---
type: Person
title: "Potter, James"
description: "Sheriff of DeSoto County"
role: "Sheriff of DeSoto County"
level: "county"
branch: "executive"
state: "FL"
tenure:
  current: true
  notes: "Original title: Sheriff, DeSoto County"
ids:
  person: "fa0055a5-06ef-4b81-bd98-ca179165b25a"
  office: "49d5877e-da25-4a76-85a7-41a466ed6dfd"
  tenure: "8c903562-dca2-4ebf-a815-20c6d9b80953"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "fac-directory-scrape"
  - field: tenure
    source: "fac-directory-scrape"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, executive, fl]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---

# Potter, James

Current Sheriff of DeSoto County.

## Sources

- office: fac-directory-scrape
- tenure: fac-directory-scrape

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).