Georgia, Charlton County
Where Folkston's records are kept. Court and property records for Folkston sit with Charlton County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Georgia.
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As a small town, Folkston relies on Charlton County and the State of Georgia for its public records. The cards below are the Georgia state offices, and the Charlton County offices are on our Charlton County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which runs the state criminal history record check and keeps the fingerprint identification records the state holds.
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Search results of fingerprint background check.
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Conduct a search of persons with felonies in Georgia.
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Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Georgia Dept. of Corrections.
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Search the GA Bureau of Investigation database of registered offenders by name or location.
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Capitol police, records, reports and more.
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The Georgia Attorney General's Office represents the executive branch and prosecutes violent crime, gang activity and human trafficking across the state. Court records are kept by the clerk of court in each Georgia county.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Georgia Secretary of State.
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The Georgia State Board of Accountancy lets anyone search and verify a Georgia CPA license. Most other professional licenses in Georgia are verified through the Secretary of State.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the GA Dept. of Revenue.
Open official site Georgia Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
Yearly reports about inmates under death sentence (UDS) at the beginning of each calendar year since 2000.
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Use the official Georgia child support calculator, get inmate civil action and habeas corpus forms, and find the electronic filing providers used to search and file court records statewide.
Open official site Judicial Council of Georgia Forms and RecordsEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Folkston, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Folkston, a place of 4,464 people, is the seat of Charlton County, so most county offices are in Folkston itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. Our Charlton County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 5 investigations with a Folkston address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $4,609 in back wages agreed for 23 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| The GEO Group, Inc. | 3 | $67,960 | 87 |
| K & J Foods, Inc. | 1 | $3,982 | 20 |
| Tim's Auto Parts & Salvage | 1 | $381 | 1 |
| Okefenokee Adventures, Inc. | 1 | $246 | 2 |
| International Paper | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Folkston, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Georgia wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Same county
Other places in Charlton County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Charlton County records are on the county page.