Contacts

Which Office Has the Record?

Evans County's booking path crosses county lines. The Evans County Sheriff's Office is the arresting-agency contact, while Tattnall County Jail is the principal public custody and booking host currently visible for Evans sheriff and Claxton Police Department arrests. The 2024 state-filed service plan also describes a Candler County arrangement for some Claxton cases. A missing result may reflect release, transfer, delayed entry, a name variation, or a different holding jail.

For a particular record, start with the agency tied to the arrest and then ask the contracted detention provider for the intake or custody record. The following routes cover the main questions.

• Booking report or booking photo: call the Evans County Sheriff's Office at 912-739-1611 and ask for the current records custodian and accepted method for a written Georgia Open Records Act request. No sheriff-specific online form, separate records line, fee schedule, or published records hours was located. The mailing address is P.O. Box 425, Claxton, GA 30417. A state filing also lists 201 Freeman Street, Suite 3, so confirm the physical counter before visiting. A request should identify the booked name, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and exact existing record sought. A booking-photo request may require the custodian's affirmation under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19.
• Current or recent local custody: use the Tattnall current-inmate portal, the last-24-hours view, and the arrest-date search. The current roster is for present custody. The 24-hour tool includes bookings and releases. The date search can include released people. Check the arresting-agency field because Tattnall hosts entries from more than one agency.
• Claxton Police Department records: the official staff listing names Chief Dale Kirkland at 912-739-2121 and lists police clerk contact at claxtonpd@cityofclaxton.org. No city arrest log, records form, fee schedule, or response time was found. Ask CPD which jail received the person when Tattnall does not show the event, then check Candler when CPD directs you there.
• Warrant, first appearance, or bond question: the Evans County Magistrate Court handles first appearances and bonds and issues arrest warrants. It lists 201 Freeman Street, Suite 7, Claxton, GA 30417, 912-739-3745, magclerk1@evanscounty.org, and Monday through Friday hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A warrant check is not the same as a current jail search.
• Later court case or disposition: begin with Georgia Courts eAccess for participating Evans State and Superior Court records. The Evans Clerk of Superior Court listing names Sheila S. Blackburn at 123 West Main Street, P.O. Box 845, Claxton, 912-739-3868, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The clerk states that it does not perform phone-in or written searches, so follow the authorized electronic or in-person process.
• Release alerts or state supervision: use the actual holding-jail record for local release status. Georgia's VINE notification system can provide custody notices, but it is not a booking archive and may not update at once. State-prison and parole notices use a separate state information service.
• Sentenced state prisoner: use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query. It concerns GDC custody, not a recent Evans County booking, and a profile photo may be unavailable. The GDC open-records portal is the request path for an existing state record.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons custody: use the BOP Inmate Locator for federal custody or history. It does not display booking photographs and does not replace a county jail search. Federal pretrial custody may be handled elsewhere.
• Immigration detention: use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for adults in ICE or qualifying CBP custody. It is a separate civil-detention system, has no mugshot feed, and can omit records or lag behind a status change. Do not infer immigration status from a missing local result.