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.
Stephens County, Georgia, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stephens County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state 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 Stephens 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: Stephens County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stephens County
The Stephens County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stephens County.
The FBI lists one city in Stephens County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Toccoa, 9,389 residents: 250 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Stephens County: the State Patrol at Toccoa (state police).
How Many Arrests Toccoa Reports
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.
- Toccoa: 250 for 2025, 337 for 2023, 335 for 2022, 265 for 2021, 195 for 2020 and 737 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Through March 2026, Toccoa reported 51 arrests, against 50 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stephens County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stephens 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 200 people on an average day, up from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 194 beds, and it is running at 101 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Stephens County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
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 Stephens County
An arrest in Stephens County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Stephens County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at stephenscountyga.gov/state-court, phone 706-886-3598); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at stephenscountyga.gov/district-attorney, phone 706-886-7920).
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 Stephens 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 Stephens County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 877-654-8463.
- An arrest in Toccoa: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Toccoa: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-886-7920, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stephens County Superior Court, through the court records page at stephenscountyga.gov/state-court, phone 706-886-3598.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at stephenscountyga.gov/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | Stephens County Georgia).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Stephens County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Stephens County: Toccoa. Martin and Avalon have 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 Stephens County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stephens County each year?
Toccoa reported 250 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stephens County?
Look on the custody page of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office at stephenssheriff-ok.gov/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Stephens County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stephens County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stephens 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 Stephens County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stephens 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 stephenscountyga.gov/open-records-request.
Is this the official Stephens 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.