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.
Laurens County, Georgia, has about 50,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Laurens County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies 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 Laurens 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: Laurens County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Laurens County
The Laurens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Laurens County. It reported 493 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Laurens County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Dublin, 16,233 residents.
- East Dublin, 2,507 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Laurens County: the State Patrol at Dublin (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Laurens 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.
- East Dublin: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Laurens County Sheriff's Office: 493 for 2025, 495 for 2024, 459 for 2023, 384 for 2022, 308 for 2021 and 334 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,645 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,645 in 2025 against 1,647 in 2024, down 0.1 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 886 arrests, against 975 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Laurens County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Laurens 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 210 people on an average day, down from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 275 beds, and it is running at 77 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 Laurens County Sheriff's Office at laurenscoga.org/363/Detention-Center (page title: Detention Center | Laurens County, GA), phone 478-272-1522, 511 Southern Pines Rd Dublin, GA 31021, 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 Laurens County
Whether someone was arrested in Laurens County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Laurens 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 laurenscoga.org/314/District-Attorneys-Office, phone 478-272-0440).
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 Laurens 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 Laurens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 478-272-1522.
- An arrest in Dublin or East Dublin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Dublin: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 478-272-0440, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Laurens County Superior Court, through the court records page at georgiacourts.gov/eaccess-court-records.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at laurenscoga.org/286/Open-Records (page title: Open Records | Laurens County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Laurens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Laurens County: Dublin and East Dublin. Dexter, Dudley, Cadwell, Rentz and Montrose 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 Laurens County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Laurens County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Dublin (16,233)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Laurens County each year?
East Dublin reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,645 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Laurens County?
Ask the Laurens County Sheriff's Office at 478-272-1522; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at laurenscoga.org/363/Detention-Center.
Where are people arrested in Laurens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Laurens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Laurens 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 Laurens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Laurens 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 laurenscoga.org/286/Open-Records.
Is this the official Laurens 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.