Search Cartersville Booking Releases

Cartersville booking releases are managed by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office, which runs the county detention center and maintains records for all local arrests. Cartersville is the county seat of Bartow County with about 25,082 residents. The Cartersville Police Department makes arrests in the city, but all booking and release records are created at the Bartow County jail. If you need to find a booking release for a Cartersville arrest, the county sheriff's office is where those records are kept.

Bartow County Handles Cartersville Booking Releases

City police in Georgia do not operate jails. When the Cartersville Police Department picks up someone on criminal charges, officers take that person to the Bartow County Detention Center. The sheriff's staff handles the booking from there. They create the record, log the charges, take a photo, and put the person into the jail system. All booking release records for Cartersville arrests are stored by Bartow County.

Under O.C.G.A. § 42-4-7, the sheriff in each Georgia county must keep a record of every person held in the jail. This covers the person's name, booking date, charges, and release information. Bartow County follows this law and keeps all booking data in its jail management system. As the county seat, Cartersville is right next to the sheriff's office and the detention center, so the transfer from arrest to booking is short.

For full details on Bartow County booking releases, see the county page.

Cartersville Police Department

The Cartersville Police Department is at 178 W Main St, Cartersville, GA 30120. Call (770) 387-5636 to reach them. The department handles law enforcement inside the city limits. Officers patrol the downtown area, neighborhoods, and commercial zones along Highway 411 and Main Street. The department also works on investigations and responds to calls throughout the city.

After making an arrest, Cartersville officers bring the person to the Bartow County jail. The county jail sits nearby on Cherokee Avenue. Jail staff handle the booking process. They record the charges, the arresting agency (listed as Cartersville PD), and all personal information. The booking number assigned at the jail is what you use to track the person through the system.

Police reports and booking release records are different things held by different agencies. The arrest report from Cartersville PD covers what happened at the scene. The booking release from Bartow County covers what happened at the jail. If you need both, you contact each agency separately. This is how it works across Georgia.

How to Find Cartersville Booking Releases

Start by checking the Bartow County Sheriff's website. If the county has an online inmate search tool, you can look up current and recent inmates by name. These tools show charges, booking dates, bond amounts, and release status. They are free and usually available at all hours. For a Cartersville arrest, this is the quickest way to get information.

When the online tool does not have what you need, submit an open records request. Georgia's Open Records Act at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 gives everyone the right to request public records. Booking release data is public. Bartow County has three business days to respond. Copies cost $0.10 per page. Include the person's name and any extra details you know.

No reason is needed for the request. Georgia treats these as public records. The only restrictions come from exemptions listed in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72, which cover things like ongoing investigations or sealed cases. These exemptions are not common, and most requests for Cartersville booking releases get handled without any problems.

What Booking Releases Contain

A booking release record from the Bartow County jail lists the person's full name, date of birth, and physical description. It shows the date and time of booking, all charges, the arresting agency, and any warrant numbers. For Cartersville arrests, the arresting agency will be listed as Cartersville PD. The record also shows the bond amount and which court has the case.

When the person leaves custody, release details are added. The record shows the release date and the method. That might be bond, time served, transfer, or charges dropped. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18, booking photographs follow state rules on how they can be shared. Bartow County handles all mugshot requests in line with this law.

Most records are fully public. Certified copies may be needed for legal proceedings. You can request certified copies through the sheriff's office. The fee is $0.10 per page plus any certification charge. Staff at the Bartow County jail can tell you the exact cost when you make the request.

Statewide Booking Release Resources

If someone arrested in Cartersville later went to a state prison, you can look them up through the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC offender search shows state inmates with their current facility, sentence, and expected release date.

Georgia law requires the maintenance of detailed inmate records at every county jail in the state.

This requirement under O.C.G.A. Section 42-4-7 applies to all Bartow County jail bookings, including arrests made in Cartersville.

Use VINE to get free alerts when an inmate at the Bartow County jail is released or transferred. The service covers every Georgia jail and sends notifications by phone or email. For state-level records, use the GDC Open Records portal or the GBI Open Records portal to submit requests.

Nearby Cities

These cities near Cartersville also route their bookings through county jails. If the arrest took place outside Cartersville, check the right page for that location.