Find Cook County 24 Hour Booking

Cook County 24 hour booking records are kept by the sheriff's office in Adel, Georgia. The county sits in the south-central part of the state and has a population around 17,000. Every arrest that takes place in Cook County gets processed through the county jail. The sheriff's office handles intake, logs charges, and creates a public record of each booking. If you need to check on a recent arrest or find out who is in custody, the Cook County Sheriff's Office is the place to start. Booking data is available to the public under Georgia law.

Cook County Sheriff 24 Hour Booking Office

The Cook County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and handles all bookings in the county. The office is at 211 E. 2nd Street, Adel, GA 31620. You can reach them at (229) 896-7474. The jail stays open 24 hours a day, seven days a week for intake. When someone gets arrested anywhere in Cook County, they end up at this facility for processing.

Staff at the jail collect each person's name, date of birth, home address, and physical description. They enter the charges into the system and assign a booking number. A photo is taken. This entire process creates the 24 hour booking record for that arrest. The Cook County Sheriff's Office keeps these records on file and makes them available to the public when requested.

Adel is the only city of real size in Cook County. The sheriff's office covers the whole county, including rural areas and smaller communities. All arrests from any law enforcement agency within Cook County pass through the same jail for booking.

Cook County 24 Hour Booking

An arrest in Cook County begins with an officer making the stop. The person is then transported to the county jail in Adel. The intake process starts when jail staff receive the person from the arresting officer. Staff record the charges, take fingerprints, and photograph the individual. All of this information goes into the booking system. The person is then placed in a holding area or assigned a cell based on the charge and available space in the Cook County jail.

Bond gets set by a magistrate judge in Cook County. Some charges come with a preset bond schedule. The person can post that amount and leave. For more serious charges, a bond hearing is required. This typically happens within 48 hours of the arrest. The booking record stays on file regardless of whether the person posts bond or stays in custody at the Cook County facility.

If someone cannot make bond, they wait in the Cook County jail until their court date. Short sentences for misdemeanors may also be served at this facility. Longer sentences result in a transfer to a state prison run by the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Cook County Booking Open Records

Georgia's Open Records Act gives you the right to access booking records from Cook County. Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, all records maintained by a public office are open for inspection. The Cook County Sheriff's Office is a public agency. You do not need to give a reason for your request. You can ask by phone or in writing.

The sheriff's office has three business days to respond under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. The first 15 minutes of staff search time are free. After that, Cook County charges based on the hourly rate of the lowest paid employee who can fill the request. Copies run about $0.10 per page. If the total estimate goes past $500, the county may ask you to prepay before they pull the records.

O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 says certain personal information must be removed before records are released. Social security numbers, bank account details, and personal cell phone numbers get redacted. But the core booking data stays intact. The arrested person's name, charges, booking date, and bond amount are all visible in Cook County records.

Initial arrest reports from Cook County remain public even during an active investigation. The law protects this information so the public can see who was arrested and on what charges.

Georgia Resources for Cook County

The Georgia Department of Corrections manages the state prison system. If someone from Cook County gets sentenced to prison, they move out of the county jail and into a GDC facility. The GDC Find Offender tool lets you search for people in state custody. This tool does not cover the Cook County jail. For people awaiting trial or serving short local sentences, call the sheriff's office in Adel.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation keeps criminal history records for all of Georgia through the Georgia Crime Information Center. A criminal history is broader than a single booking record. It covers every arrest across the state. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34, you need the person's signed consent to pull their full history unless you are looking up felony convictions, which are public. For fingerprint-based checks, use the Georgia Applicant Processing Service. Results come back in 24 to 48 hours.

The GBI FAQ page explains the process for getting criminal history information. It covers what forms you need and how to submit them. This applies to Cook County arrests and every other county in the state.

The GBI FAQ page covers how to request criminal history data that may be tied to a Cook County arrest or booking.

Cook County 24 Hour Booking Photos Rules

Booking photos taken at the Cook County jail are restricted by O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18. This law says law enforcement agencies in Georgia cannot post booking photos on a website. It applies to every agency in the state, including the Cook County Sheriff's Office. If you want a copy of a booking photo from Cook County, you have to submit a written request and sign a statement about how you plan to use it.

Making a false statement on that request is a crime. Under Georgia law, any misuse of a booking photo carries penalties. O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 also provides protection. If a website posts your Cook County booking photo and charges money for removal, you can demand they take it down at no cost within 30 days. Include your name, date of birth, arrest date, and the arresting agency in your written demand.

Record restriction is available under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 for Cook County arrests where charges were dismissed, not prosecuted, or dead docketed. The district attorney must approve. Once restricted, the booking record is only visible to courts and law enforcement. The First Offender Act under O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 also allows sealing of records when someone finishes a first offender sentence in Cook County. Convictions that resulted in a guilty plea or verdict cannot be sealed under current Georgia law.

Cities in Cook County

Adel is the county seat and largest city in Cook County. Lenox and Sparks are smaller communities in the area. All arrests in Cook County are booked at the county jail in Adel regardless of which city they happen in.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Cook County. Each one runs its own jail and keeps separate 24 hour booking records.