In order to maintain awareness of sex offenders living in your neighborhood, I have added a Sex Offender Registry to our website. The registry will allow you to enter any local address. It will then provide a list of all registered Polk County sex offenders living within a one-mile radius within the boundaries of Polk County. If you are looking for information about a particular sex offender, registered in Polk County, the registry can help there as well.

I encourage you to take advantage of the free email notification. When a sex offender registers with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office you will be alerted if the offender’s address is:

1. in Polk County, and

2. within one mile of the address you have entered on your subscription.

Thank you for visiting Polk Sheriff's Office OffenderWatch website,

Sheriff Grady Judd

To learn more about this free community program, please view our online presentation:

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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office maintains a Sex Offender Registry as a public service tool. Individuals listed on this registry have been convicted of a sexual offense that requires them to meet a number of mandates including semi-annual registration with law enforcement. This registry is designed to increase community safety and awareness.

The information contained on this website was current to our knowledge when entered, if you discover any discrepancies please let us know. This information is meant to educate you about offenders in Polk County. Please report all information on offenders directly to our office.

Any person who misuses public records information relating to a sexual predator, as defined in F.S.S. 775.21, or a sexual offender, as defined in F.S.S. 943.0435 or 944.607, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.

If you have any questions about this registry, please call:
863-534-6200.