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Questions about official Marion County criminal records should go to the government office that created or maintains the file. The sheriff handles its arrest, booking, and jail material; the clerk keeps court cases; and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation maintains statewide criminal-history data. This private site cannot retrieve, change, or certify those records. The contacts below route each common request to the office best placed to answer it.

This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot pull criminal records, run official background checks, remove or correct a record, or accept expungement filings for anyone. For any of those, you need to reach the right government office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the record type to choose the Marion County or Georgia custodian:

  • Court case files: see criminal court case records, or contact the clerk of the court that heard the case
  • Criminal records and statewide history: contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Crime Information Center
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: call the Marion County Sheriff's Office at 229-649-3841
  • Fingerprint processing: use Georgia Applicant Processing Service through IDEMIA/IdentoGO when an authorized purpose applies
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report
  • Record restriction and court sealing: ask the clerk and the prosecutor connected with the Marion County case about current procedure

The county does not publish a separately named sheriff records division or fixed counter hours. Contact the Marion County Sheriff's Office, 338 Geneva Road, Buena Vista, GA 31803, at 229-649-3841 before visiting. Superior Court case requests go to Clerk Joy Smith at 229-649-7321 or joy.smith@gsccca.org. Magistrate and Probate Court questions use 229-649-5542; published telephone hours for fine information are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday except holidays.