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.
Rabun County, Georgia, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Rabun County Sheriff's Office and five 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 Rabun 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: Rabun County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Rabun County
The Rabun County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Rabun County. It reported 396 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside five of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Clayton, 2,090 residents: 122 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mountain City, 964 residents.
- Sky Valley, 491 residents.
- Dillard, 337 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2025.
- Tallulah Falls, 210 residents.
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 Rabun 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.
- Rabun County Sheriff's Office: 396 for 2025, 330 for 2023, 337 for 2022 and 285 for 2021; 2024 is missing months.
- Clayton: 122 for 2025, 138 for 2024, 119 for 2023, 134 for 2022 and 107 for 2021.
- Dillard: 0 for 2025, 31 for 2020 and 30 for 2019; 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 518 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 122 in 2025 against 138 in 2024, down 12 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 260 arrests, against 321 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Rabun County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Rabun 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 130 people on an average day, up from about 99 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 102 beds, and it is running at 124 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 Rabun County Sheriff's Office at rabuncounty.ga.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Rabun County GA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Georgia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Rabun County
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 Rabun 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 Rabun County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Clayton, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Dillard or Tallulah Falls: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Rabun County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for five of the six cities in Rabun County: Clayton, Mountain City, Sky Valley, Dillard and Tallulah Falls. Tiger 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 Rabun County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Rabun County each year?
The Rabun County Sheriff's Office reported 396 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 518 between them.
Where are people arrested in Rabun County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Rabun County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Rabun 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 Rabun County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Rabun 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 Rabun 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.