Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Decatur County, Georgia, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Georgia the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Decatur County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Decatur County public records, Decatur County arrest records, Decatur County warrants, Decatur County inmate search, Decatur County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Decatur County Superior Court
A criminal case from Decatur County is filed in the Decatur County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court, which take misdemeanors and traffic cases in the State Court where the county has one, otherwise in the Probate Court; small claims and warrants in the Magistrate Court, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at decaturcountyga.gov/departments-agencies/clerk-of-court-and-court-i... (page title: Clerk of Court and Court Information | Decatur County GA), phone (229) 248-3025, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Georgia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Georgia Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at gbi.georgia.gov/services/obtaining-criminal-history-record-informat....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Decatur County
The Decatur County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bainbridge and Attapulgus keep the arrest records in Decatur County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Decatur County: Southern Regional Technical College (campus police); Decatur County Schools (other agency); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the two agencies in Decatur County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 957 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Decatur County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Decatur County in 2025
The two agencies in Decatur County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 106 violent and 518 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 624 crimes in 2025 against 722 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Decatur County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Decatur County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Decatur County become charges and files them in the Decatur County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/dekalb (page title: DeKalb Archives | Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), phone 404-371-2201, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Decatur County
Registered sex offenders living in Decatur County are listed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry, run by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at state.sor.gbi.ga.gov/sort_public. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff keeps the local list.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Decatur County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Georgia Open Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Decatur 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.
Can I search Decatur County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at decaturcountyga.gov (page title: Clerk of Court and Court Information | Decatur County GA).
How do I get my own Georgia criminal history?
A fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Who prosecutes crimes in Decatur County?
The District Attorney, reached at 404-371-2201, which files its cases in the Decatur County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
Is this the official Decatur 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.