Hart County Jail Roster

The Hart County jail roster keeps a record of every person held at the county detention center in Hartwell, Georgia. Hart County is in the northeast corner of the state along Lake Hartwell and the South Carolina border. The sheriff's office runs the jail and updates the roster with each new booking. You can search for inmates online or get in touch with the Hart County Sheriff's Office for help. Hartwell is the county seat and where all detention and booking activity takes place. Whether someone was picked up by a deputy or city police, they end up on the Hart County jail roster.

Hart County Sheriff's Office

The Hart County Sheriff's Office is in Hartwell and handles all law enforcement for the county. The sheriff runs patrol, court services, and the detention center. Deputies cover a good amount of ground since Hart County is 256 square miles. That includes stretches of Lake Hartwell along the eastern border. Anyone arrested by a Hart County deputy goes through booking at the jail and shows up on the Hart County jail roster. The Hartwell Police Department also brings its arrests to the county jail, so the roster covers the entire area.

Hart County is part of the Northern Judicial Circuit along with Elbert, Franklin, Madison, and Oglethorpe counties. Superior Court cases from the Hart County jail are heard at the courthouse in Hartwell. The circuit shares a district attorney and judges among the five counties. Magistrate Court handles bond hearings for new bookings. The process is the same whether the arrest came from a traffic stop, a warrant, or a call for service. Once someone is on the Hart County jail roster, their case moves through the court system from there.

You can call the sheriff's office during business hours to ask about inmates.

Search Hart County Jail Roster Online

Several online tools let you search the Hart County jail roster from home. These sites pull booking data from the county and display it for free. You type in a name and see if that person is in the Hart County jail. The results show charges, booking dates, and sometimes bond info. The data comes from public records provided by the sheriff's office.

Keep in mind that online jail roster data can be a few hours behind. People bond out or get moved throughout the day. If the web search does not show what you expect, call the Hart County Sheriff's Office. The staff can check the current jail roster by phone and give you real-time info on who is in custody. Have the full name ready when you call for the fastest results.

Hart County State Inmate Search

The Hart County jail roster only covers people held at the local facility. State prison inmates are tracked by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC offender search is free and lets you look up anyone in a state prison by name or ID. Enter the first four letters of the last name and set the results to all offenders. People who completed terms under O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-66, the First Offender Act, are excluded.

The GDC facility directory lists every state prison, transitional center, and county facility in the state system. When someone sentenced in Hart County gets moved to state prison, they leave the local jail roster. The GDC database is where you track them from that point on. Call (404) 656-4661 if you need help finding a state inmate from Hart County.

VINE Alerts for Hart County Jail

You can track inmates on the Hart County jail roster through VINE. This free service sends alerts when an inmate is released, transferred, or has a custody change. It works day and night. Nobody knows you signed up. VINE covers most Georgia counties including Hart.

Visit VINELink or call 1-800-398-2892 to register. You need the inmate's name or booking ID. Pick phone, email, or text for your alerts. A live person is on call at all times. The TTY number for hearing impaired users is 1-866-847-1298. VINE supports several languages. For Hart County jail roster tracking, this is easier than calling the jail every day to check on someone's status.

Hart County Jail Records Requests

Under O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-70, most jail records in Hart County are public. You can ask for booking data by sending a written request to the Hart County Sheriff's Office in Hartwell. The office has three business days to respond. The first 15 minutes of search time cost nothing. After that, the county can bill at the hourly rate of the lowest paid person who can do the work. Copies are $0.10 per page.

If the sheriff's office denies a valid request, O.C.G.A. Section 50-18-74 allows fines of up to $1,000 for the first time and $2,500 for each repeat within 12 months. For state-level records, the GDC open records page handles requests about state prison data. Basic Hart County jail roster data is almost always available to the public.

Criminal History in Hart County

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation stores criminal history records through the GCIC. Arrest data from the Hart County jail feeds into this state system. Under O.C.G.A. Section 35-3-37, you can check your own record for a fee of up to $15. Fingerprinting costs are separate. If you find errors in your record, the GCIC will review correction requests.

Hart County jail roster records can be restricted under state law. Misdemeanor arrests with no outcome get restricted after two years. Non-violent felonies without a disposition are restricted after four years. Serious violent crimes take seven years. Once the GCIC restricts a record, the Hart County jail must do the same within 30 days of a written request. This applies to people on the jail roster whose cases were dropped, dismissed, or ended without a conviction.

Note: Record restriction does not mean the arrest never happened. It limits who can see the data.

Nearby County Jail Rosters

Hart County is in the northeast corner of Georgia along the South Carolina border. Lake Hartwell forms much of the eastern edge. If you are unsure which county handled an arrest in this area, check the neighboring jails below.