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.
Brantley County, Georgia, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Brantley County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Brantley 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: Brantley County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Brantley County
The Brantley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Brantley County. It reported 152 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Nahunta, 1,036 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2021.
- Hoboken, 505 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2023.
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.
How Many Arrests The Brantley County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Brantley County Sheriff's Office: 152 for 2025, 156 for 2024, 127 for 2023, 162 for 2021 and 88 for 2020; 2022 is missing months.
- Hoboken: 0 for 2023, 0 for 2022, 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2020.
- Nahunta: 0 for 2021 and 0 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
The Brantley County Sheriff's Office's 152 arrests in 2025 were down 2.6 percent from 156 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Brantley County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Brantley County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 99 people on an average day, down from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 120 beds, and it is running at 82 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Brantley County Sheriff's Office at brantleyso.org (page title: Brantley County Sheriff's Office), phone 912-288-4582, 31553 Physical Address 95 John Wilson Street Nahunta, GA 31553, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Brantley County
An arrest in Brantley County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Brantley County Superior Court, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/brantley, phone 912-490-4395).
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at brantleycounty-ga.gov/courts (page title: Brantley County Courts), phone 912.462.5635, belongs to a lower court, not to the Brantley County Superior Court.
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 Brantley 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 Brantley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912-288-4582.
- An arrest in Nahunta or Hoboken: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 912-490-4395, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Brantley County Superior Court it is kept by the Clerk of Superior Court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at brantleycounty-ga.gov/courts, phone 912.462.5635, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Brantley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Brantley County: Nahunta and Hoboken.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Brantley County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Brantley County each year?
The Brantley County Sheriff's Office reported 152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Brantley County?
Ask the Brantley County Sheriff's Office at 912-288-4582; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brantleyso.org.
Where are people arrested in Brantley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Brantley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Brantley 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 Brantley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Brantley 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 Brantley 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.