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.
Butts County, Georgia, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Butts 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 Butts 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: Butts County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Butts County
The Butts County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Butts County. It reported 650 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Butts County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Jackson, 5,867 residents.
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 Butts 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.
- Butts County Sheriff's Office: 650 for 2025, 721 for 2024, 771 for 2023, 766 for 2022, 825 for 2021 and 694 for 2020.
The Butts County Sheriff's Office's 650 arrests in 2025 were down 9.8 percent from 721 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Butts County Sheriff's Office reported 399 arrests, against 381 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Butts County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Butts 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 220 people on an average day, down from about 350 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 305 beds, and it is running at 73 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Butts County
An arrest in Butts County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Butts County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyprobatecourt.com, phone 770-775-8204); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at towaligada.com).
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 Butts 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 Butts County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Jackson: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Butts County Superior Court, through the court records page at buttscountyprobatecourt.com, phone 770-775-8204.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyga.com/open-records-request-form (page title: Request a Public Record | Butts County, Georgia | Georgia's Outdoor Capital).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Butts County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Butts County: Jackson. Flovilla and Jenkinsburg have 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 Butts County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Butts County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Jackson (5,867)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Butts County each year?
The Butts County Sheriff's Office reported 650 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Butts County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Butts County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Butts 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 Butts County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Butts 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at buttscountyga.com/open-records-request-form.
Is this the official Butts 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.