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.
Fannin County, Georgia, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Fannin County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state 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 Fannin 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: Fannin County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Fannin County
The Fannin County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Fannin County. It reported 549 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Fannin County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Blue Ridge, 1,246 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Fannin County: the State Patrol at Blue Ridge (state police).
How Many Arrests The Fannin County Sheriff's Office 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.
- Fannin County Sheriff's Office: 549 for 2025, 624 for 2024, 444 for 2023, 311 for 2022, 359 for 2021 and 782 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
The Fannin County Sheriff's Office's 624 arrests in 2024 were up 41 percent from 444 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Fannin County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Fannin 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.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 55 people on an average day, up from about 52 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 84 beds, and it is running at 65 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Fannin County
An arrest in Fannin County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Fannin County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/fannin, phone 706-635-5381).
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 Fannin 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 Fannin County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Blue Ridge: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Blue Ridge: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-635-5381, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Fannin County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Fannin County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Fannin County: Blue Ridge. McCaysville and Morganton 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 Fannin County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Fannin County each year?
The Fannin County Sheriff's Office reported 549 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
Where are people arrested in Fannin County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Fannin County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Fannin 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 Fannin County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Fannin 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 Fannin 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.