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 October 4, 2026.
Lamar County, Georgia, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one campus 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 Lamar 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: Lamar County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lamar County
The Lamar County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lamar County. It reported 177 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Lamar County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Barnesville, 6,343 residents: 29 arrests reported for 2022.
- Milner, 807 residents: 35 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lamar County: Gordon State College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lamar County
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.
- Lamar County Sheriff's Office: 177 for 2025, 186 for 2021, 217 for 2020 and 264 for 2019; 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Milner: 35 for 2025 and 0 for 2024.
- Barnesville: 29 for 2022, 16 for 2021, 24 for 2020 and 206 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 212 arrests that year.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 93 arrests, against 135 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lamar County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lamar 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 73 people on an average day, up from about 51 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 155 beds, and it is running at 47 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 Lamar County Sheriff's Office at lamarcountysheriff.com (page title: lamarcountysheriff), phone 770-358-5159, 121 Roberta Drive Barnesville, GA 30204, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Lamar County
Whether someone was arrested in Lamar County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Lamar 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=85, phone (770) 358-5145); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/lamar, phone 770-504-2407).
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 Lamar 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 Lamar County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 770-358-5159.
- An arrest in Barnesville or Milner: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Gordon State College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 770-504-2407, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lamar County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=85, phone (770) 358-5145.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at lamarcountyga.com (page title: Open Records Requests | Lamar County Board of Commissioners).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Lamar County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Lamar County: Barnesville and Milner. Aldora 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 Lamar County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lamar County each year?
The Lamar County Sheriff's Office reported 177 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 212 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lamar County?
Ask the Lamar County Sheriff's Office at 770-358-5159; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lamarcountysheriff.com.
Where are people arrested in Lamar County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lamar 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 Lamar County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lamar 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 lamarcountyga.com.
Is this the official Lamar 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.