McIntosh County Booking Releases

McIntosh County booking releases are handled by the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office in Darien, a small coastal community along the Georgia coast. The county has one of the smaller populations in the state, and the sheriff runs a compact jail that processes all local arrests. Every person booked into the McIntosh County Jail gets a record created at intake. The sheriff keeps these records on file as required by state law. You can get booking release data by calling the office, stopping by in person, or filing a formal records request under Georgia's Open Records Act.

Sheriff and Booking Records

The McIntosh County Sheriff's Office is the only agency that runs jail operations in the county. The office is located in Darien. Staff can take your calls during business hours and check the system for booking information. The jail is small, but it handles all arrests that come through the county, from traffic stops to more serious offenses.

Under O.C.G.A. § 42-4-7, each county sheriff has to keep a record of every person booked into the jail. The record must show the inmate's name, the charges against them, the booking date, and the date they were released. McIntosh County complies with this law for every booking. The records are stored in the jail management system and can be accessed by authorized staff when someone makes a request.

Because McIntosh County is on the coast, the jail occasionally handles arrests related to boating incidents, marine patrol stops, and offenses in the coastal marshes. These bookings get the same treatment as any other arrest. The records are kept at the sheriff's office in Darien.

How to Search Booking Releases

For current inmates, call the McIntosh County Jail. Staff can confirm whether a person is being held and share basic information about the charges and booking date. For recent releases, the same phone call can give you what you need. Have the person's full name ready when you call.

McIntosh County is small enough that online search tools may not be offered. Many rural Georgia counties do not run web-based inmate portals. If there is no online option, a phone call or in-person visit to the sheriff's office in Darien is the way to go.

The GDC offender search can help if the person was sent to a state prison after being booked in McIntosh County.

The GDC offender search lets you look up inmates across the Georgia prison system, including those who were initially booked in McIntosh County.

This free database shows facility assignments, sentence details, and release dates for state prison inmates.

The VINE notification system covers McIntosh County. You can search for an inmate, then sign up for alerts when something changes. Phone, email, and text notifications are all available. It runs at all hours and costs nothing to use.

Open Records Process

Under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, you can request booking release records from McIntosh County in writing. The Open Records Act gives this right to anyone. No reason is needed. Send your request to the McIntosh County Sheriff's Office in Darien. Include the person's name and any other information that helps staff find the right records.

The county has three business days to respond. The first 15 minutes of search time is free. Copies cost $0.10 per page. After the free search period, the county can charge for additional staff time. For most booking release requests in McIntosh County, the process is quick and the cost is low.

Georgia law at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 lists exceptions to public disclosure. Records connected to open investigations, juvenile matters, and sealed court orders can be withheld. Standard adult booking releases in McIntosh County are public records.

What Booking Releases Contain

Each McIntosh County booking release record has the inmate's full name, date of birth, and physical description. It also lists the booking date, charges, arresting agency, bond information, and any warrant numbers. The release date and type of release complete the record. Release types include bond, time served, transfer, and dismissal.

Booking photographs fall under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18. This Georgia law regulates when mugshots can be released to the public. McIntosh County follows these guidelines. If you request booking photos, the office will check the law before releasing them.

Since McIntosh County shares a judicial circuit with Liberty County and Long County, some court proceedings may involve those neighboring areas. The booking record itself stays with McIntosh County, but court records may be handled through the circuit level. Keep that in mind if you need documents beyond the booking release.

Statewide Booking Release Resources

State tools give you access to records beyond what McIntosh County holds. The GDC offender search shows all inmates in the Georgia state prison system. The GDC Open Records portal takes formal requests for corrections data. The GBI Open Records portal handles requests to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

All three accept online submissions and are free to search. They are especially useful if you need to follow someone's path from the McIntosh County Jail into the state corrections system. Checking both county and state sources gives you the best results.

Nearby Counties

McIntosh County is on the Georgia coast and borders a handful of other counties. If the arrest was not in McIntosh County, check the neighboring county where it happened for booking release records.