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.
Colquitt County, Georgia, has about 47,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office and four 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 Colquitt 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: Colquitt County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Colquitt County
The Colquitt County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Colquitt County. It reported 1,152 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Colquitt County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Moultrie, 14,756 residents: 740 arrests reported for 2025.
- Norman Park, 1,001 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2021.
- Doerun, 729 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2024.
- Berlin, 528 residents: 1,152 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 Omega Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Colquitt County, so its arrests are not broken out for Colquitt County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Colquitt 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.
- Colquitt County Sheriff's Office: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Berlin: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Moultrie: 740 for 2025, 772 for 2024, 811 for 2023, 867 for 2022, 861 for 2021 and 716 for 2020.
- Doerun: 4 for 2024, 3 for 2023, 4 for 2022, 3 for 2021 and 52 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Norman Park: 0 for 2021.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,044 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,044 in 2025 against 3,076 in 2024, down 1 percent.
Through August 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,761 arrests, against 2,076 in the same months of 2025.
Doerun reported only part of 2025 (5 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Colquitt County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Colquitt 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 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 210 beds, and it is running at 106 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 Colquitt County Sheriff's Office at colquittcountyga.gov/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Sheriff), phone 229-616-7470, 200 Veterans Parkway N. P.O. Box 188 Moultrie, GA 31788, 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 Colquitt County
Whether someone was arrested in Colquitt County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Colquitt County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at colquittcountyga.gov/government/courts/clerk_of_court.php, phone 229-616-7420); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/colquitt, phone 229-244-7170).
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 Colquitt 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 Colquitt County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 229-616-7470.
- An arrest in Moultrie, Norman Park, Doerun or Berlin: 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, 229-244-7170, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Colquitt County Superior Court, through the court records page at colquittcountyga.gov, phone 229-616-7420.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Colquitt County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the six cities in Colquitt County: Moultrie, Norman Park, Doerun and Berlin. Funston and Ellenton 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 Colquitt County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Colquitt County each year?
The Colquitt County Sheriff's Office reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,044 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Colquitt County?
Ask the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office at 229-616-7470; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at colquittcountyga.gov.
Where are people arrested in Colquitt County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Colquitt County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Colquitt 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 Colquitt County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Colquitt 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 Colquitt 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.