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.
Jeff Davis County, Georgia, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis 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: Jeff Davis County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jeff Davis County
The Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jeff Davis County. It reported 257 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
One city in Jeff Davis County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Hazlehurst, 4,124 residents: 118 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 Hazlehurst Reports
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.
- Hazlehurst: 118 for 2025, 124 for 2024, 79 for 2023, 56 for 2022 and 45 for 2020; 2021 is missing months.
- Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office: 257 for 2023 and 267 for 2021; 2022 is missing months.
Hazlehurst's 118 arrests in 2025 were down 4.8 percent from 124 in 2024.
Through June 2026, Hazlehurst reported 72 arrests, against 47 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jeff Davis County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Jeff Davis 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 57 people on an average day, up from about 41 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 106 beds, and it is running at 54 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 Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office at jeffdaviscountyga.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office), phone 912-375-6600, 15 Public Safety Drive Hazlehurst, GA 31539, 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 Jeff Davis County
An arrest in Jeff Davis County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Jeff Davis 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=80, phone (912) 375-6615); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/jeff-davis, phone 912-554-7200).
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 Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912-375-6600.
- An arrest in Hazlehurst: 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, 912-554-7200, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jeff Davis County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=80, phone (912) 375-6615.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jeffdaviscountyga.gov/open-records-request (page title: Open Records request).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Jeff Davis County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Jeff Davis County: Hazlehurst. Denton 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 Jeff Davis County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jeff Davis County each year?
Hazlehurst reported 118 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jeff Davis County?
Ask the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office at 912-375-6600; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at jeffdaviscountyga.gov/sheriffs-office.
Where are people arrested in Jeff Davis County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jeff Davis County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jeff Davis 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 Jeff Davis County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jeff Davis 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 jeffdaviscountyga.gov/open-records-request.
Is this the official Jeff Davis 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.