Find Seminole County 24 Hour Booking

Seminole County 24 hour booking records cover arrests processed through the county jail in Donalsonville, Georgia. Tucked into the far southwest corner of the state near the Florida and Alabama borders, Seminole County is a rural area with a small resident population. The sheriff's office is the sole agency operating the jail here. Every person arrested in the county gets booked at this one location. If you want to check on a recent arrest or get details from a past booking in Seminole County, the sheriff's office in Donalsonville is where to start.

Seminole County Sheriff Jail Booking

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office is at 208 S. Knox Avenue in Donalsonville. This is the nerve center for law enforcement in the county. Deputies patrol the area, make arrests, and bring people back to this jail for processing. The booking desk operates day and night. When someone comes in, staff records their identity, logs the charges, and puts them into the system. A booking number gets assigned right then.

Call (229) 524-5115 to reach the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. If you need to find out whether someone was booked in the last 24 hours, the staff can check for you. They handle these calls regularly. For copies of records or detailed information, you can also visit the office in Donalsonville during business hours.

Seminole County does not have a public online inmate search. This is par for the course in smaller Georgia counties. The records exist in the sheriff's office system, but access happens through phone calls, visits, and written requests rather than a website.

How 24 Hour Booking Works in Seminole County

The booking process in Seminole County starts when the arrested person arrives at the jail. Staff checks their ID. They run the name through GCIC and NCIC databases to see if there are warrants or holds from other places. Charges get entered into the booking system one at a time. Personal belongings are collected and stored. The whole thing can take anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple hours depending on how busy the jail is that night.

Bond information may be set at this stage for common offenses. Seminole County uses a standard bond schedule for many misdemeanor charges. Felony cases and more serious matters usually wait for a judge. Once bond is set, that data becomes part of the booking record. Most people who call the sheriff's office want to know the bond amount so they can work on getting someone released from the Seminole County jail.

Requesting Seminole County 24 Hour Booking Data

Booking data from Seminole County is public under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70. The Georgia Open Records Act covers all documents maintained by the sheriff's office, and jail booking logs fall squarely in that category. You can inspect them. You can get copies. No explanation is needed.

The process is laid out in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. Make your request to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office in person, by phone, or in writing. They have three business days to respond. The first 15 minutes of staff search time are free. After that, fees apply based on the hourly rate of the lowest paid employee who can handle the request. Copies are about $0.10 per page. If the estimate goes past $500, the office can require prepayment before they begin.

Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72, certain personal information gets taken out of public records. Social security numbers, bank details, medical data, and personal email addresses are all removed. But arrest data stays public. Initial police reports from Seminole County cannot be withheld even during active investigations.

Note: Seminole County booking records are accessed through the sheriff's office at 208 S. Knox Avenue in Donalsonville.

Seminole County 24 Hour Booking Criminal History Access

A 24 hour booking is a snapshot. Criminal history is the full story. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation maintains criminal history records for the state through the Georgia Crime Information Center. Arrests in Seminole County feed into this system over time. So do court outcomes and custody information. The result is one record that ties together a person's entire history with law enforcement in Georgia.

You can get your own criminal history from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office or from the GBI. For someone else's record, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34 requires their signed consent. Felony convictions are available without consent under subsection (d.2). Fingerprint-based checks go through the GAPS service and results come back in 24 to 48 hours.

Record restriction is possible under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 when Seminole County charges are dismissed or result in nolle prosequi. The prosecutor signs off, and the arrest is sealed from standard checks. The First Offender Act at O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 offers another sealing option for people who complete a first offender sentence.

State Resources for Seminole County 24 Hour Booking

The GDC Find Offender tool lets you search state prison inmates. This does not include the Seminole County jail population. The Georgia Department of Corrections takes over when someone gets sentenced to state time. Until then, the booking record stays with the sheriff's office in Donalsonville. After sentencing, the GDC tracks the inmate through its system. You can also call the GDC at (404) 656-4661 for help finding someone.

The image below shows a Georgia statewide tool that covers records access across all counties.

The GDC provides family services, visitation information, and an offender search for people who have been transferred from county jails like Seminole County to state prison facilities.

The GBI FAQ on criminal history and the Governor's Office open records page both cover the legal framework for getting records in Georgia. For Seminole County jail bookings specifically, the sheriff's office in Donalsonville is your contact.

Booking Photos From Seminole County

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18 restricts how the Seminole County Sheriff's Office handles booking photos. They cannot post mugshots on a website. If you want a copy, you must submit a statement affirming you will not use it on a site that demands payment for removal. Making a false statement violates O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20.

If your booking photo from Seminole County ends up on a third-party website, O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5 requires the site to remove it for free when the arrest qualifies for restriction. Include your name, date of birth, arrest date, and the arresting agency in a written request. They get 30 days. File with the Consumer Protection Division at the Georgia Department of Law if the site does not comply.

Cities in Seminole County

Donalsonville is the county seat and the main town in Seminole County. The population of the entire county is around 8,200. All bookings go through the single jail operated by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office in Donalsonville.

Nearby Counties

Seminole County sits at the very bottom of southwest Georgia. It borders Alabama and Florida as well as other Georgia counties. Arrests near these borders could be processed in a different jurisdiction. Verify the arresting county before requesting booking records.