---
type: Person
title: "James Potter"
description: "Sheriff, DeSoto County — DeSoto County, FL"
role: "Sheriff, DeSoto County"
level: "county"
branch: "executive"
state: "FL"
contact:
  email: "sheriffpotter@desotosheriff.org"
  phone: "(863) 993-4700"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-01"
  current: true
ids:
  person: "5e60b878-5866-4bd9-8bd4-5cdb17bb944c"
  office: "59248ff3-2197-4390-96d8-4ccb71bb3eba"
  tenure: "5d9b47e8-6995-4167-abd6-16152bbe9e94"
  jurisdiction: "00b23670-96f1-4f5b-b2b8-44006c2115d3"
sources:
  - field: office
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: tenure
    source: "Florida Association of Counties"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census TIGER 2024"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, county, executive, fl]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# James Potter

Current Sheriff, DeSoto County (DeSoto County, FL).

## Sources

- office: Florida Association of Counties
- tenure: Florida Association of Counties
- jurisdiction: Census TIGER 2024

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).