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.
Liberty County, Georgia, has about 69,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Liberty 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 Liberty 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: Liberty County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Liberty County
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Liberty County. It reported 356 arrests for 2020, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Hinesville, 36,583 residents: 1,238 arrests reported for 2025.
- Midway, 2,358 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 Liberty County: the State Patrol at Hinesville (state police).
How Many Arrests Hinesville 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.
- Hinesville: 1,238 for 2025, 1,005 for 2024, 1,224 for 2023, 974 for 2022, 794 for 2021 and 658 for 2020.
- Liberty County Sheriff's Office: 356 for 2020.
Hinesville's 1,238 arrests in 2025 were up 23 percent from 1,005 in 2024.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Liberty County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Liberty 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 230 people on an average day, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 300 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 Liberty County Sheriff's Office at libertyso.org/public-information/jail-inmates (page title: Jail Inmates | Liberty County Sheriff's Office), phone 912-876-6411, 201 S. Main Street, Suite 1300 Hinesville, GA 31313, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Liberty County
Whether someone was arrested in Liberty County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Liberty County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at ww2.libertycountyga.com/CourtsCMWS/CMWebSearch/CMWebHome, phone 912-876-3625); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at da.libertycountyga.gov, phone (912) 876-4151).
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 Liberty County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Liberty County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912-876-6411.
- An arrest in Hinesville or Midway: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Hinesville: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (912) 876-4151, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Liberty County Superior Court, through the court records page at ww2.libertycountyga.com, phone 912-876-3625.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at libertycountyga.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Records RequestNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Liberty County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Liberty County: Hinesville and Midway. Walthourville, Flemington, Allenhurst, Riceboro and Gumbranch 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 Liberty County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Liberty County each year?
Hinesville reported 1,238 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Liberty County?
Ask the Liberty County Sheriff's Office at 912-876-6411; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at libertyso.org/public-information/jail-inmates.
Where are people arrested in Liberty County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Liberty County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Liberty 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 Liberty County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Liberty 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 libertycountyga.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Liberty 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.