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.
Murray County, Georgia, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Murray 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 Murray 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: Murray County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Murray County
The Murray County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Murray County. It reported 614 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Murray County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Chatsworth, 4,943 residents: 515 arrests reported for 2025.
- Eton, 851 residents: 40 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.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Murray 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.
- Murray County Sheriff's Office: 614 for 2025, 689 for 2024, 797 for 2023, 783 for 2022, 713 for 2021 and 563 for 2020.
- Chatsworth: 515 for 2025, 564 for 2024, 666 for 2023 and 463 for 2022.
- Eton: 40 for 2025, 69 for 2024, 78 for 2023, 98 for 2022, 65 for 2021 and 77 for 2020.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,169 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,169 in 2025 against 1,322 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Murray County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Murray 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 170 people on an average day, up from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 160 beds, and it is running at 108 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 Murray County Sheriff's Office at murraycountyga.org/165/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Murray County, GA), phone (706) 695-4592, Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, 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 Murray County
Whether someone was arrested in Murray County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Murray 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=105, phone (706) 695-2932); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at murraycountyga.org/82/District-Attorney, phone 706-695-4811).
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 Murray 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 Murray County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (706) 695-4592.
- An arrest in Chatsworth or Eton: 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, 706-695-4811, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Murray County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=105, phone (706) 695-2932.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at murraycountyga.org/127/Open-Records (page title: Open Records | Murray County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Murray County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Murray County: Chatsworth and Eton.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Murray County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Murray County each year?
The Murray County Sheriff's Office reported 614 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,169 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Murray County?
Ask the Murray County Sheriff's Office at (706) 695-4592; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at murraycountyga.org/165/Sheriffs-Office.
Where are people arrested in Murray County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Murray County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Murray 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 Murray County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Murray 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 murraycountyga.org/127/Open-Records.
Is this the official Murray 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.