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 between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Tattnall County, Georgia, has about 24,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Tattnall County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies 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 Tattnall 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: Tattnall County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Tattnall County
The Tattnall County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Tattnall County. It reported 287 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Tattnall County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Glennville, 5,104 residents: 51 arrests reported for 2020.
- Reidsville, 2,555 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tattnall County: the State Patrol at Reidsville (state police).
How Many Arrests The Tattnall County Sheriff's Office Reports
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.
- Tattnall County Sheriff's Office: 287 for 2025, 168 for 2024, 261 for 2023, 328 for 2022, 201 for 2021 and 78 for 2020.
- Glennville: 51 for 2020 and 199 for 2019.
The Tattnall County Sheriff's Office's 328 arrests in 2022 were up 63 percent from 201 in 2021.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Tattnall County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Tattnall 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 120 people on an average day, up from about 97 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 152 beds, and it is running at 80 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 Tattnall County Sheriff's Office at tattnallcountyga.com/county-jail-inmates.cfm (page title: County Jail Inmates | Tattnall County, GA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 Tattnall County
An arrest in Tattnall County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Tattnall County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at tattnallcountyga.com/clerk-of-superior-court.cfm, phone 912-557-6716); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/tattnall, phone 912-876-4151).
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 Tattnall 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 Tattnall County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Glennville or Reidsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Patrol at Reidsville: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 912-876-4151, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Tattnall County Superior Court, through the court records page at tattnallcountyga.com, phone 912-557-6716.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at tattnallcountyga.com/open-records-request.cfm (page title: Open Records Request | Tattnall County Ga | Tattnall County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Tattnall County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the five cities in Tattnall County: Glennville and Reidsville. Collins, Cobbtown and Manassas 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 Tattnall County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Tattnall County each year?
The Tattnall County Sheriff's Office reported 287 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Tattnall County?
Ask the Tattnall County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tattnallcountyga.com/county-jail-inmates.cfm.
Where are people arrested in Tattnall County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Tattnall County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Tattnall 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 Tattnall County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Tattnall 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 tattnallcountyga.com/open-records-request.cfm.
Is this the official Tattnall 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.