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.
Twiggs County, Georgia, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office and one other 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 Twiggs 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: Twiggs County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Twiggs County
The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Twiggs County. It reported 279 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Twiggs County: Twiggs County Board of Education (other).
How Many Arrests The Twiggs 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.
- Twiggs County Sheriff's Office: 279 for 2025, 222 for 2024, 320 for 2023, 356 for 2022 and 317 for 2021.
The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office's 279 arrests in 2025 were up 26 percent from 222 in 2024.
Through July 2026, Twiggs County Sheriff's Office reported 173 arrests, against 132 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Twiggs County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Twiggs 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 34 people on an average day, up from about 26 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 48 beds, and it is running at 71 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 Twiggs County Sheriff's Office at twiggssheriff.org (page title: Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office | Twiggs County, GA), phone 478-945-3357, 37 N Ash Street Jeffersonville, GA 31044, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Twiggs County
An arrest in Twiggs County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Twiggs County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=143, phone (478) 945-3350); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/county/twiggs, phone 478-272-0440).
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 Twiggs 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 Twiggs County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 478-945-3357.
- An arrest by Twiggs County Board of Education: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 478-272-0440, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Twiggs County Superior Court, through the court records page at gsccca.org/clerks/clerk-results?cid=143, phone (478) 945-3350.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at twiggssheriff.org/open-records (page title: Open Records | Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Twiggs County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Twiggs County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Twiggs County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Twiggs County each year?
The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office reported 279 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Twiggs County?
Ask the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office at 478-945-3357; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at twiggssheriff.org.
Where are people arrested in Twiggs County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Twiggs 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 Twiggs County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Twiggs 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 twiggssheriff.org/open-records.
Is this the official Twiggs 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.