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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Washington County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Washington County.
Police Departments. In addition to Washington County Sheriff's Office, Washington County is served by municipal police departments, including the Sandersville Police Department and the Tennille Police Department. These city departments handle law enforcement within their respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office covers the broader unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Washington County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 300 Kaolin Road, Sandersville, GA 31082, provides primary law enforcement for unincorporated areas and operates Washington County Jail. Under the Georgia Open Records Act (§ 50-18-70 et seq.), arrest records and incident reports are public documents unless specifically exempted by law, such as ongoing investigations or juvenile records.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Washington County are maintained by Washington County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly.
Jail & Inmate Records. Inmate lookup is available through the Sheriff's Office, allowing the public to find information about current detainees.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Washington County are taken and retained by Washington County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office or online databases.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 108 mine sites inside the county: 14 past producers, now closed, 48 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 41 sites producing when the record was made, 4 processing plants, which are not workings, 1 site with no status in the record; the old survey maps add 13 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Kaolin; Aluminum.
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.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 19 investigations in Washington County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $70,300 in back wages agreed for 203 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.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Medical Nursing Care Center | Sandersville | 2 | $22,214 | 64 |
| Howard Sheppard, Inc | Sandersville | 2 | $20,451 | 10 |
| Kangaroo Pouch Child Development Center, Inc. | Sandersville | 1 | $8,951 | 14 |
| Oconee Community Service Board | Sandersville | 2 | $8,651 | 11 |
| Quik Mart of Tennille, LLP | Tennille | 2 | $8,204 | 31 |
| Kiddie World Child Development Center, LLC | Tennille | 1 | $6,326 | 11 |
| Washington County Service Center | Sandersville | 1 | $3,468 | 22 |
| Juli McDaniel, LLC | Tennille | 1 | $2,460 | 5 |
| Oconee MH/MR/SA | Sandersville | 1 | $2,155 | 9 |
| Spider Webb LLC | Sandersville | 1 | $734 | 14 |
| Wahington County Regional Medical Center | Sandersville | 1 | $288 | 1 |
| New Horizon Management Inc. | Tennille | 1 | $225 | 5 |
| Broken Shackle Ranch, Inc | Davisboro | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| TDT Foods, Inc. | Sandersville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Down South Timber Product | Sandersville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Zorlu Manufacturing Company, LLC. | Sandersville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Washington County record, by back wages agreed; 4 employers have 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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Washington County Sheriff or a city police department in Washington 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 Washington County are kept by the Washington 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.
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