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.
Charlton County, Georgia, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Charlton 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 Charlton 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: Charlton County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Charlton County
The Charlton County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Charlton County. It reported 392 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
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:
- Folkston, 4,701 residents: 58 arrests reported for 2025.
- Homeland, 907 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 Folkston 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.
- Folkston: 58 for 2025, 108 for 2024, 117 for 2023, 146 for 2022, 123 for 2021 and 130 for 2020.
- Charlton County Sheriff's Office: 392 for 2020.
Folkston's 58 arrests in 2025 were down 46 percent from 108 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Folkston reported 61 arrests, against 43 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Charlton County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Charlton 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.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 1 people. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 1 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Charlton County Sheriff's Office at charltoncountyga.us/207/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Charlton County, GA), phone 912-496-7321, 1548 Third Street Folkston, GA 31537-8906, 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 Charlton County
For Charlton County the place to look is the case index of the Charlton County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at charltoncountyga.us/260/Courts).
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 Charlton County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Charlton County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912-496-7321.
- An arrest in Folkston or Homeland: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Charlton County Superior Court, through the court records page at charltoncountyga.us/260/Courts.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at charltoncountyga.us (page title: Visit our website at www.CharltonCountyGA.us Charlton County, Georgia).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Charlton County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Charlton County: Folkston and Homeland.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Charlton County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Charlton County each year?
Folkston reported 58 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Charlton County?
Ask the Charlton County Sheriff's Office at 912-496-7321; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at charltoncountyga.us/207/Sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Charlton County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Charlton County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Charlton 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 Charlton County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Charlton 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 charltoncountyga.us.
Is this the official Charlton 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.