Public records guide / Florida Chapter 119
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (FL)
Records request guide. Contact channels, fee structure, and the foia.direct response history for this department, drawn from 25 tracked records requests.
Last verified: 2026-05-19 (operator confirmed) · Report this is wrong
01Contact and submission channels
Jurisdiction
Hillsborough County, Florida
Agency type
County sheriff's office
Mailing address
P.O. Box 3371, Tampa FL 33601
Records officer email
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Online records portal
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Processing fee tier
$$$$ Low
Historical invoice range
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Statutory basis
Fla. Stat. ch. 119
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02Response history
foia.direct has submitted and tracked 25 records requests to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office between 2024 and 2026. Each request was tracked from submission through outcome. The headline finding below is published with full sample-size disclosure per our methodology.
Headline finding
0% of bodycam requests produced usable footage
Across the 25 tracked records requests, zero resulted in body-worn camera video being released to the requester.
Source: foia.direct tracking, n=25, as of 2026-05-19. See
methodology for how requests are classified.
Outcomes breakdown
foia.direct response data, 25 tracked requests to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Each denial cites the specific statutory exemption invoked by the agency where the agency provided one.
Denied: active investigation or sex-offense exemption
Fla. Stat. 119.071(2)(c)1, 119.071(2)(h)
8 of 25
No records responsive (request scope mismatch)
Most often: jurisdiction or date-range error in original request
7 of 25
Withdrawn after fee invoice
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6 of 25
Documents released, no video
1 of 25
Agency requested additional information
1 of 25
Duplicate of prior request
1 of 25
Pending or no final disposition recorded
1 of 25
03foia.direct Agency Intelligence
Beyond the public response statistics above, foia.direct's intelligence layer scores Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office across the dimensions practitioners actually care about, with strategy recommendations specific to this agency's response patterns.
Agency Intelligence Score
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Denial risk (bodycam)
XX / 100
Contact reliability
XX / 100
Strategy recommendation: based on the 25 tracked requests, bodycam requests to this agency need narrow date plus cross-street plus time-window framing to avoid the active-investigation exemption flag. Broad requests trigger the $50 to $550 fee-invoice ladder. Specific named-officer requests fare better than incident-based searches. Avoid the phrase "any and all" which produces an automatic fee quote. Full strategy plus sample request text that has produced records from this agency is available to signed-in users.
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04How to file a records request
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office accepts public records requests under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119, Florida Statutes) through multiple channels including an online records portal, email to the records custodian, and physical mail.
By mail
Records Custodian, P.O. Box 3371, Tampa FL 33601
Email
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Online portal
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Fees
Low per-hour clerical processing fee charged by the agency. Exact rate and historical invoice range available with free sign-up. Invoice issued after request review, payable before records are released.
Response time
Florida public records law requires "reasonable time" with no fixed statutory deadline. In practice, initial portal acknowledgment is typical within 5 to 10 business days.
Redaction policy
Bodycam footage when released is heavily redacted under Fla. Stat. 119.071. Faces of minors, victims, and witnesses are blurred. Audio containing personal identifying information is muted.
05Sample request template
To: Records Custodian, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Pursuant to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, I request copies of the following public records:
1. All body-worn camera footage from the incident occurring on [DATE] at approximately [TIME] near the intersection of [CROSS STREET] in [CITY], FL.
2. The incident report and supplemental reports for case number [CASE NUMBER] or, if unknown, any case associated with that date, time, and location.
3. Any computer-aided dispatch (CAD) records associated with the call for service.
I am requesting records in electronic format where available. Please provide a fee estimate before processing if charges will exceed $25.
Sincerely, [NAME]
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