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.
Clinch County, Georgia, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Clinch 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 Clinch 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: Clinch County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Clinch County
The Clinch County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Clinch County. It reported 120 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Clinch County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Homerville, 2,357 residents: 13 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Clinch County
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.
- Clinch County Sheriff's Office: 120 for 2024 and 89 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
- Homerville: 13 for 2025, 7 for 2024, 12 for 2023, 38 for 2022, 124 for 2021 and 152 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 127 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 7 in 2024 against 12 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Clinch County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clinch 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 2017 the jail held about 22 people. Its rated capacity in 2017 was 26 beds, and it ran at 83 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 Clinch County Sheriff's Office at clinchcountyga.gov/sheriff.html (page title: SHERIFF | Clinch County, Georgia), phone 912.487.5316, 115 Court Square Homerville, GA 31634, 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 Clinch County
An arrest in Clinch County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Clinch County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at clinchcountyga.gov/clerk-of-superior-court.html, phone 912.487.5854); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at clinchcountyga.gov/district-attorney.html, phone 229.686.7015).
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 Clinch 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 Clinch County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912.487.5316.
- An arrest in Homerville: 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, 229.686.7015, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Clinch County Superior Court, through the court records page at clinchcountyga.gov, phone 912.487.5854.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Clinch County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Clinch County: Homerville. Fargo, Argyle and Du Pont 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 Clinch County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Clinch County each year?
The Clinch County Sheriff's Office reported 120 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 127 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Clinch County?
Ask the Clinch County Sheriff's Office at 912.487.5316; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clinchcountyga.gov/sheriff.html.
Where are people arrested in Clinch County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Clinch County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Clinch 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 Clinch County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Clinch 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 Clinch 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.