Towns County, Georgia Warrants and Arrest Records

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Do you believe that a Towns County, Georgia active warrant may already be out in your name? If you do, waiting won’t help! In fact, the longer you try to evade the law, the more trouble you will rake up for yourself. A prudent approach would be to get in touch with an attorney of law who will help you sort the situation.

If the arrest order is a bench warrant, you don’t have to worry much as these can be handled by merely making the bail payment mentioned on the decree. However, arrest warrants from Towns County work differently. These are only sought when the sheriff’s office has a lot of evidence against a person in a criminal matter.

What makes active orders particularly dangerous is that they get indefinitely stored in the crime databases as Towns outstanding warrants. So, you never can tell when one can lead to your arrest. Also, because these orders can be executed in any part of the country, there is simply no escaping the law if this legal provision has been issued against you.

There are two ways to look for information on arrest records in Towns County; you can go through a state agency (mentioned below) or use an online database. In both cases, you will have to pay a small fee for a warrant search. However, with a private information vendor, there is no chance of getting arrested while approaching a state office can lead to detention if they find an outstanding warrant in your name.

  • Sheriff: 4070 A Hwy 339, Young Harris, Georgia 30582
  • Magistrate: 48 River St, Hiawassee, GA 30546
  • County clerk: PO Box 178, Hiawassee, Georgia 30546

 

Can you access the Towns County warrant list and arrest records over the phone? (Current in 2021)    

  • Recent arrests: Towns County Jail- 706-896-5474.
  • Arrest Records/Incident Reports/Accident Reports: Sheriff’s Office-706-896-4444.
  • General information from the Sheriff’s Office: Non-emergency dispatch- 706-896-7460.
  • Information on warrants or an arrest report from Hiawassee PD: Agency Office-706-896-2888.
  • Warrants-related questions: Magistrate Court- 706-896-3467.
  • Victim support and information: District Attorney’s Office- 706-439-6027.
  • Criminal case records: Clerk of Court- 706-896-2130.

 

Crime statistics of Towns County

The overall crime rate of Towns County decreased by 39% between 2018 and 2019. As compared to the nearly 185 complaints filed in 2018, the local police only received approximately 110 complaints in 2019. Of the cases registered, 88 were against property crimes, with larceny-theft complaints taking the lead in this category, at 67 complaints. Violent crimes led to the filing of 23 complaints.

Older crime statistics

Of the 130 crimes reported in Towns County, Georgia, every year, only about9 are violent; this works out to a mere 7% of the total incident rate. Nearly half of the crimes transpire in close quarters of the victim’s place of work or residence. It is also worth mentioning that both reported and violent crime have increased by almost 90% in the last few years.

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