Public records guide / Florida Chapter 119

Volusia County Sheriff's Office (Florida)

Records request guide. Contact channels, fee structure, and the foia.direct response history for this agency, drawn from 17 tracked records requests.

Last verified: 2026-04-13 (operator confirmed) Report this is wrong

01Contact and submission channels

Jurisdiction
Volusia County, Florida
Agency type
County sheriff's office
Mailing address
Volusia Sheriff's Office, PO BOX 569, Deland, FL 32721
Online records portal
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Processing fee tier
$$$$ High
Historical invoice range
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Statutory basis
Fla. Stat. ch. 119
Requests tracked
17

Contact and fee details verified by foia.direct operator on 2026-04-13. Methodology and verification cadence.

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02Response history

foia.direct tracks every records request we submit to Volusia County Sheriff's Office from initial filing through final outcome. The narrative below summarizes operator-observed patterns from those tracked requests. Published per our methodology with sample-size disclosure.

17requests
tracked by foia.direct 路 high fee tier 路 Florida Chapter 119
Documents only 2Withdrawn or stalled 7Denied or no records 8

Body-worn camera requests to this agency in foia.direct's tracked dataset have produced no usable footage, though general incident records have been released on a portion of requests. The most common failure modes are jurisdictional mismatch (the actual incident was handled by a municipal department within Volusia County) and fee invoices the requester declined. The fee tier is high per hour, with invoices on bodycam requests varying substantially. Jurisdiction confirmation before filing and budget planning for the per-hour processing fee are the primary planning factors.

Source: foia.direct tracking, n=17, as of 2026-04-13. See methodology.

03foia.direct Agency Intelligence

Beyond the public response statistics above, foia.direct's intelligence layer scores Volusia County Sheriff's Office across the dimensions practitioners actually care about, with strategy recommendations specific to this agency's response patterns.

Agency Intelligence Score
Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Response speed
XX / 100
Fee risk
XX / 100
Denial risk
XX / 100
Contact reliability
XX / 100
Appeal clarity
XX / 100
Composite
XX / 100
Strategy recommendation: based on tracked requests, this agency favors narrow incident-scoped requests over broad keyword searches. Specific framing language and statutory citations that historically avoid automatic exemption flags are documented in the full intelligence brief. Sample request text that has produced records is available to signed-in users.
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04How to file a records request

Volusia County Sheriff's Office accepts public records requests under Florida Public Records Act, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes.

By mail
Volusia Sheriff's Office, PO BOX 569, Deland, FL 32721
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Statutory framework
Florida Public Records Act, Chapter 119, Florida Statutes

05Sample request template

To: Records Custodian, Volusia County Sheriff's Office

Pursuant to Fla. Stat. ch. 119, I request copies of the following public records:

1. All body-worn camera footage from the incident occurring on [DATE] at approximately [TIME] near [LOCATION] in Florida.

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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