Forsyth County Busted Mugshots

Forsyth County is one of the fastest-growing counties in Georgia, with more than 280,000 residents and a sheriff's office that handles a rising number of bookings each year. If you want to search Forsyth County busted mugshots, arrest records, or current jail data, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office publishes an inmate search on its official website where you can look up detainees by name, access bonding information, and find inmate program details.

Forsyth County Sheriff Inmate Search and Jail Records

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office publishes jail and inmate information at forsythsheriff.org/jail. From that page you can access the inmate search, get bonding information, learn about visitation, and find details on inmate communication and commissary services. The inmate search lets you look up people currently in custody at the Forsyth County Jail. There is no fee to run a search.

The Forsyth County Jail is located at 202 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Cumming, GA 30040. The phone number is 770-781-2226. Visitation is on Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The jail also runs inmate programs for people held in custody. Sheriff Ron H. Freeman leads the office, with Chief Deputy Grady D. Sanford, Jr. assisting with operations.

The main sheriff's office address is 100 East Courthouse Square, Cumming, GA 30040. Office hours run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The general phone is 770-781-2222. Two precincts extend coverage across the county: the North Precinct at 2310 Keith Bridge Road (678-513-5976) and the South Precinct at 2985 Ronald Reagan Blvd. (770-781-3047). Arrests made near those precincts may process through a precinct before transfer to the main jail.

The screenshot below shows the Forsyth County Sheriff's jail page, which links to the inmate search, bonding information, and visitation schedule.

This page on the Forsyth County Sheriff's site is the main hub for inmate search, bond details, visitation hours, and other jail services in Forsyth County.

Forsyth County Most Wanted and Sex Offender Registry

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office maintains a Most Wanted list on its website. Entries are organized by last name, first name, and middle name, along with age, sex, and race. If you are looking for someone with an active warrant in Forsyth County, this list is the starting point. It is updated as people are arrested or as new warrants are issued.

The sheriff's office also runs a sex offender registry search. You can look up registered offenders in Forsyth County by first name, last name, and gender. Each result shows the person's name, age, height, address, crime, conviction date, county, city, state, and zip code. That level of detail makes it useful for anyone checking on a specific person or looking at registrants near a particular address in Forsyth County.

Note: The Forsyth County sex offender registry is maintained by the sheriff's office and reflects current registration status. For a statewide view, the Georgia Sex Offender Registry through the GBI covers all counties including Forsyth.

Georgia Law on Booking Photos and Forsyth County Mugshot Access

Georgia law restricts how agencies can share booking photos publicly. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office cannot post mugshots on public websites. That is why the inmate search shows custody and charge data but no photos. The 2014 law applied to all Georgia law enforcement agencies and was meant to limit harm to people whose charges are dropped or who are found not guilty after arrest.

Third-party mugshot websites sometimes collect and post Forsyth County booking photos gathered from other sources or from periods before the law took full effect. Under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5, mugshot companies must remove photos free of charge within 30 days when the arrest is eligible for restriction. Send the request by certified mail with the subject's name, date of birth, arrest date, and arresting agency. The Georgia Consumer Protection Division has a guide on which sites must follow this law and how to write the request.

For formal open records requests for Forsyth County arrest records or booking photos, contact the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office at 100 East Courthouse Square, Cumming, GA 30040, or call 770-781-2222. Under the Georgia Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, the office must respond within three business days. The first 15 minutes of staff time is free, and the first 20 pages cost nothing. Pages beyond 20 run $0.10 each.

Statewide Tools for Forsyth County Arrest and Criminal Records

Several statewide databases supplement the Forsyth County inmate search. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation manages criminal history data for all of Georgia through the Georgia Crime Information Center. If you need a verified criminal history check on someone with a Forsyth County record, GCIC is the official path. The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is free and displays photos for people in state prison. It covers GDC facilities, so if someone convicted in Forsyth County has been transferred to a state prison, they may appear there.

The Georgia Felon Search costs $15 and provides instant results for felony conviction records statewide. The Georgia Sex Offender Registry, run by the GBI, is free and covers all Georgia counties including Forsyth. You can search by name or address and see photos and registration details. The GBI processes formal open records requests through its online portal for any records it holds directly.

The screenshot below shows the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search, a free statewide tool that includes photos for people in GDC facilities following convictions in counties like Forsyth.

The GDC offender search is free and shows photos for people serving state prison time, including those convicted in Forsyth County courts who have been transferred to a GDC facility.

Forsyth County Court Records and Criminal Case Information

Jail records and court records serve different purposes. The Forsyth County inmate search tells you who is in custody. Court records tell you what happened at each stage of the legal process. For case filings, indictments, plea agreements, sentencing, and dispositions, you need the Forsyth County Superior Court Clerk's Office, located at the courthouse in Cumming. The Forsyth Judicial Circuit handles felony cases, and you can request case records in person or by written request to the clerk.

Someone who was booked into the Forsyth County Jail and then released on bond will no longer show up in the inmate search, but their court case will still be active. If you are trying to track the legal outcome of a Forsyth County arrest, checking with the Superior Court Clerk is the next step after the initial inmate search. Court case lookups often give you a more complete picture, including what charges were filed formally versus what was initially booked at arrest.

Magistrate Court in Forsyth County handles first appearances and bond hearings. If someone was arrested and taken to the Forsyth County Jail, they would typically appear before a magistrate within 72 hours for a bond hearing. Magistrate Court records are also public and can be accessed through the Forsyth County Magistrate Court Clerk.

Note: Forsyth County has no qualifying cities with populations over the project threshold, so no city pages are linked from this county page. Cumming is the county seat but falls below the city page threshold for this site.

Georgia Consumer Protection and Mugshot Removal Rights

The Georgia Consumer Protection Division is part of the state Attorney General's office and plays a key role in enforcing the mugshot removal law. If a Forsyth County booking photo appears on a third-party website and you believe the arrest qualifies for restriction, the Consumer Protection Division's guide walks you through the certified mail request process step by step. The guide lists which types of sites fall under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 and what information must be included in the removal request.

It is worth checking whether the arrest itself is eligible for record restriction before sending the removal request. Not all arrests qualify. Under Georgia law, record restriction (sometimes called expungement) applies to arrests that did not result in a conviction under certain conditions. An attorney familiar with Georgia criminal law can tell you whether a specific Forsyth County arrest qualifies for restriction and whether the mugshot removal law would apply as a result.

The screenshot below shows the Georgia Consumer Protection page on mugshot websites, which explains the law and how to request photo removal from covered sites.

Georgia law requires mugshot sites to remove photos free of charge within 30 days when the arrest qualifies for record restriction, and the Consumer Protection Division explains how to use this right.

Nearby Counties

Forsyth County is surrounded by counties in the north Atlanta metro and the northeast Georgia foothills. Each has its own inmate search and arrest record resources.