Search Lawrenceville 72 Hour Booking Records

Lawrenceville 72 hour booking records are managed by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office. As the county seat of Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville is home to both the county courthouse and the Gwinnett County Detention Center where all bookings are processed.

Lawrenceville Police Department

The Lawrenceville Police Department is at 3000 University Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043. You can call 770-962-4173 for general questions or to ask about an arrest. Officers patrol the city, serve warrants, respond to calls, and handle traffic enforcement. The police department does not run a jail. All arrests in Lawrenceville go to the Gwinnett County Detention Center for booking.

The Lawrenceville Police Department website has info on how to contact the department and how to file a records request for arrest reports.

If you need a copy of a police report from a Lawrenceville arrest, contact the police department directly. The booking record is a separate document held by the Gwinnett County Sheriff. The arresting agency listed on the booking will say Lawrenceville Police, so you can tell which department made the arrest.

The City of Lawrenceville website has links to city services, the police department, and other resources.

Lawrenceville PD also works with county agencies on joint operations. Task force arrests, warrant sweeps, and multi-agency operations all lead to bookings at the Gwinnett County jail.

Gwinnett County Sheriff Handles Lawrenceville Bookings

The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office runs the detention center and processes all bookings. The jail is at 2900 University Pkwy in Lawrenceville, right in the city. You can call 770-822-3140 for jail info. Since Lawrenceville is the county seat, the jail and courthouse are both local. That makes it easy to check on a booking in person if you need to.

Gwinnett County has an online inmate services page where you can search for current inmates. Look up anyone in the jail by name. Each result shows charges, bond amount, and booking date. The tool is free and available around the clock.

New bookings take a few hours to appear in the online system. The jail staff have to process each person. Busy nights or weekends can slow things down. You can call 770-822-3140 directly and ask if someone has been booked in yet. Staff can check even if the record has not posted online.

The Gwinnett County Detention Center is one of the largest jail facilities in Georgia. It handles bookings from every city in Gwinnett County, not just Lawrenceville. The volume is high, so processing times vary based on how busy the jail is at the time of the arrest.

How 72 Hour Booking Works in Lawrenceville

Georgia law sets time limits on how fast an arrested person must see a judge. Under O.C.G.A. § 17-4-26, anyone arrested with a warrant must go before a judicial officer within 72 hours. The clock starts at arrest. This is where "72 hour booking" gets its name.

For arrests without a warrant, the time limit is tighter. O.C.G.A. § 17-4-62 says the person must have a hearing within 48 hours. On-the-spot arrests for things like DUI, domestic disputes, drug possession, and fights fall under this rule. If the hearing does not happen in time, the person can ask a judge to let them go.

Since the Gwinnett County courthouse is in Lawrenceville, first appearance hearings are held right in town. The court runs sessions on a regular schedule to keep up with the volume of bookings. Both the 72 hour and 48 hour rules apply to every person booked through the Gwinnett County jail, no matter which agency made the arrest.

Public Access to Lawrenceville 72 Hour Booking Records

Booking records in Georgia are public. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72 is the Georgia Open Records Act. It gives anyone the right to request government records, including arrest and booking data. No reason needed. The agency has three business days to respond to your request.

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 covers booking photos. This law prevents agencies from giving booking photos to people who will post them on websites that charge a fee for removal. Standard records requests for booking photos are still allowed. The sheriff's office checks that each request complies.

For a Lawrenceville arrest, submit an open records request to the Gwinnett County Sheriff for the booking record, or to Lawrenceville PD for the arrest report. The online inmate search is free. Certified copies or large requests may cost a small fee.

Georgia 72 Hour Booking Search Tools

The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search covers anyone sent to state prison. If a Lawrenceville arrest leads to a state sentence, the inmate will appear in this database. The search is free and shows current facility, sentence length, and release dates.

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

The VINE notification system lets you track inmates after booking. Sign up for alerts when an inmate's status changes. VINE covers Gwinnett County and most Georgia counties. Call 833-216-6670 for help. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association keeps a directory of every sheriff's office in Georgia.

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 acquitted, or the case was not prosecuted. Restricted records do not show up on most background checks, but law enforcement can still access them.

O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 covers first offender treatment. Someone sentenced under this law who completed all terms can petition to have the record restricted. File the petition in the court where the case was heard. A judge must approve it, and there is a fee. Violent felonies generally do not qualify.

Nearby Cities in Gwinnett County

Other cities in Gwinnett County send their arrests through the same jail system. If someone was picked up near a city boundary, 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, all booking procedures, inmate services, and how to reach the sheriff's office, visit our county page.