Find Barrow County Busted Mugshots and Booking Records

Barrow County is a growing exurban county east of Atlanta, with Winder as its county seat, and the Barrow County Sheriff's Office provides a public inmate inquiry system where you can search busted mugshots and arrest records by name, booking number, or subject number. The system covers people currently in custody at the Barrow County jail and also lets you search by booking date range to pull records from a specific window of time, all for free with no account required.

Barrow County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry and Arrest Records

The Barrow County inmate inquiry system is available at jail.barrowsheriff.com. This is the direct link to the Barrow County inmate lookup tool. You can search by name, subject number, or booking number. You can also filter by in-custody status or run a booking date range search to pull recent Barrow County arrest records from a set period. The system is free to use and does not require registration of any kind.

The Barrow County inmate search covers people held at the county jail in Winder. Results typically show the person's name, subject number, current custody status, race, gender, and housing facility assignment. For people who are no longer in custody, the booking date range search lets you pull historical records rather than just current inmates. This makes it a more versatile tool than systems limited to only active inmates.

Beyond the inmate search, the Clerk of Superior Court for Barrow County maintains an online portal for searching criminal court records and accessing arrest records tied to court proceedings. If you're looking for case outcomes, court dates, or charges that moved through the court system after an initial arrest, the superior court portal can fill in details that the inmate search alone won't show. The two sources together give a more complete picture of Barrow County criminal records.

The screenshot below shows the Barrow County inmate inquiry system, where you can search current and recent inmates by name, subject number, or booking date range.

The Barrow County inmate inquiry at jail.barrowsheriff.com covers current inmates and allows date range searches for recent Barrow County arrest records.

Barrow County Superior Court Criminal Records

The Clerk of Superior Court in Barrow County maintains criminal court records separate from the jail's inmate inquiry system. The court portal lets you search for criminal cases by name and pull up case details, charges, and disposition information. This is where you'd look for information about how a Barrow County arrest ultimately played out in court, rather than just the initial booking data shown in the jail system.

Court records are also public under Georgia's Open Records Act. The distinction between jail records and court records matters because they cover different parts of the criminal process. The inmate inquiry shows who is in custody and on what charges. The court records show how cases were resolved, including dismissals, pleas, and verdicts. Both sources are useful when researching Barrow County busted mugshots or criminal history for a specific person.

Note: Not everyone who appears in Barrow County's inmate inquiry has been convicted of a crime. Many are in pretrial status, meaning their case has not yet been decided by a judge or jury. Booking records reflect the arrest charge, not a court finding.

Open Records for Barrow County Arrest Data

Georgia's Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 covers records held by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office and other county law enforcement agencies. Arrest logs, booking documents, incident reports, and related records are public documents in Georgia. Agencies must respond within three business days. The first 15 minutes of staff time is free. Copies up to 20 pages cost nothing. Additional pages can be charged up to $0.10 each.

To request Barrow County arrest records beyond what the online system shows, contact the Barrow County Sheriff's Office in Winder or reach the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for state-level requests through the GBI open records portal. The GBI GCIC holds statewide criminal history data including records from Barrow County arrests that fed into the state system.

Georgia Statewide Tools That Cover Barrow County

For searches that reach beyond the local jail, Georgia maintains several statewide databases. The Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Query is free and covers people who served time in state prisons. Photos show automatically when results come up. The Georgia Felon Search through GCIC costs $15 and returns instant results for felony conviction history statewide.

Sex offender information for Barrow County is available through the GBI Sex Offender Registry, searchable by name, address, or zip code. The GBI also handles open records requests for criminal history files that aren't accessible through local channels. Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 bars law enforcement from posting booking photos on their own websites, so actual booking photos from Barrow County may require a formal open records request even when the inmate roster data is available online.

Mugshot Removal Rights for Barrow County Arrests

If a Barrow County arrest photo appears on a commercial mugshot website and the arrest qualifies for record restriction, Georgia law at O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 lets you demand free removal within 30 days. Send the request by certified mail to the site. Include your full name, date of birth, the date of arrest, and the arresting agency. The site cannot charge you for a qualifying removal. If it does, that's a violation you can report to the Georgia Consumer Protection Division.

Georgia passed this law in 2013, making it one of the earlier state-level mugshot removal statutes in the country. It applies to third-party commercial websites, not to government records systems. The 30-day removal clock starts when the certified mail is delivered to the site, not when you send it. Keep the delivery confirmation as proof.

The GBI manages statewide Georgia criminal data that includes records from Barrow County. The screenshot below shows the GBI consumer protection mugshot page, which explains the removal rights and process for Barrow County and all Georgia arrests.

The Georgia Consumer Protection Division's mugshot page at consumer.georgia.gov explains the certified mail removal process under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 for Barrow County and all Georgia arrests.

Nearby Counties

Barrow County is surrounded by Northeast Georgia counties in the outer Atlanta metro and upper Piedmont region.