Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Montgomery County, Georgia, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Georgia the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Georgia Crime Information Center is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Montgomery County is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Montgomery County public records, Montgomery County arrest records, Montgomery County warrants, Montgomery County inmate search, Montgomery County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Montgomery County Superior Court
A criminal case from Montgomery County is filed in the Montgomery County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court, which take misdemeanors and traffic cases in the State Court where the county has one, otherwise in the Probate Court; small claims and warrants in the Magistrate Court, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of Superior Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Montgomery County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=103 (page title: Clerk Results), phone (912) 583-4401, 400 S. Railroad Ave. P.O. Box 311 Mount Vernon, GA 30445, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
Georgia has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The Georgia Criminal History and Your Own Copy
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. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at gbi.georgia.gov/services/obtaining-criminal-history-record-informat....
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Mount Vernon and Uvalda keep the arrest records in Montgomery County: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The Vidalia Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Montgomery County, so its arrests are not broken out for Montgomery County here.
Together, the two agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,195 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Montgomery County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Montgomery County in 2025
The one agency in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 15 violent and 38 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 53 crimes in 2025 against 63 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Montgomery County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Montgomery County
The District Attorney decides which arrests in Montgomery County become charges and files them in the Montgomery County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at montcoga.gov/courts/page/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Montgomery County, GA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
The Sex Offender Registry for Montgomery County
Registered sex offenders living in Montgomery County are listed on the Georgia Sex Offender Registry, run by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation at state.sor.gbi.ga.gov/sort_public. The registry is public and can be searched online; the county sheriff keeps the local list.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Montgomery County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Georgia Open Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge for search, retrieval and copying after the first quarter hour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Montgomery 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.
Can I search Montgomery County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=103 (page title: Clerk Results).
How do I get my own Georgia criminal history?
A fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Who prosecutes crimes in Montgomery County?
The District Attorney, which files its cases in the Montgomery County Superior Court or the State Court and Magistrate Court.
Is this the official Montgomery 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.