Chattahoochee County Booking Releases

Chattahoochee County booking releases are handled by the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office in Cusseta, Georgia. This small county in west-central Georgia borders Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning), which gives the area a unique mix of civilian and military populations. The Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and tracks every booking and release. You can get booking release information by reaching out to the jail directly or by filing a formal open records request with the county.

Sheriff's Office and Booking Records

The Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office is located at 200 South Main Street in Cusseta. You can reach them at (706) 989-3602 for questions about booking releases. The office runs the jail and keeps track of every person brought in and let out.

Under O.C.G.A. § 42-4-7, the sheriff is required by Georgia law to maintain a record of each inmate. This includes the person's name, booking date, charges, and release date. Chattahoochee County logs all of this data in its jail system. Even though the county is small, every booking gets the same level of documentation.

Because of the county's location near Fort Moore, some arrests involve people connected to the military base. Those civilian arrests still go through the county jail and the booking release records are kept by the sheriff. Military police handle arrests on base separately through federal channels.

How to Look Up Bookings

Looking up Chattahoochee County booking releases is straightforward but may require a phone call. As a small county, Chattahoochee may not have a full online inmate search system. The best approach is to call the Sheriff's Office at (706) 989-3602 and ask about the person you are looking for.

Give the staff the inmate's full name. If you have a date range or case number, share that too. They can check the jail management system and tell you if someone was booked, what the charges were, and whether they have been released. For recent bookings this is usually fast.

You can also visit the jail in person. Bring identification and be prepared to fill out a short request form. Staff can pull records while you wait for current and recent bookings. Older records may take more time to locate.

The Georgia Sheriffs' Association keeps a directory of all county sheriff offices in the state, which is helpful if you need contact information for other jails near Chattahoochee County.

You can use the Sheriffs' Association site to find office details, phone numbers, and addresses for any sheriff in Georgia.

Open Records Requests

O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 gives you the right to request booking release records from Chattahoochee County. This is Georgia's Open Records Act. It says public records must be open to any person who asks. No reason is needed.

To file a request, send a written note to the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office. Include the person's name and whatever other details you have. The county has three business days to respond. The first 15 minutes of staff time is free. After that, copies cost $0.10 per page.

If any part of your request is denied, the county must explain why. Some records fall under exemptions listed in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72. But standard booking and release information is public in most cases.

What Booking Releases Include

Chattahoochee County booking release records list the inmate's name, date of birth, physical traits, charges, booking date, arresting agency, and release date. Bond amounts and warrant numbers are also part of the record. This data gets logged when a person enters the jail and updated when they leave.

Georgia law at O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18 covers booking photographs. These photos are sometimes included with booking records but have their own rules about how they can be shared. The Sheriff's Office follows state guidelines on this.

The booking record also notes which agency made the arrest. In Chattahoochee County this could be the sheriff's deputies, state patrol, or local police. Each arrest gets documented the same way regardless of who brought the person in.

State-Level Booking Release Tools

If someone was booked in Chattahoochee County and later moved to state prison, the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search will have their records. This tool shows sentence info, facility placement, and expected release dates.

The VINE notification system covers Chattahoochee County and every other county in Georgia. Sign up for free alerts and get notified when an inmate is released. This is a good option if you want real-time updates without calling the jail.

State-level open records portals from the GDC and the GBI handle requests that involve state agencies. Use these if you need records that go beyond what the county sheriff keeps. The rules under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71 apply to these agencies as well.

Cities in Chattahoochee County

Chattahoochee County contains the town of Cusseta and a few other small communities. None have large enough populations for separate pages. All booking releases for arrests in these areas go through the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office.

Nearby Counties

For booking releases from neighboring areas, check these counties. Each one runs its own jail and keeps separate records.