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.
Jasper County, Georgia, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jasper 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 Jasper 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: Jasper County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jasper County
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jasper County. It reported 501 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Jasper County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Monticello, 2,969 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Jasper County
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.
- Monticello: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Jasper County Sheriff's Office: 501 for 2025, 419 for 2024, 392 for 2023, 414 for 2022, 460 for 2021 and 575 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,653 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,653 in 2025 against 1,571 in 2024, up 5.2 percent.
Through May 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 614 arrests, against 651 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jasper County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jasper 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 61 people on an average day, up from about 42 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 100 beds, and it is running at 61 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Jasper SO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Jasper County
An arrest in Jasper County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jasper County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=79, phone (706) 468-4901); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jaspercountyga.org/district-attorney, phone 706-468-4900).
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 Jasper 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 Jasper County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Monticello: 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, 706-468-4900, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jasper County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=79, phone (706) 468-4901.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jasper-ga.us/cityclerk.htm (page title: Jasper Georgia City Clerk Minutes Open Records Request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Jasper County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Jasper County: Monticello. Shady Dale has 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 Jasper County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jasper County each year?
Monticello reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,653 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jasper County?
Look on the custody page of the Jasper County Sheriff's Office at jasperso.com/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jasper County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jasper 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 Jasper County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jasper 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jasper-ga.us/cityclerk.htm.
Is this the official Jasper 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.