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.
McIntosh County, Georgia, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office. 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 McIntosh 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: McIntosh County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in McIntosh County
The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for McIntosh County. It reported 417 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office 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.
- McIntosh County Sheriff's Office: 417 for 2025, 392 for 2023, 406 for 2022 and 311 for 2020; 2021 and 2024 are missing months.
Through July 2026, McIntosh County Sheriff's Office reported 347 arrests, against 239 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in McIntosh County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in McIntosh 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.
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 79 people, up from about 74 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 115 beds, and it ran at 69 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office at mcintoshcountyga.com/m/directory/department?did=16 (page title: Staff Directory, Sheriff's Department), phone 912-437-6623, 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 McIntosh County
For McIntosh County the place to look is the case index of the McIntosh 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=98, phone (912) 437-6641).
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 McIntosh 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 McIntosh County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 912-437-6623.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the McIntosh County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=98, phone (912) 437-6641.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in McIntosh County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in McIntosh County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the McIntosh County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in McIntosh County each year?
The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office reported 417 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in McIntosh County?
Ask the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office at 912-437-6623; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mcintoshcountyga.com.
Where are people arrested in McIntosh County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in McIntosh 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 McIntosh County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the McIntosh 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 McIntosh 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.