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Use the county request for BCC department records and the Clerk search for official/court products, switching to the Sheriff or another agency when that office owns the requested file.
Santa Rosa County source boundaries
| Record family | Use | Do not assume |
|---|---|---|
| BCC department record | Santa Rosa County request process | That the county commission holds Clerk or Sheriff records |
| Official or Clerk-maintained record | Santa Rosa Clerk search | That a Clerk result covers BCC administration |
| Sheriff or other independent agency | That agency’s route | That county administration can produce it |
Routing a Santa Rosa County record by custodian
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Ask who maintains the Santa Rosa fileSeparate BCC department material from Clerk, Sheriff, State Attorney and other independent-agency records.2
Use the county request for BCC recordsSend county-administration material through the Santa Rosa County public-record process.3
Use the Clerk for Clerk productsSearch official records and other Clerk-maintained products through the Santa Rosa Clerk.4
Keep the native identifierRetain the party, case, document or date field used by the selected Santa Rosa County source.A Santa Rosa County no-result only speaks for the searched office
Santa Rosa County’s request guidance says the county commission does not possess several independent-agency record families. That makes custodian choice part of the search, not an administrative detail.
If a BCC request returns no record, that response should not be extended to the Clerk, Sheriff or State Attorney. The same rule applies in reverse when a Clerk search is empty.
For auditability, store the Santa Rosa office, record family and lookup date alongside the result. A county name by itself is not enough to show what system was checked.
Santa Rosa County evidence to retain
Custodian
BCC, Clerk or other agency
Name the office that controlled the search or request.
Identifier
Party, case or document number
Use the native field available for that record family.
Status
Lookup date and response
Keep when the source was checked and what it returned.