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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Jones County, Mississippi, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A DUI arrest in Jones County starts two cases, a criminal case in the Justice Court or a municipal court and a license case before the Department of Public Safety, and leaves three records. This guide follows the arrest from the roadside to the court file and the driving record.
This guide covers the law, the arrest, booking, the court case, the license case, the records and common questions.
Related guides: Jones County public records, Jones County arrest records, Jones County warrants, Jones County inmate search, Jones County criminal records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
The DUI Law in Mississippi
Drunk driving is charged as DUI in Mississippi, at a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or more.
Driving in Mississippi is consent to a breath or blood test when an officer has cause to suspect DUI; the license case that follows a refusal or a failed test is run by the Department of Public Safety, separately from the criminal case.
Who Makes DUI Arrests in Jones County
The Jones County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Laurel, Ellisville and Sandersville make the DUI arrests in Jones County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Jones County: Jones County Junior College (campus police).
Together, the three agencies in Jones County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 444 arrests to the FBI that year, all offenses together; the FBI's count for Jones County does not break DUI out.
Booking After a DUI Arrest in Jones County
A driver arrested for DUI and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Jones County Sheriff's Office, held about 210 people on an average day in 2018 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a custody page SearchSystems verified at jonesso.com/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1, phone 601-428-7867. The Jones County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
The Court Case
A DUI charge from Jones County is heard in the Justice Court or a municipal court; the District Attorney or, in a municipal court, the city's own prosecutor brings it.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at wdam.com.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.ms.gov.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The License Case
The court case is only half the record. The Department of Public Safety runs a separate administrative case over the license, which can suspend it before the criminal case is decided, and the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau keeps the driving record the conviction goes on.
The Records a DUI Leaves
- The arrest report: from the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
- The court file: from the Justice Court or a municipal court, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
- The driving record: from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau.
More on each: Jones County arrest records, Jones County police reports and Jones County court records.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DUI limit in Mississippi?
0.08 percent blood alcohol.
Where is a DUI case from Jones County heard?
In the Justice Court or a municipal court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at courts.ms.gov.
Where is a person arrested for DUI in Jones County held?
At the county jail, run by the Jones County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
Who handles the license after a DUI arrest in Mississippi?
The Department of Public Safety, in an administrative case separate from the court case.
Is this the official Jones 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.