Find Booking Reports in Mitchell County
Mitchell County booking reports are kept by the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office in Camilla, Georgia. Each report covers a person booked into the county jail, including their name, charges, and the time and date of booking. Mitchell County does not currently publish an online booking roster. To find recent booking records, you will need to contact the sheriff's office directly or file an Open Records request. This page walks through the process and lists the state tools available to help with your search.
Mitchell County Quick Facts
Mitchell County Sheriff and Jail Booking Records
The Mitchell County Sheriff's Office in Camilla handles all jail operations for the county. The sheriff is the legally designated keeper of the booking register under O.C.G.A. § 42-4-7. That statute requires the sheriff to record the name, age, sex, race, charges, and booking and release dates for every person taken into custody. The Mitchell County booking records are public, but they are not posted online.
Your best approach for finding a current or recent booking is to call the sheriff's office during business hours. For records covering a longer time frame, a written Open Records request is the right move. Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., gives the sheriff three business days to respond. The law allows the first 15 minutes of search time at no charge. Time beyond that may be billed at the agency's standard rate. Requests should state the person's name, the date or date range involved, and the specific record you are looking for.
Note: A booking record reflects the charges at the time of arrest. Court outcomes, including dismissals and acquittals, happen separately and are not reflected in the jail's booking register.
State-Level Booking and Inmate Resources
Georgia offers several statewide tools that work even when county-level online access is limited. The Georgia Department of Corrections maintains a search for people in state prison. If a Mitchell County resident was convicted and transferred to a GDC facility, the county jail will no longer show them. Use the GDC offender search or the direct GDC query form to check state custody. For written documentation, you can write to the GDC at Inmate Records and Information, PO Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029.
VINE offers free inmate status tracking at VINELink.com. It covers all 159 Georgia counties, including Mitchell. Sign up and you will get an automatic alert when someone's custody status changes. You can choose phone, text, or email notifications. There is no cost to use VINE, and it works at any hour.
Georgia Department of Corrections offender information page for finding state prison inmates
The GDC offender search is a separate system from the Mitchell County Jail and covers people who have been transferred to Georgia state prison after sentencing.
GBI GCIC and Criminal History Records
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation runs the Georgia Crime Information Center, or GCIC. It is the statewide criminal history database. GCIC holds arrest and case records from law enforcement and courts across all of Georgia's 159 counties. If you need a full arrest history for someone with ties to Mitchell County, GCIC is a more complete source than the county jail booking log alone.
Accessing GCIC requires a scheduled appointment. Walk-ins are not accepted. Call 404-244-2639 to set one up, or check the GCIC program page for details. The GBI office is at 3121 Panthersville Road, Decatur, GA 30034. You can also review the GBI FAQ before making the trip. GCIC records include data that goes well beyond a single booking entry at a county jail.
Booking Photos and the Law in Georgia
Booking photos, often called mugshots, are part of the booking file in Georgia jails. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19, Georgia restricts sheriffs from distributing booking photos to commercial mugshot websites. This law was passed to stop the practice of posting photos online and charging fees to remove them. The Mitchell County Sheriff follows this state law.
If you need a booking photo for a legal or investigative purpose, you can include that request in your Open Records submission. Explain your reason clearly. The sheriff's office will review the request and respond within the required three-day window. Not every request will result in a photo being released, and the agency may cite exemptions under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 if the situation warrants it.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation FAQ for obtaining criminal history and booking records in Georgia
The GBI FAQ covers the steps to get criminal history records through GCIC, which includes arrest data from Mitchell County and all other Georgia counties.
Record Restriction in Mitchell County
Georgia law gives some people the right to restrict access to their criminal history. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37, a person can petition to have an arrest restricted from public GCIC records if the charges were dismissed, not prosecuted, or ended in a not-guilty verdict. A restricted record will not appear in background checks run through GCIC. But it does not remove the booking from the county jail's register, which is a separate record of the arrest event itself.
Under the First Offender Act, O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60, courts can sentence first-time offenders without formally recording a conviction. When the person finishes all terms, the record is sealed at the GCIC level. This distinction matters because the jail booking record and the GCIC criminal history are two different things maintained by two different agencies. Restriction of one does not automatically affect the other.
Nearby Counties
Mitchell County borders nine other Georgia counties. Each has its own sheriff and a separate jail booking system.