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 2, 2026.
Madison County, Georgia, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Madison County Sheriff's Office and two city 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 Madison 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: Madison County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Madison County
The Madison County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Madison County. It reported 437 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists two cities in Madison County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Comer, 1,626 residents.
- Danielsville, 868 residents: 10 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 Royston Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Madison County, so its arrests are not broken out for Madison County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Madison 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.
- Madison County Sheriff's Office: 437 for 2024, 407 for 2023, 499 for 2022, 558 for 2021, 523 for 2020 and 837 for 2019.
- Danielsville: 10 for 2025, 27 for 2024, 30 for 2023, 56 for 2022, 32 for 2021 and 20 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 464 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 464 in 2024 against 437 in 2023, up 6.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Madison County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Madison County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 74 people on an average day, down from about 96 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 96 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 Madison County Sheriff's Office at sheriffrandytucker.com/madison-county-detention-center (page title: Madison County Detention Center | Madison County Sheriff's Department), 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 Madison County
For Madison County the place to look is the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at ocmulgeeda.com/morgan, phone (706) 342-5071).
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 Madison 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 Madison County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Comer or Danielsville: 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, (706) 342-5071, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Madison County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the six cities in Madison County: Comer and Danielsville. Colbert, Ila, Carlton and Hull 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 Madison County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Madison County each year?
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported 437 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the two agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 464 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Madison County?
Ask the Madison County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriffrandytucker.com.
Where are people arrested in Madison County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Madison County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Madison 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 Madison County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Madison 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 Madison 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.