Find Duluth 72 Hour Booking Records

Duluth 72 hour booking records are managed by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office. Arrests made by Duluth police go through the Gwinnett County jail, and you can search for recent bookings through the county's online inmate services tool.

Duluth Police Department

The Duluth Police Department is at 3276 Buford Hwy, Duluth, GA 30096. Call 770-476-4151 for general questions or to ask about a recent arrest. Officers patrol the city, make stops, respond to calls, and serve warrants. But the police do not run a jail. Once someone is arrested in Duluth, they go to the Gwinnett County Detention Center for booking.

The arrest report stays with Duluth PD. If you need a copy of that, contact the police department. The booking record is a separate document. That is held by the Gwinnett County Sheriff. The arresting agency on the booking will say Duluth Police, so you can tell which department made the arrest even though the county runs the jail and handles all the booking data.

Duluth sits in the southern part of Gwinnett County along the Buford Highway corridor. The city shares boundaries with several other Gwinnett cities. If an arrest happens near a city line, the booking could come from a different agency but will still go through the Gwinnett County jail.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Handles Duluth Bookings

The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and processes all bookings. You can call 770-822-3140 for jail info. The Gwinnett County Detention Center is in Lawrenceville, which is the county seat. All Duluth arrests are transported there for processing. The jail takes a booking photo, records charges, and enters the data into the system.

Gwinnett County has an online inmate services page where you can search for current inmates. This tool lets you look up anyone in the Gwinnett County jail by name. Each result shows the person's charges, bond amount, and booking date. It is free and runs all the time.

The Gwinnett County inmate services portal is the best way to check if someone from Duluth has been booked in.

New bookings can take a few hours to appear. If someone was just arrested in Duluth, give it some time. Jail staff have to process each person, and busy nights can slow things down. You can also call 770-822-3140 and ask directly if someone has been booked.

The Gwinnett County government portal has links to courts, the clerk's office, and other public services tied to booking records.

Between the inmate services tool and the county portal, you can find most of the info you need about a Duluth arrest without having to visit in person.

How 72 Hour Booking Works in Duluth

Georgia law sets time limits for how fast a person must see a judge after arrest. Under O.C.G.A. § 17-4-26, anyone arrested with a warrant must go before a judicial officer within 72 hours. This is the basis for "72 hour booking." The clock starts at arrest, not at the jail.

For warrantless arrests, O.C.G.A. § 17-4-62 requires a hearing within 48 hours. This happens a lot in Duluth. Officers make on-the-spot arrests for DUI, domestic calls, drug cases, and other incidents. The 48 hour rule is strict. If the hearing does not happen on time, the person can ask to be released.

Gwinnett County courts run first appearance hearings on a regular schedule to meet these deadlines. Weekend arrests may cause slight delays, but the county stays within the legal time frames. Both the 72 hour and 48 hour rules apply to every person booked through the Gwinnett County jail, regardless of which city police department made the arrest.

Public Access to Duluth 72 Hour Booking Records

Booking records in Georgia are public. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 is the Georgia Open Records Act. Anyone can request government records, including arrest and booking data. You do not need to give a reason. The agency has three business days to respond.

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 covers booking photos. An agency cannot give a booking photo to someone who will post it on a website that charges a removal fee. You can still get booking photos through a standard records request. The sheriff's office will check that the request follows the law.

For Duluth arrests, you can submit an open records request to the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office for the booking record, or to Duluth PD for the arrest report. If you want both, send two requests. The online inmate search is free, but certified copies or large requests may have a small fee.

Georgia 72 Hour Booking Search Tools

The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search covers anyone sent to state prison after a conviction. This is useful when a Duluth arrest leads to a state sentence. The search is free and shows current facility, sentence dates, and release info.

The Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) runs the state criminal history database. Call 404-244-2639 for background check questions. A formal background check may need fingerprints and a fee.

The VINE notification system lets you track an inmate after booking. Sign up for phone, text, or email alerts when an inmate's status changes. VINE covers Gwinnett County and most Georgia counties. The VINE phone line is 833-216-6670. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association keeps a list of every sheriff's office in the state.

72 Hour Booking Record Restriction

O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 allows a person to ask for their arrest record to be restricted if charges were dismissed, they were found not guilty, or the case was never prosecuted. A restricted record will not show up on most background checks. Law enforcement can still see it.

O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 covers first offender treatment. If someone was sentenced under this law and finished all the terms, they can petition to have the record restricted. The process starts in the court where the case was heard. There is a fee, and a judge must approve it. Not all charges qualify, and violent felonies are generally not eligible.

Nearby Cities in Gwinnett County

Several other cities in Gwinnett County also send their arrests through the same jail system. If someone was picked up near a city line, the booking could be under a different agency but still goes through Gwinnett County.

Gwinnett County Booking Records

For full details on the Gwinnett County jail, booking procedures, inmate services, and how to contact the sheriff's office, visit our county page.