Search Chatham County 24 Hour Booking

Chatham County 24 hour booking records track arrests processed at the county jail in Savannah. The Chatham County Sheriff's Office runs the detention center and keeps booking data for every person brought into custody. This is one of the busiest jails in southeast Georgia. The sheriff's office posts a 72-hour booking list on its website, and the jail has a 24-hour phone line for questions about inmates. Savannah and Pooler are the two largest cities in Chatham County, and all their arrests are booked at the same county facility.

Chatham County Sheriff 24 Hour Booking Office

The Chatham County Sheriff's Office operates the county detention center and handles all jail bookings in the Savannah area. Their main office is at 1050 Carl Griffin Drive, Savannah, GA 31405. The general phone number is (912) 652-7634. They also have a 24-hour line at (912) 652-7660 for questions that cannot wait until business hours. This makes the Chatham County jail one of the more accessible facilities in Georgia when it comes to getting booking information around the clock.

The Chatham County jail has several dedicated phone lines for different services. The Receiving and Discharge desk, which handles the actual booking process, can be reached at 912-651-3700. The front lobby number is 912-652-7785. If you need to reach the Shift Commander, call 912-652-7710. All of these lines are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This level of access is not common across all Georgia counties, so Chatham County stands out for having robust around-the-clock contact options.

The sheriff's website is the best starting point for finding Chatham County 24 hour booking information online.

The Chatham County Sheriff's site provides links to the bookings page, jail services, and contact numbers for families of inmates in Savannah.

Chatham County 24 Hour Booking List

The Chatham County 72-hour bookings page shows everyone booked into the jail over the past three days. This includes anyone arrested in the last 24 hours along with bookings from the two days before that. The page gives you a running list of names, charges, and booking details for the Chatham County jail. It is free to view and open to the public.

This is one of the more useful online tools for checking recent arrests in Chatham County. Since it covers 72 hours rather than just 24, you get a wider window to find someone who may have been booked recently. The data typically includes the inmate's name, booking date, charges, and other intake details. Not every Georgia county offers a tool like this on their website, which makes the Chatham County system particularly helpful.

The 72-hour bookings page from the Chatham County Sheriff's Office shows recent jail intake records with names and charges for the Savannah area.

Note: The Chatham County 72-hour bookings page updates regularly but may have a short delay between the time of booking and when the record appears online.

Chatham County Jail 24 Hour Booking Services

The Chatham County jail provides several services for inmates and their families. Mail is one of the primary ways to stay in contact with someone booked at the facility. Inmate mail goes through JailATM.com. The mailing address is JailATM.com, Chatham County Jail, followed by the inmate's ID number and full name, sent to 925B Peachtree Street NE, Box 2062, Atlanta, GA 30309. This is the same mail system used by several other Georgia county jails.

For money orders or certified checks, send them directly to the Chatham County Sheriff's Office at 1050 Carl Griffin Drive, Savannah, GA 31405. Address it to Finance and Accounting Services with the inmate's ID number and full name. Cash deposits and other payment methods may also be available depending on the current vendor setup at the Chatham County jail. Call the front lobby at 912-652-7785 for the latest details on how to send funds to someone booked at the facility.

Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 classifies booking records as public records. The services listed here are separate from the records request process. If you want a formal copy of a Chatham County booking record rather than just checking the online list, you would file an open records request with the sheriff's office.

Requesting Chatham County Booking Records

Georgia's Open Records Act gives you access to jail booking records from the Chatham County Sheriff's Office. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 sets the rules. You can request records orally or in writing. The Chatham County jail must respond within three business days. They can charge for search time and copies. The first quarter hour is free. Copy fees run about $0.10 per page.

Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72, initial arrest reports remain public even when an investigation is ongoing. Certain personal details get redacted from Chatham County booking records before release. Social security numbers, bank account numbers, insurance information, and cell phone numbers are removed. This protects the privacy of people who have been booked while still making the core arrest data accessible to the public in Chatham County.

If a records request will cost more than $500, the Chatham County Sheriff's Office can ask for prepayment before starting the work. Penalties for agencies that refuse to follow the Open Records Act include fines up to $1,000 for a first offense under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-74 and up to $2,500 for repeat violations within a year.

Booking Photos in Chatham County

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18 prohibits the Chatham County Sheriff's Office and all Georgia law enforcement from posting booking photographs on a website. Booking photos are taken during the intake process at the jail. They are part of the arrest record. But Georgia law limits how these images can be shared to prevent misuse by third-party mugshot websites.

If you need a copy of a booking photo from Chatham County, you must submit a written statement that says you will not place the photo on a site that charges for removal. False statements carry criminal penalties under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20. People whose photos end up on third-party sites can request removal free of charge if the arrest qualifies for record restriction. The site must comply within 30 days per O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5. Complaints go to the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division.

Chatham County Criminal History 24 Hour Booking Records

A 24 hour booking record from the Chatham County jail shows one arrest event. Criminal history records are broader. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation keeps criminal history data for the whole state through the Georgia Crime Information Center. A criminal history shows every arrest, court outcome, and custody event for a person across Georgia. You can get your own criminal history from the Chatham County Sheriff's Office or from most police departments in the area.

Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34, you can request the criminal history of another person with their signed consent. Felony convictions are public without consent per subsection (d.2). For fingerprint-based checks, use the Georgia Applicant Processing Service. Results take 24 to 48 hours. Call (404) 244-2639 option 2 for help with GAPS. Record restriction under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 lets people seal certain arrest records when charges are dismissed or dropped. Guilty outcomes do not qualify for restriction in Georgia.

The GBI FAQ on criminal history records covers how to get records, what information they contain, and how the restriction process works. The GDC Find Offender search is for people in state prison after sentencing and does not cover county jail bookings in Chatham County. Contact GDC at (404) 656-4661 if you need state prison information.

Note: The GBI criminal history and the Chatham County jail booking record are two different things, so make sure you request the right one for your needs.

Cities in Chatham County

City police in Savannah and Pooler make arrests within their limits, but all bookings are processed at the Chatham County jail run by the sheriff's office. Other towns in Chatham County include Garden City, Bloomingdale, Tybee Island, and Thunderbolt.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Chatham County in the Savannah area. Each has its own sheriff's office and jail. Booking records are kept separately by each county in Georgia.