Arrest History in Twiggs County
A Twiggs arrest starts with the responding officer's report. A custodial arrest then creates a separate intake entry at the Twiggs County Jail. Booking staff record identity, property, charges, warrants or holds, and bond information, and generally take fingerprints and a photograph. Reportable fingerprints feed the Georgia Crime Information Center, but the jail entry is still not a court judgment.
The prosecutor may change, decline, or formally file the intake charge. A felony proceeds in Twiggs Superior Court by accusation or grand-jury indictment. The clerk then holds the docket and final orders. When the court or prosecutor reports a disposition to GCIC, that outcome can be linked to the arrest cycle. Check all three sources when the result matters: the agency report for the event, jail data for custody, and the court file for the outcome.
Twiggs Arrest and Jail Line
For current charges, bond, holds, or custody, call the Twiggs County Jail information line at 478-945-2512. The main jail number is 478-945-3357. Give a full legal name and a likely booking date. Staff may need more detail to distinguish people with similar names, and telephone information is not a certified record.
Twiggs County Jail
37 North Ash Street
Jeffersonville, GA 31044
478-945-2512
Current inmate, charge, bond, and hold questions
Sheriff Records Custodian
37 North Ash Street
Jeffersonville, GA 31044
478-945-3357 ext. 156
Written booking, incident, and older arrest requests
Note: No official live Twiggs jail roster was verified, so a state-prison locator is not a substitute for this local line.
How to Look Up Twiggs County Arrests
Use every relevant channel, since no single Twiggs County arrest search covers the full record. Begin with the jail for present custody, then move to the sheriff's published report or written request for an older intake. Ask the arresting city agency for its incident narrative when it made the arrest. Finally, contact the court that received the charge for the filed case and disposition.
- Call the jail at 478-945-2512 for current custody, charge, bond, and hold information.
- Review the sheriff's Monthly Jail Booking and Undocumented Alien Arrest Report.
- Send a precise written request to the sheriff's custodian for the booking sheet or initial incident report.
- Ask the Twiggs Clerk of Superior Court at 478-945-3350 for a felony docket and disposition.
- Use Georgia Felon Search only for reported Georgia felony convictions, not as an arrest database.
A city label alone may not settle custody. Danville and Allentown cross county lines, so identify the exact event location and responding agency. A Jeffersonville city case can also begin in municipal court before a state-law matter is bound over.
Twiggs Monthly Booking Reports
The sheriff's Open Records page publishes a monthly jail booking and undocumented-alien arrest report under O.C.G.A. §§ 42-4-14 and 42-4-16. It is the best verified online Twiggs source for recurring booking information. It is not a live roster, and it does not claim to show every old arrest or the later court result.
The official Open Records page is also the source represented in the assigned arrest-page visual. It shows where Twiggs County arrest researchers should look when no live inmate form exists.

Use the report to identify an intake and approximate date. Then request the booking entry or call the jail. A name missing from one monthly report proves neither that no arrest occurred nor that no one is now held.
What an Arrest Record Shows
A complete request can seek the booking number and time, arresting agency, alleged charge and statute, warrant reference, bond by charge, court hold, and release or transfer status. The public Twiggs material does not establish that every booking record publishes a mugshot, date of birth, physical description, housing unit, or magistrate name. Ask only for existing fields and expect protected details to be redacted.
| Identity | Name and booking identifier; add date of birth only when lawfully available. |
|---|---|
| Intake | Booking date and time, arrest location, and arresting agency. |
| Allegation | Charge description or statute as recorded at intake. |
| Custody | Bond type or amount, holds, court assignment, release, or transfer. |
| References | Incident, warrant, and booking numbers when populated. |
A booked charge can differ from the accusation or indictment. Read the court disposition count by count before drawing a conclusion.
Request a Twiggs Booking Sheet
The Twiggs Sheriff's Open Records process requires a written request to Records Custodian Erica Snelgrove. Include the requester's full name, telephone number, return address, email when applicable, and enough event detail to locate the file. Send names, date and time, location, arresting agency, and any incident, booking, or warrant number. State whether the request seeks a booking sheet, charge and bond log, initial incident report, or release date, plus the preferred delivery by email, fax, mail, or pickup.
The custodian says she will respond within three business days, excluding weekends and holidays, with availability and an estimated cost. That is not a promise of delivery within three days. One report copy is free to a person named in it. Later or added pages cost $0.25 each; search, retrieval, and redaction can add a lawful estimated cost. Call 478-945-3357 ext. 156 before pickup.
Open records scope: O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 can permit redaction or withholding of active investigative and sensitive material. A defendant awaiting trial must use the proper discovery process for material beyond the initial incident report.
Recent Arrests and Booking Logs
Recent Twiggs County arrest information is phone and request centered. The jail line can address current custody, while the monthly report records a published period. Older entries, custom fields, and the underlying narrative require a written request. Neither a report nor a booking entry tells the whole case history.
Bond also needs care. The sheriff's FAQ says some arrestees receive bond at once and others receive a bond decision within 72 hours depending on the charge. That is operational guidance, not a guarantee of release. Serious or nonbondable holds require judicial action, and release on bond does not mean the allegation was dismissed.
Trace a Twiggs City Arrest
First identify who made the arrest. Ask that agency for its incident record, then call Twiggs County Jail to determine whether the person entered local custody. Next, use the citation, warrant, or filed charge to identify the municipal, Magistrate, Probate, or Superior Court record. For a Danville or Allentown event, verify the county side of the boundary instead of relying on the mailing city.
The City of Jeffersonville is a useful routing source, but no separate verified public city arrest portal was found. Twiggs County Jail remains the documented local custody facility. A municipal judge can issue ordinance warrants and exercise authorized state-law warrant powers, while a felony disposition belongs at the Superior Court clerk.
Felon Search Misses Arrests
Georgia Felon Search is a $15 public name search for reported Georgia felony convictions. It excludes misdemeanors, juvenile matters, restricted or sealed information, arrests without a qualifying felony conviction, and successful First Offender matters. “No Record Found” can coexist with a real Twiggs booking, dismissal, misdemeanor result, or missing disposition.
Use the official Georgia Felon Search FAQ to understand possible matches and charges. Each selected rap sheet costs $15, and another possible match costs another fee. A name match is not positive identification. Fingerprint comparison is the only exact identity confirmation, and a person reviewing their own fuller history should use official GCIC or local agency channels.
The assigned state materials show related limits and correction paths.

Georgia's restriction process differs for arrests before and after July 1, 2013, so the arrest date matters.

Restriction limits ordinary public release of eligible GCIC data. It does not erase every agency or court file.

GBI systems serve distinct purposes, so registry data is not a list of all Twiggs arrests.

Use the official product that fits the question, then confirm the event with its originating office.
Arrests vs Convictions
Arrest records show that an agency took a person into custody on an allegation. Conviction records show a court's finding or accepted plea. The two are made at different stages and kept by different offices.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by arresting agency and jail | Created by the court and reported to GCIC |
| Proves a booking or arrest event | Proves a finding of guilt or qualifying plea |
| Lives with sheriff, jail, and agency | Lives with clerk and state repository |
| May end in release, no charge, or dismissal | May end in sentence, appeal, or later restriction |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt; confirm the filed charge and signed disposition with the court that owns the case.