structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.081,885 0.1%−0.1
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(2)(a)2.1,878 48.3%+33.8
Reckless drivingFla. Stat. § 316.1921,736 0.0%−0.1
Trespass on property other than structure or conveyanceFla. Stat. § 810.091,675 0.5%+0.0
Retail and farm theftFla. Stat. § 812.0151,663 1.1%−5.2
Criminal mischiefFla. Stat. § 806.131,602 8.1%+1.7
Breach of the peaceFla. Stat. § 877.031,358 0.0%+0.0
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(a)2.1,277 44.6%+13.7
Crashes involving damage to vehicle or propertyFla. Stat. § 316.0611,230 0.1%+0.1
Possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under age 21 prohibitedFla. Stat. § 562.111991 0.0%+0.0
Prohibition against giving false name or false identification by person arrested or lawfully detainedFla. Stat. § 901.36916 1.9%+1.4
Registration requiredFla. Stat. § 320.02913 0.0%+0.0
Disorderly intoxicationFla. Stat. § 856.011743 0.0%+0.0
Fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officerFla. Stat. § 316.1935695 56.1%+10.8
Attaching registration license plate not assigned unlawfulFla. Stat. § 320.261686 0.0%+0.0
Felony batteryFla. Stat. § 784.041681 37.0%+8.8
Felons and delinquentsFla. Stat. § 790.23654 71.3%+7.8
Domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.29574 0.0%+0.0
Assault or battery of law enforcement officers and other specified personnelFla. Stat. § 784.07569 35.7%+8.5
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(1)(a)1.558 58.6%+0.0
AssaultFla. Stat. § 784.011546 0.0%+0.0
Carrying of concealed weapons or concealed firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.01540 16.1%+0.3
Loitering or prowlingFla. Stat. § 856.021519 0.0%+0.0
Aggravated assaultFla. Stat. § 784.021508 44.1%+7.9
TraffickingFla. Stat. § 893.135490 89.4%−2.3
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(3)(c)1.471 0.0%+0.0
Fraudulent use of credit cardsFla. Stat. § 817.61426 39.4%+13.2
NonresidentFla. Stat. § 322.031418 0.0%+0.0
Dealing in stolen propertyFla. Stat. § 812.019340 58.8%+14.9
Tampering with or fabricating physical evidenceFla. Stat. § 918.13334 48.8%+17.6
Unlawful use of a two-way communications deviceFla. Stat. § 934.215311 47.6%−2.4
Resisting, obstructing, or opposing by offering or doing violence to legally authorized person, police canine, or police horseFla. Stat. § 843.01303 46.5%+19.7
Criminal use of personal identification informationFla. Stat. § 817.568302 37.7%+2.2
StalkingFla. Stat. § 784.048292 13.0%−3.6
Penalties and violationsFla. Stat. § 379.401289 0.0%+0.0
ProhibitionsFla. Stat. § 489.127273 12.5%+10.5
Violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violenceFla. Stat. § 741.31264 1.1%+0.8
Return of license or registration to departmentFla. Stat. § 324.201263 0.0%+0.0
Registration of convicted felons, exemptionsFla. Stat. § 775.13262 1.5%+1.5
Tampering with or harassing a witness, victim, or informantFla. Stat. § 914.22256 43.4%+11.3
County detention facilitiesFla. Stat. § 951.22255 49.0%+15.1
Uttering forged instrumentsFla. Stat. § 831.02253 36.0%+11.6
Improper exhibition of dangerous weapons or firearmsFla. Stat. § 790.10237 0.0%+0.0
Uttering forged bills, checks, drafts, or notesFla. Stat. § 831.09229 37.6%+14.3
Aggravated batteryFla. Stat. § 784.045221 51.6%−1.9
Refusal to submit to testingFla. Stat. § 316.1939198 0.0%+0.0
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(4)189 0.0%+0.0
Placing signs adjacent to highwaysFla. Stat. § 810.11188 0.0%+0.0
Possession of certain drugs without prescriptions unlawfulFla. Stat. § 499.03166 1.2%+1.2
Selling, giving, or serving alcoholic beverages to person under age 21Fla. Stat. § 562.11154 0.0%+0.0
Permitting unauthorized operator to driveFla. Stat. § 322.36149 0.0%+0.0
Florida Communications Fraud ActFla. Stat. § 817.034149 24.8%+3.1
Affrays and riotsFla. Stat. § 870.01134 3.7%+3.7
Assault or battery on persons 65 years of age or olderFla. Stat. § 784.08131 29.8%+11.0
Emergency communicationsFla. Stat. § 365.172128 0.0%+0.0
Discharging firearm in public or on residential propertyFla. Stat. § 790.15121 8.3%−3.0
False reports to law enforcement authoritiesFla. Stat. § 837.05121 0.0%+0.0
Giving worthless checks, drafts, and debit card ordersFla. Stat. § 832.05118 8.5%−0.9
Unauthorized possession of, and other unlawful acts in relation to, driver license or identification cardFla. Stat. § 322.212116 2.6%−10.4
RobberyFla. Stat. § 812.13112 70.5%−2.4
Assault or battery by a person who is being detained in a prison, jail, or other detention facility upon visitor or other detaineeFla. Stat. § 784.082102 62.7%+13.2
EnforcementFla. Stat. § 893.09100 0.0%−4.6
Florida Litter LawFla. Stat. § 403.41397 5.2%+2.7
MurderFla. Stat. § 782.0489 65.2%−11.1
Hiring, leasing, or obtaining personal property or equipment with the intent to defraudFla. Stat. § 812.15585 12.9%+7.0
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(2)(a)1.81 64.2%+37.7
The Florida Pawnbroking ActFla. Stat. § 539.00177 32.5%−5.6
Racing on highways, street takeovers, and stunt drivingFla. Stat. § 316.19171 0.0%+0.0
Cruelty to animalsFla. Stat. § 828.1269 4.3%−2.0
Penalties for violating protective injunction against violatorsFla. Stat. § 784.04767 1.5%+1.5
Duty upon damaging unattended vehicle or other propertyFla. Stat. § 316.06366 0.0%+0.0
Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorismFla. Stat. § 836.1064 32.8%+0.4
TheftFla. Stat. § 817.6062 22.6%+4.1
False information to law enforcement during investigationFla. Stat. § 837.05562 0.0%+0.0
Tampering with an electronic monitoring deviceFla. Stat. § 843.2361 82.0%+32.7
Boating under the influenceFla. Stat. § 327.3561 1.6%+1.6
Crash involving death or personal injuriesFla. Stat. § 316.02760 43.3%+12.1
Prohibited actsFla. Stat. § 893.1359 32.2%+8.1
Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving tobacco products to persons under 21 years of ageFla. Stat. § 569.10159 0.0%+0.0
Disorderly conduct on the premises of an establishmentFla. Stat. § 509.14357 0.0%+0.0
Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings, public or private buildings, occupied or not occupiedFla. Stat. § 790.1956 64.3%+9.4
FraudFla. Stat. § 414.3954 0.0%−0.7
Obtaining food or lodging with intent to defraudFla. Stat. § 509.15152 1.9%+1.9
Reckless or careless operation of vesselFla. Stat. § 327.3350 0.0%+0.0
Recordkeeping requirementsFla. Stat. § 538.0449 55.1%+27.3
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(6)(d)48 0.0%−1.7
Trespass and larceny with relation to utility fixturesFla. Stat. § 812.1448 2.1%+0.0
ForgeryFla. Stat. § 831.0142 50.0%+34.4
Tests of knowledge concerning specified vehiclesFla. Stat. § 322.5742 0.0%+0.0
Unlawful possession of the personal identification information of another personFla. Stat. § 817.568539 10.3%+2.4
Possession of burglary toolsFla. Stat. § 810.0638 57.9%+10.0
ViolationsFla. Stat. § 870.04837 0.0%+0.0
Interference with custodyFla. Stat. § 787.0337 35.1%+7.5
Preservation of native flora of FloridaFla. Stat. § 581.18536 0.0%+0.0
When nonresident exemption not allowedFla. Stat. § 320.3836 0.0%+0.0
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(3)(c)2.36 72.2%+26.5
Derelict and migrant vesselsFla. Stat. § 823.1135 0.0%+0.0
Threats or harassmentFla. Stat. § 836.1235 0.0%+0.0
Unlawful use of licenseFla. Stat. § 322.3235 0.0%+0.0
ClassificationFla. Stat. § 322.5435 0.0%+0.0
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(7)(a)9.34 14.7%+0.0
Expiration of registrationFla. Stat. § 320.0734 0.0%+0.0
Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving nicotine products to persons under 21 years of ageFla. Stat. § 569.4132 0.0%+0.0
Robbery by sudden snatchingFla. Stat. § 812.13131 48.4%+6.7
License restrictionsFla. Stat. § 322.1631 0.0%+0.0
Unlawful entry on propertyFla. Stat. § 876.4331 0.0%+0.0
EscapesFla. Stat. § 944.4030 70.0%+23.3
ArsonFla. Stat. § 806.0130 33.3%−19.6
Trespass upon grounds or facilities of a schoolFla. Stat. § 810.09730 0.0%+0.0
False and fraudulent insurance claimsFla. Stat. § 817.23430 36.7%+33.7
False reports of commission of crimesFla. Stat. § 817.4929 0.0%+0.0
False reportsFla. Stat. § 316.06729 0.0%+0.0
Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adultFla. Stat. § 825.10328 21.4%−1.0
Fishers and equipmentFla. Stat. § 379.242127 0.0%
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(2)(b)3.26 57.7%+20.5
Offenses involving vehicle identification numbers, applications, certificates, papersFla. Stat. § 319.3325 20.0%+1.1
Open carrying of weaponsFla. Stat. § 790.05324 0.0%+0.0
Corruption by threat against public servantFla. Stat. § 838.02124 37.5%+9.3
Using firearm while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, chemical substances, or controlled substancesFla. Stat. § 790.15123 0.0%+0.0
Obedience to and effect of traffic lawsFla. Stat. § 316.07223 0.0%+0.0
Inhalation, ingestion, possession, sale, purchase, or transfer of harmful chemical substancesFla. Stat. § 877.11122 0.0%+0.0
Violation of condition of pretrial releaseFla. Stat. § 903.047121 0.0%+0.0
Persons who have disabilitiesFla. Stat. § 320.084821 0.0%+0.0
LiveriesFla. Stat. § 327.5421 0.0%+0.0
Temporary tagsFla. Stat. § 320.13121 0.0%+0.0
Official misconductFla. Stat. § 838.02220 95.0%+95.0
Possessing certain forged notes, bills, checks, or draftsFla. Stat. § 831.0819 26.3%−5.2
Perjury when not in an official proceedingFla. Stat. § 837.01219 0.0%
Use of a fraudulently obtained or false receiptFla. Stat. § 812.01718 0.0%+0.0
Alteration or removal of firearm serial number or possession, sale, or delivery of firearm with serial number altered or removed prohibitedFla. Stat. § 790.2718 5.6%−9.4
Accessory after the factFla. Stat. § 777.0318 22.2%−11.5
Persons engaged in criminal offense, having weaponsFla. Stat. § 790.0718 22.2%−20.9
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(3)(c)3.a.18 94.4%+10.9
Fla. Stat. § 893.13(5)(b)17 35.3%
Fla. Stat. § 370.02117 0.0%+0.0
Catching food fish for the purposes of making oilFla. Stat. § 379.241317 0.0%
Unlawful actsFla. Stat. § 384.2417 94.1%
Open house partiesFla. Stat. § 856.01517 0.0%
Introduction, removal, or possession of contrabandFla. Stat. § 944.4717 35.3%−3.2
Violation of an injunction for protection against stalking or cyberstalkingFla. Stat. § 784.048716 0.0%+0.0
Abuse, aggravated abuse, and neglect of an elderly person or disabled adultFla. Stat. § 825.10216 37.5%+22.8
Confinement of animals without sufficient food, water, or exerciseFla. Stat. § 828.1316 0.0%+0.0
Driving while license permanently revokedFla. Stat. § 322.34116 25.0%+7.0
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(2)(b)2.15 0.0%+0.0
Certificate of title requiredFla. Stat. § 328.0315 0.0%
No operation under foreign license during suspension, revocation, or disqualification in this stateFla. Stat. § 322.3015 0.0%+0.0
Prohibitions, violation, penalty, intentFla. Stat. § 403.16114 0.0%+0.0
Financial responsibility for property damageFla. Stat. § 324.02214 0.0%+0.0
False personationFla. Stat. § 843.0814 28.6%−8.0
Place where controlled substances are illegally kept, sold, or used declared a public nuisanceFla. Stat. § 823.1014 57.1%+31.7
Educational institutions or school boardsFla. Stat. § 877.1313 0.0%+0.0
Forging bank bills, checks, drafts, or promissory notesFla. Stat. § 831.0713 53.8%+45.2
Moneys received by contractorsFla. Stat. § 489.12613 7.7%
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(1)(c)13 0.0%+0.0
Harassment of hunters, trappers, or fishersFla. Stat. § 379.10512 0.0%
Culpable negligenceFla. Stat. § 784.0512 0.0%−1.5
Urine testing, fraudulent practicesFla. Stat. § 817.56512 0.0%+0.0
Credit or purchasesFla. Stat. § 817.48112 0.0%−18.9
Counterfeiting license plates, validation stickers, mobile home stickers, cab cards, trip permits, or special temporary operational permits prohibitedFla. Stat. § 320.2612 0.0%−21.0
Coin-operated vending machines and parking metersFla. Stat. § 877.0811 0.0%+0.0
Possession of firearm or ammunition prohibited when person is subject to an injunction against committing acts of domestic violence, stalking, or cyberstalkingFla. Stat. § 790.23311 0.0%+0.0
Documents required while working in a massage establishmentFla. Stat. § 480.053511 0.0%
Fla. Stat. § 316.193(2)(b)1.11 27.3%+14.1
Theft from persons 65 years of age or olderFla. Stat. § 812.014511 45.5%+20.2
Making or possessing instruments for forging billsFla. Stat. § 831.1811 54.5%
Possession of short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or machine gunFla. Stat. § 790.22111 45.5%+10.9
Unlawful possession of listed chemicalFla. Stat. § 893.14910 80.0%
Prohibited activitiesFla. Stat. § 440.10510 0.0%−4.4
Moneys received for real property improvementsFla. Stat. § 713.34510 0.0%
License to carry concealed weapon or concealed firearmFla. Stat. § 790.0610 0.0%+0.0
Medicinal drugsFla. Stat. § 831.3010 0.0%+0.0
CarjackingFla. Stat. § 812.13310 90.0%+15.5

Charges recorded but below the rate floor (177)

Fewer than 10 records, so we publish the count but not a sentencing rate. All 177 are listed and linked — the floor gates rates, never display.

How Bay County compares

Sorted alphabetically, Bay County highlighted.

PlaceCharges recordedPrison rate
Alachua County38,85822.7%
Baker County4,94317.4%
Bay County96,47813.7%
Bradford County5,76330.6%
Broward County84,3018.6%
Calhoun County3,15318.7%
Charlotte County32,10512.1%
Citrus County31,38019.4%
Clay County28,44911.0%
Collier County41,3009.4%
Columbia County14,15712.9%
Desoto County10,92619.3%
Dixie County3,20525.5%
Duval County206,6609.7%
Escambia County128,3273.7%
Flagler County1,72813.3%
Franklin County3,8698.5%
Gadsden County1,4910.0%
Gilchrist County2,36114.9%
Glades County2,3158.3%
Gulf County3,01319.1%
Hamilton County2,70218.4%
Hardee County6,19311.4%
Hendry County12,1498.3%
Hernando County33,13816.4%
Highlands County19,57213.3%
Hillsborough County319,56812.8%
Holmes County6,11016.9%
Indian River County32,14010.7%
Jackson County7,72519.0%
Jefferson County3,23812.2%
Lafayette County1,1577.5%
Lake County32,3088.9%
Lee County72,2498.8%
Leon County49,23611.5%
Levy County6,51313.6%
Liberty County1,91311.7%
Madison County2,9268.8%
Manatee County65,87010.5%
Marion County76,52517.1%
Martin County33,25316.8%
Miami-Dade County173,30320.7%
Monroe County21,5657.0%
Nassau County13,98210.4%
Okaloosa County52,0324.7%
Okeechobee County13,85014.5%
Orange County118,5726.7%
Osceola County31,8779.1%
Palm Beach County269,7096.2%
Pasco County102,31215.0%
Pinellas County206,33012.2%
Polk County116,3178.1%
Putnam County20,32320.5%
Santa Rosa County36,9439.7%
Sarasota County83,33210.7%
Seminole County62,5329.7%
St. Johns County44,26510.0%
St. Lucie County36,36521.0%
Sumter County24,58814.4%
Suwannee County6,05620.1%
Taylor County3,76612.1%
Union County1,98128.6%
Volusia County179,55715.0%
Wakulla County4,92612.9%
Walton County17,5009.3%
Washington County5,20113.6%

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.

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