Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Banks County, Georgia, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Banks County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Banks County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Banks County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Banks County
The Banks County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Banks County. It reported 1,396 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Banks County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Maysville, 2,240 residents: 34 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The Baldwin Police Department and the Alto Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Banks County, so their arrests are not broken out for Banks County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Banks County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Banks County Sheriff's Office: 1,396 for 2025, 829 for 2022, 793 for 2021 and 429 for 2020; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Maysville: 34 for 2025, 4 for 2023, 13 for 2022, 16 for 2021 and 30 for 2019; 2020 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,430 arrests that year.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 508 arrests, against 588 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Banks County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Banks County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 40 people, down from about 51 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 32 beds, and it ran at 126 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Banks County Sheriff's Office at bankscountysheriff.org (page title: Banks County Sheriff), phone 706-677-2248, Mon-Friday: 8:00AM - 5:00PM, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Banks County
For Banks County the place to look is the case index of the Banks County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=6, phone (706) 677-6240).
Georgia is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name, through the Georgia Crime Information Center. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Banks County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the agency must answer within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
- An arrest by the Banks County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 706-677-2248.
- An arrest in Maysville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Banks County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=6, phone (706) 677-6240.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Banks County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Banks County: Maysville. Homer has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Banks County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Banks County each year?
The Banks County Sheriff's Office reported 1,396 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,430 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Banks County?
Ask the Banks County Sheriff's Office at 706-677-2248; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bankscountysheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Banks County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Banks County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Banks County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center: Georgia Felon Search lets anyone check felony convictions online by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Georgia Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Banks County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Banks County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Georgia Open Records Act the answer is due within 3 business days.
Is this the official Banks County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.