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.
Schley County, Georgia, has about 4,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Schley County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Schley 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: Schley County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Schley County
The Schley County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Schley County. It reported 15 arrests for 2025.
One city in Schley County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Ellaville, 1,513 residents: 11 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 Schley County
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.
- Schley County Sheriff's Office: 15 for 2025, 17 for 2024, 16 for 2023, 14 for 2022, 11 for 2021 and 9 for 2020.
- Ellaville: 11 for 2025, 14 for 2024, 18 for 2023, 9 for 2022, 29 for 2021 and 23 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 26 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 26 in 2025 against 31 in 2024.
Through June 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 19 arrests, against 17 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Schley County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Schley 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 6 people on an average day, down from about 8 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 16 beds, and it is running at 38 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
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 Schley County
For Schley County the place to look is the case index of the Schley County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at schleycountyga.us/pages/courts, phone 229-937-2905).
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 Schley 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 Schley County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Ellaville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Schley County Superior Court, through the court records page at schleycountyga.us/pages/courts, phone 229-937-2905.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Schley County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Ellaville, the one city in Schley County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Schley County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Schley County each year?
The Schley County Sheriff's Office reported 15 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 26 between them.
Where are people arrested in Schley County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Schley County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Schley 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 Schley County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Schley 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 Schley 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.