Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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 4, 2026.
Warren County, Georgia, has about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Warren County Sheriff's Office and one city 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 Warren County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Warren County public records, Georgia arrest records, Georgia inmate search and Georgia criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Warren County
The Warren County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Warren County.
One city in Warren County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Warrenton, 1,887 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.
Arrest Counts on File for Warren County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Warren County the counts on file are partial: Warrenton and Warren County Sheriff's Office have sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Warren County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Warren 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.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 20 people, up from about 19 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 45 beds, and it ran at 44 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Warren County Sheriff's Office at warrencountyga.com/sheriff.html (page title: Sheriff | Warren County, GA), phone 706-465-3340, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 Warren County
An arrest in Warren County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Warren County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyga.com/clerk-of-courts.html, phone 706-465-2262); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at pacga.org/find-your-prosecutor/patrick-warren, phone 229-386-7900).
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 Warren 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 Warren County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 706-465-3340.
- An arrest in Warrenton: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 229-386-7900, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Warren County Superior Court, through the court records page at warrencountyga.com/clerk-of-courts.html, phone 706-465-2262.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request through Georgia Applicant Processing Services.
Cities in Warren County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the three cities in Warren County: Warrenton. Norwood and Camak 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 Warren County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Warren County?
Ask the Warren County Sheriff's Office at 706-465-3340; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at warrencountyga.com/sheriff.html.
Where are people arrested in Warren County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Warren County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Warren 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 Warren County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Warren 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 Warren 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.