Georgia Busted Mugshots by County
Every county in Georgia has its own sheriff's office and county jail. Arrest records and booking information are managed at the county level. When someone is arrested in Georgia, they are typically booked into the jail of the county where the arrest took place. Select a county below to find the sheriff's inmate search, open records contact, and arrest record resources for that area.
How County Arrest Records Work in Georgia
Georgia has 159 counties. Each one operates independently when it comes to law enforcement and jail operations. The county sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer and runs the county detention center. When a person is arrested, the arresting agency books them into the county jail. That booking creates a record that includes the person's name, charges, bond amount, and booking date. Most counties post this information through an inmate search tool on the sheriff's website.
Under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19, Georgia law enforcement cannot post booking photographs online. That law took effect in 2014 and applies across all 159 counties. What you can find online through county inmate search portals is the arrest charge, booking date, bond amount, and basic identifying information. The booking photo itself is typically not available unless you are a news organization with a signed Booking Photo Use Agreement or you submit a formal Open Records Act request. Georgia's Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 governs how these requests work and what agencies must provide.
County jail systems vary widely. Large counties like Fulton and Gwinnett have modern online search portals updated frequently. Smaller counties may have limited online access or require in-person or phone inquiries. Each county page below links to the sheriff's office, the inmate search tool where available, and contact information for open records requests. If the local resource is limited, state-level tools like the Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Search at services.gdc.ga.gov and the Georgia Sex Offender Registry cover statewide arrest and photo records.
Find Georgia Busted Mugshots by County
Select any county below to find arrest record resources, inmate search tools, and booking record information specific to that county. All 159 Georgia counties are listed in alphabetical order.