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Find the right office in Houston County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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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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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the GA Dept. of Revenue.
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Find the location and release information of individuals incarcerated with the Georgia Dept. of Corrections.
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Yearly reports about inmates under death sentence (UDS) at the beginning of each calendar year since 2000.
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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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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.
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Search the GA Bureau of Investigation database of registered offenders by name or location.
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Search results of fingerprint background check.
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Capitol police, records, reports and more.
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Conduct a search of persons with felonies in Georgia.
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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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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Houston County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Houston County.
Police Departments. Houston County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Houston County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in Warner Robins, Perry, and Centerville. Each city department handles law enforcement within its jurisdiction, while the Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Houston County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Cullen Talton, provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas of Houston County and operates Houston County Detention Center located at 200 Carl Vinson Parkway in Warner Robins, Georgia 31088.
Criminal Records. For an authoritative source, see Warrants & Records - Sheriff - Houston County .
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
201 Perry Parkway Perry, GA 31069 • Phone: (478) 218-4790 The facility is located at 203 Perry Parkway, Perry, GA 31069. You can also call the detention center directly at (478) 218-4900 for assistance.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 11 mine sites inside the county: 3 past producers, now closed, 3 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 5 sites producing when the record was made; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Kaolin; construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; Iron.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Georgia publishes no abandoned mine inventory; the Dahlonega gold mines are not mapped by the state online.
Houston County lies on the edge of a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by Georgia EPD Surface Mining and Georgia Geologic Survey maps and linked below.
Georgia abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Know before you ask
Each figure below was read on the official source linked beside it, October to November 2026. A fee or rule the source does not state is left out rather than guessed, and offices can change their schedules, so confirm on the source before you pay or travel.
The Superior Court Clerk notice describes the move of Superior and State Court filings to Benchmark in November 2025. A self-represented party must register and notify the appropriate clerk to be associated with a case; creating an account alone does not complete that step. The notice excludes Magistrate Court from this filing change. Identify the court and case number before requesting a filed document or asking about account access. The State Court Clerk directory gives the newer Perry address despite an older paragraph referring to Warner Robins. Use the current contact block when arranging a visit or mailing a request.
The State Court civil schedule lists ordinary copies at $1 per page and certified or exemplified copies at $2.50 for the first page plus $0.50 for additional pages. A request should identify the case, particular filing or order and the desired format. Ask the organization receiving the record whether certification is required before ordering. If the purpose involves a judgment lien, the same instructions distinguish issuance of a Fi Fa from recording it in Superior Court. Obtain the correct reference from the issuing court and follow the recording instructions instead of assuming that issuance alone completed every later recording step.
Houston's marriage-copy instructions list $10 for a certified copy and $1 per page for plain copies. The online certified-copy route is limited to the bride or groom; other requesters are directed to mail or in-person service. A mailed request needs the names used before marriage, marriage date, requested copy type and quantity, return envelope and payment. Identification is required for certified copies. First confirm that the license was applied for in Houston County. A new license application and a copy of an existing marriage record are separate requests, and the online eligibility rule should not be generalized to every available request method.
The local vital-record instructions list $25 for the first birth or death certificate and $5 for additional copies of the same certificate at the same visit. Birth records require an eligible requester and picture identification; confidential medical information in a death record has separate access limits. The Probate Court service notice publishes hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and asks for appointments for name corrections or discussions about estate and guardianship filings. State the service when contacting the court. Its acceptance of a certificate application does not establish a completion time for a correction or contested matter.
The county records FAQ assigns property-deed copies to the Real Estate Division of the Superior Court Clerk. The Tax Assessors office provides appraisal and property information through its linked parcel service. Preserve the parcel identifier and compare the legal description and parties in the deed with the assessment entry. A question about building characteristics or assessed value belongs with the assessment office, while an instrument-copy request belongs with the Clerk. If the issue concerns a recent ownership change, describe the recording reference and ask which office controls the particular field being questioned. Avoid treating every property-related database as the same record series.
The Sheriff Records Division handles public requests for reports created by that office and processes requests forwarded through Sheriff administration. Give the incident reference, date and record description. The Georgia Attorney General open-government FAQ describes production within three business days absent exceptional circumstances; if records cannot be produced then, the agency must provide the required written explanation, expected availability and cost information. That initial period should not be represented as an unconditional deadline for delivery of every file. Keep the request and later scope changes together, and use the response to identify which records are available, pending or withheld.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Superior court files and recorded land documents.
Office page: houstoncountyga.gov
Birth and death certificates, marriage records and probate files.
Office page: houstoncountyga.gov
State Court civil, traffic and misdemeanor records.
Office page: houstoncountyga.gov
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 143 investigations in Houston County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $1,752,043 in back wages agreed for 1,286 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 123 on the Houston County record; 34 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 98 more with smaller records are on the Georgia wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Houston County Sheriff or a city police department in Houston County. Ask that agency for its record. Under O.C.G.A. 10-1-393.5, a commercial website must remove a person's booking photograph at no charge within 30 days of a written request in eight listed circumstances, such as charges never referred for prosecution, dismissed, or ending in acquittal.
The Georgia criminal history record comes from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Crime Information Center. Get a copy of your Georgia criminal history record from most sheriff's offices or police departments; contact the local law enforcement agency for its requirements.
Search the Georgia Sex Offender Registry (GBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county board of registrars (in some counties a combined board of elections and registration) or through the Georgia Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register no later than the 5th Monday before the next election; mail in applications must be postmarked by that deadline.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Houston County are kept by the Houston County Clerk of Superior Court. Property values are set by the county Board of Tax Assessors, and tax bills come from the county Tax Commissioner. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Georgia come from the Georgia Department of Public Health, State Office of Vital Records. A certified copy of a birth certificate may be requested from your local county vital records office or the State Office of Vital Records, in person or by mail. By mail to State Office of Vital Records, 1680 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30349, in person or by mail at a county vital records office, or online through the approved vendors GO Certificates, ROVER and VitalChek. Fee: $25 for a birth certificate, $5 for each additional copy.
Business entity filings are searched with the Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Division.
Self-represented parties must also notify the appropriate clerk to be added to the case. Follow the court account instructions.
The Clerk notice expressly excludes Magistrate Court from that efiling change. Use the directions for the specific court in the current notice.
The current address notice identifies 201 Perry Parkway, Perry, GA 31069. Use that dated notice in the State Court directory despite its older Warner Robins description.
The schedule lists $2.50 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page. Specify the document and format under the copy schedule.
The county limits that online route to the bride or groom and directs other applicants to mail or in-person service. See the marriage-copy instructions.
The court asks for an appointment for name changes or corrections. Identify the correction needed when contacting the Probate Court.
The court says it does not accept personal checks and lists its accepted payment methods. Confirm the request method through the payment instructions.
If production cannot occur in the initial period, the agency must provide the prescribed written information about availability and costs. See the Attorney General explanation.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.