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 on September 23, 2026.
Dooly County, Georgia, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Dooly 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 Dooly 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: Dooly County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Dooly County
The Dooly County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Dooly County.
One city in Dooly County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Vienna, 2,914 residents: 44 arrests reported for 2020.
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 Vienna Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Vienna: 44 for 2020.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Dooly County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dooly 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 39 people on an average day, down from about 76 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 163 beds, and it is running at 24 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 Dooly County Sheriff's Office at doolycountysheriff.com/detention (page title: DETENTION | DCSO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Dooly County
Whether someone was arrested in Dooly County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Dooly County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at probatecourtusa.org/dooly-county-probate-court, phone 229-268-4217); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/dooly, phone 229-271-4735).
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 Dooly 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 Dooly County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Vienna: 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, 229-271-4735, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Dooly County Superior Court, through the court records page at probatecourtusa.org, phone 229-268-4217.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Dooly County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the six cities in Dooly County: Vienna. Unadilla, Byromville, Pinehurst, Lilly and Dooling 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 Dooly County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Dooly County each year?
Vienna reported 44 arrests to the FBI for 2020, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Dooly County?
Ask the Dooly County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at doolycountysheriff.com/detention.
Where are people arrested in Dooly County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Dooly County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Dooly 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 Dooly County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Dooly 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 Dooly 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.