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. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Stewart County, Georgia, has about 4,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Stewart 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 Stewart 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: Stewart County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Stewart County
The Stewart County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Stewart County.
The FBI lists two cities in Stewart County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Richland, 1,449 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
- Lumpkin, 944 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 Richland 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.
- Richland: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
Through September 2026, Richland reported 666 arrests, against 864 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Stewart County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Stewart 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.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stewart County Sheriff's Office at stewartcountysheriff.org (page title: Stewart County Georgia Sheriff's Office official website), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Stewart County
For Stewart County the place to look is the case index of the Stewart County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at dph.georgia.gov/locations/stewart-county-probate-court, phone (229) 838-4859).
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 Stewart 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 Stewart County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Richland or Lumpkin: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Stewart County Superior Court, through the court records page at dph.georgia.gov, phone (229) 838-4859.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Stewart County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Stewart County: Richland and Lumpkin.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Stewart County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Stewart County each year?
Richland reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Stewart County?
Ask the Stewart County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stewartcountysheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Stewart County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Stewart County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Stewart 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 Stewart County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Stewart 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 Stewart 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.