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 October 2, 2026.
Union County, Georgia, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Union County Sheriff's Office, one city agency 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 Union 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: Union County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Union County
The Union County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Union County. It reported 223 arrests for 2025.
One city in Union County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Blairsville, 849 residents: 48 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 Union County: Union County Schools (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Union 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.
- Union County Sheriff's Office: 223 for 2025, 297 for 2022, 288 for 2021, 236 for 2020 and 425 for 2019; 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Blairsville: 48 for 2025, 43 for 2024, 31 for 2023, 51 for 2022, 33 for 2021 and 40 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 271 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 48 in 2025 against 43 in 2024, up 12 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Union County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Union 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 52 people on an average day, down from about 63 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 57 beds, and it is running at 91 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 Union County Sheriff's Office at unioncountygasheriff.org/currentinmates.html (page title: Inmates | UNION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE), 378 Beasley Street Blairsville, GA 30512, 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 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 Union County
Whether someone was arrested in Union County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Union County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Union County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at unioncountyga.gov/285/Courts, phone 706-864-6754); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at unioncountyga.gov/m/directory/department?did=16, phone 706-864-6754).
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 Union 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 Union County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Blairsville: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Union County Schools: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 706-864-6754, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Union County Superior Court, through the court records page at unioncountyga.gov/285/Courts, phone 706-864-6754.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at unioncountyga.gov/393/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records Request | Union County, GA).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Union County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Blairsville, the one city in Union County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Union County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Union County each year?
The Union County Sheriff's Office reported 223 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 271 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Union County?
Look on the custody page of the Union County Sheriff's Office at unioncountygasheriff.org/currentinmates.html. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Union County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Union County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Union 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 Union County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Union 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 unioncountyga.gov/393/Open-Records-Request.
Is this the official Union 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.