This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference resource cannot retrieve criminal records, conduct official background checks, correct or restrict a record, or receive filings. Contact the responsible government custodian for those services.
Need an Official Record?
Use these Echols County and Georgia contacts for the most common official record needs:
- Arrest, booking, and jail records: call the Echols County Sheriff at 229-559-5603 or 229-559-5678, or the jail at 229-671-2999
- Court case files: review criminal court case records or call the proper clerk; Superior and Juvenile Court is 229-559-5642, and Probate/Magistrate is 229-559-7526
- Police and incident reports: request the record from the Sheriff, Georgia State Patrol, DNR, GBI, or other agency that created it
- Criminal histories and rap sheets: use the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Georgia Crime Information Center's authorized inspection or dissemination route
- Official background checks: follow the requesting authorized agency's GAPS enrollment instructions or the applicable GBI/GCIC process
- Record restriction and sealing: contact the prosecutor and court for the case, then use the GBI process that applies to the arrest date and outcome
For sheriff and jail records, contact the Echols County Sheriff and Jail, 109 General DeLoach Street, Statenville, GA 31648, at 229-559-5603 or 229-559-5678; the jail line is 229-671-2999. No separate records-division hours are published. The Superior and Juvenile Court Clerk is at 110 Highway 94 East, Statenville, GA 31648, telephone 229-559-5642, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Countywide open-records requests go to the Commissioners Office at 110 General DeLoach Street, telephone 229-559-6538, fax 229-559-6158, or ecboc@yahoo.com.