Bartow County Busted Mugshots and Jail Roster

Bartow County sits in Northwest Georgia between Atlanta and Chattanooga, with Cartersville as its county seat, and the Bartow County Sheriff's Office maintains a detailed public inmate inquiry system where you can search busted mugshots and arrest records for anyone booked into the county jail. The system covers current inmates and historical booking data and includes name, booking number, custody status, scheduled release date, and physical descriptors for each person in the results.

Bartow County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry and Booking Records

The Bartow County inmate inquiry system is available at jailroster.bc-cville.org. The main jail roster portal is at jailroster.bc-cville.org. You can search by name, Global Subject Number, booking number, booking date, or custody status. Results include the person's name, subject number, in-custody status, scheduled release date, race, gender, height, weight, whether they have multiple bookings on file, and their housing facility assignment. This is one of the more detailed inmate search tools among Georgia county jails.

The Bartow County Sheriff's office is led by Sheriff Clark Millsap and located at 104 Zena Drive in Cartersville, GA 30121. The mailing address is P.O. Box 476, Cartersville, GA 30121. Main phone is 770-382-5050. Fax is 678-721-3206. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5 PM. Jail administration is handled by Major Gary Dover, reachable at extension 6000 or by email at garydover@bartow.org.

The jail processes around 7,000 inmates per year. That works out to roughly 135 bookings per week on average, which represents a significant volume for a county of 117,000 people. Bartow County's violent crime rate of 442 per 100,000 in 2018 was notably higher than nearby counties, which likely contributes to that booking volume. When you search Bartow County busted mugshots or arrest records, you're drawing from a very active booking system with a large historical dataset.

The screenshot below shows the Bartow County inmate inquiry system, where you can search current and past bookings by name, subject number, booking date, or custody status.

The Bartow County inmate inquiry at jailroster.bc-cville.org shows name, booking number, custody status, scheduled release date, and physical descriptors for each inmate in the system.

Bartow County Jail Operations and Visitation

The Bartow County jail roster portal also serves as the main public interface for jail information in Cartersville. The jail operates an all-video visitation model through ICSolutions. There are no in-person visits from the public. All visits with Bartow County jail inmates must be conducted through the ICSolutions video visitation system. This applies regardless of the inmate's charge or length of stay.

The ICSolutions visitation model is increasingly common in Georgia county jails. It reduces logistics and security risks tied to physical visitation while still allowing meaningful contact between inmates and family members or attorneys. If you want to visit someone held at the Bartow County jail, you'll need to create an account through ICSolutions and schedule a session. Contact the jail at 770-382-5050, extension 6000, to ask about the current schedule and any restrictions on visitation hours or frequency.

Note: All visitation at the Bartow County jail is video-based through ICSolutions. No walk-in or in-person visits are accepted. Contact Major Gary Dover at 770-382-5050 ext. 6000 or garydover@bartow.org for visitation help.

Bartow County Most Wanted and Sex Offender Registry

The Bartow County Sheriff's website includes a Most Wanted section with detailed information on people wanted by the sheriff's office. Each listing typically includes last name, first name, middle name, date of birth, sex, race, hair color, eye color, height, weight, and a summary of convictions that led to the warrant. The most wanted list is a separate resource from the inmate inquiry, which covers only people currently in custody. Someone on the most wanted list has not yet been arrested.

Bartow County's sex offender registry is also searchable through the sheriff's site. The local registry links to state data maintained by the GBI Sex Offender Registry. You can search by home address, city, state, or zip code to find registered sex offenders in Bartow County. Both the Most Wanted list and the sex offender registry are separate from the general inmate search, which covers current jail population only.

Open Records Requests for Bartow County Arrest Records

Georgia's Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 applies to all public records held by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. Arrest reports, booking logs, incident reports, and related documents are public records. Agencies must respond within three business days. The first 15 minutes of staff time is free. The first 20 pages of copies cost nothing, and additional pages are capped at $0.10 each.

The records custodians at the Bartow County Sheriff's Office are Rose Ann Howren and Lt. Tim Hovers. Requests can be submitted by email to Records@Bartow.Org, by phone at 770-382-5050, or by mail to 104 Zena Drive, Cartersville, GA 30121. For state-level records, the GBI handles requests through its open records portal at gbigeorgia.govqa.us.

The screenshot below shows the main Bartow County jail roster website, the hub for inmate inquiry, most wanted listings, and sex offender registry access in Cartersville.

The Bartow County jail roster site at jailroster.bc-cville.org provides the inmate inquiry system, most wanted listings, and sex offender search for Bartow County and the Cartersville area.

Mugshot Removal and Georgia Law in Bartow County

A Bartow County booking photo that appears on a commercial mugshot site can be removed under Georgia law at O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 if the arrest qualifies for record restriction. Send a certified letter to the website demanding removal within 30 days. Include your full name, date of birth, the date of arrest, and the name of the arresting agency (Bartow County Sheriff or whichever agency made the arrest). No fee can be charged for a qualifying removal request.

Georgia also bars law enforcement from posting booking photos on their own websites under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19. That law, passed in 2014, applies to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. This is why the jail roster system shows charge and status data but not booking photos directly. Photos require a formal open records request to the sheriff's records custodians. For complaints about commercial sites that ignore removal requests, contact the Georgia Consumer Protection Division at consumer.georgia.gov.

For statewide lookups that extend beyond the Bartow County jail, the Georgia Department of Corrections Offender Query is free and covers state prison records with photos. The Georgia Felon Search through GCIC costs $15 and returns instant conviction history. Both supplement what the local Bartow County inmate inquiry shows.

Cities in Bartow County

Cartersville is the county seat and the largest city in Bartow County. It's the only city in the county that meets the population threshold for a dedicated page on this site.

Nearby Counties

Bartow County borders several Northwest Georgia counties, sitting in a corridor between the Atlanta metro and the Tennessee state line.