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.
Lowndes County, Georgia, has about 122,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office, four city agencies and two campus, state or other agencies. 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 Lowndes 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: Lowndes County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lowndes County
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lowndes County. It reported 971 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists four cities in Lowndes County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Valdosta, 55,667 residents: 2,484 arrests reported for 2025.
- Hahira, 3,559 residents: 42 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lake Park, 1,558 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2023.
- Remerton, 1,298 residents: 111 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 these agencies in Lowndes County: Valdosta State University (campus police); the State Patrol at Valdosta (state police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lowndes 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.
- Valdosta: 2,484 for 2025, 2,619 for 2024, 2,072 for 2023, 694 for 2022 and 573 for 2021.
- Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: 971 for 2025, 1,193 for 2023, 1,259 for 2022 and 1,045 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
- Remerton: 111 for 2025, 132 for 2023, 162 for 2022 and 239 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
- Hahira: 42 for 2025, 20 for 2024, 7 for 2023, 2 for 2022, 6 for 2021 and 20 for 2020.
- Lake Park: 1 for 2023, 12 for 2022 and 7 for 2021.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,608 arrests that year. The two of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,526 in 2025 against 2,639 in 2024, down 4.3 percent.
Through June 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,751 arrests, against 1,751 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lowndes County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lowndes 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 720 people on an average day, up from about 630 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 896 beds, and it is running at 80 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Lowndes County
For Lowndes County the place to look is the case index of the Lowndes County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lowndescounty.com/422/Electronic-Court-Offerings).
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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park or Remerton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Valdosta State University or the State Patrol at Valdosta: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lowndes County Superior Court, through the court records page at lowndescounty.com.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Lowndes County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for four of the five cities in Lowndes County: Valdosta, Hahira, Lake Park and Remerton. Dasher 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 Lowndes County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lowndes County each year?
Valdosta reported 2,484 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 3,608 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lowndes County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lowndes 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.
Is this the official Lowndes 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.