Georgia, Tift County
Where Tifton's records are kept. Tifton has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Tifton's own offices, along with State of Georgia offices; the Tift County offices are on our Tift County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The GBI explains Georgia criminal history records: your own copy comes from most sheriff's offices or police departments, and another person's record needs that person's signed consent on a state form.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Criminal History Record FAQPolice & jail
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation explains what a state criminal history record holds: identity, arrests, charges, court outcomes and prison custody. Get your own copy at most sheriff's offices or police departments.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Criminal HistoryState records
Part of the University System of Georgia, the archives has collected the state's historical records since 1918; browse its Virtual Vault online or research in Morrow, Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Open official site Georgia ArchivesCounty court
Offices in Macon at 433 Cherry Street and in Columbus at One Arsenal Place, open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; the court posts dial in and virtual hearing details, opinions, forms and online payment.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of GeorgiaCounty court
The Judicial Council of Georgia's Administrative Office of the Courts runs this gateway to ticket payment, the child support calculator, court record searches, directories and forms; some features need a login.
Open official site Georgia Judicial GatewayVital records
The Department of Public Health office that registers, preserves, amends and certifies Georgia vital records; order certificates online from listed vendors, by mail, or at a vital records office near you.
Open official site Georgia Department of Public Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
After a usage agreement, the Georgia Department of Corrections search finds current and former inmates by name, alias, physical description, offense or GDC ID, and shows photos when available.
Open official site Georgia Department of Corrections Find an OffenderPolice & jail
Missing person cases posted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation show race, height, weight, sex and last seen date for each; tips reach the bureau by phone or its online form.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Missing PersonsPolice & jail
In one list sortable by case date or posting date, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shows its unsolved homicides, missing persons, unidentified remains and robberies.
Open official site Georgia Bureau of Investigation Unsolved CasesPolice & jail
By state law the Georgia Bureau of Investigation keeps the sex offender registry, fed by other agencies and changing often, with links to the offender search, a bimonthly report and a data download.
Open official site Georgia Sex Offender RegistryFederal
Population, housing and economic facts for Tifton city, Georgia from the Census Bureau, including the July 1, 2025 estimate of 17,595 residents and a land area of 12.72 square miles.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Tifton City Hall at 130 1st Street East offers online payments, permits, bids and public notices, issue reporting, utilities, solid waste and traffic citation pages, and city council and zoning meetings.
Open official site City of TiftonEverything else, organized
8 more Tifton sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Tifton, a place of 17,045 people, is the seat of Tift County. Court and property records sit with Tift County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Georgia. Tifton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Tift County page lists each county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 75 investigations with a Tifton address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $301,738 in back wages agreed for 535 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tifton Peanut Company #2, LLC | 1 | $55,324 | 46 |
| The Pit Stop BBQ & Grill LLC | 1 | $38,047 | 15 |
| Tift County Sheriff's Department | 1 | $25,229 | 11 |
| City of Tifon | 1 | $24,407 | 10 |
| Georgia Department of Human Services | 2 | $18,911 | 1 |
| Tim Wiggins Construction & Custom Cabinets | 1 | $16,965 | 16 |
| Quality Produce LLC | 2 | $16,866 | 121 |
| Duck Enterprises, Inc. | 2 | $13,026 | 16 |
| Shiver Carts, LLC | 1 | $11,096 | 29 |
| Golden Environmental, LLC | 1 | $11,087 | 7 |
| APB Technology Solutions, LLC | 1 | $9,929 | 2 |
| DC Construction Company | 1 | $9,292 | 39 |
| Women's Center for Advanced Surgery, Inc. | 1 | $9,101 | 8 |
| Citi Trends, Inc | 1 | $7,669 | 25 |
| Tift Cty Bd of Health/Diversified Enterprises | 1 | $5,992 | 18 |
| William C. Byrd, Inc | 1 | $5,419 | 14 |
| Taco Loco | 1 | $4,374 | 29 |
| Branch's Veterinary Clinic, PC | 1 | $4,147 | 4 |
| Chapos Tequilas and Grill LLC | 1 | $4,100 | 22 |
| Shiv Shradha, LLC | 2 | $3,930 | 26 |
| Bulldog Courier LLC | 1 | $3,922 | 2 |
| Campbell Construction & Roofing, LLC | 1 | $2,995 | 6 |
| Three Trees Communications, Inc. | 1 | $2,312 | 1 |
| Bay Station LLC | 1 | $2,184 | 1 |
| Scales Express, Inc. | 1 | $1,988 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 64 whose address on the record is in Tifton; 22 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 39 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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Voter registration in Georgia is run by the Georgia Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Tifton.
Deeds for property in Tifton are recorded by the Tift County Clerk of Superior Court, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Tift County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Georgia come from the state vital records office, Georgia State Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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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.