Seminole County Busted Mugshots is a private reference service, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. For an authoritative answer, contact the sheriff, jail, city records custodian, court, state corrections department, or federal office that holds the record.
Official Offices and Records
Choose the office that owns the information. The sheriff's jail portal is the first stop for a Seminole County booking, while city clerks handle records created and held by their municipalities.
Seminole County Sheriff's Office
208 Court Street
Donalsonville, GA 39845
Seminole County Jail operates at this address.
Main and non-emergency: (229) 524-5115
Jail: (229) 524-8396
Open-records contact: Paula Whaley
The reviewed sheriff pages do not publish office or records-desk hours. Call before an in-person visit.
Donalsonville Police Department
204 South Woolfork Avenue
Donalsonville, GA 39845
Phone: (229) 524-2175
Fax: (229) 524-2156
No city arrest blotter was located. Donalsonville arrests booked at the county jail can appear in the sheriff's portal.
Donalsonville City Records
City Hall and records custodian
127 East Second Street
P.O. Box 308
Donalsonville, GA 39845
Phone: (229) 524-2118
The form states $0.10 per page plus permitted direct and administrative costs, with the first 15 minutes without an administrative charge.
Iron City Town Hall
P.O. Box 249
Iron City, GA 39859-0249
Phone: (229) 774-2572
Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Town profile and municipal contact details are available through the town's published directory.
No town-specific records form or fee schedule was located. Jail-held booking records should go to the sheriff.
For an immediate emergency, call 911. The jail number is the right contact for a current custody question. The sheriff's records form and Paula Whaley's records contact are the right county route for an existing booking report or associated booking photograph. No fixed sheriff records-desk hours, flat booking-photo fee, or completion guarantee was published, so ask for instructions and an estimate before sending a detailed request.
Where to Look for Each Record
These paths answer different questions. A person can be booked by Donalsonville Police Department, held at the county jail, later moved to GDC, and still have a case outcome in court.
- In county custody now: start at the Sheriff's jail page and open the Current Inmates portal.
- Booked in the recent rolling window: use 24 Hours Arrests. It is a recent booking view, not proof that every listed person remains in custody.
- Known arrest date or a released person: try Inmates by Arrest Date, then use the sheriff's records form if the entry is older, missing, or needs correction.
- Booking report or photo: submit a narrow request through the Seminole County Sheriff's Office records form and identify the full name, approximate arrest date, and agency when known.
- Case outcome: use Georgia Courts E-Access for Seminole Superior Court and contact the clerk when the online provider does not answer the question.
- Sentenced Georgia state prisoner: begin with the GDC Find an Offender gateway or use the direct GDC offender query. GDC is not the live county-jail roster. For a particular state record not shown in the query, use the GDC open-records request route.
- Federal custody: check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. It does not publish inmate photographs and does not cover a normal county booking.
- Immigration custody: use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. It is a custody tool, not a Seminole County mugshot source.
- Release status or emergency alerts: call the jail for a current answer because a release date is not consistently shown in the public list. The sheriff's Hyper-Reach registration is for emergency notifications, not a booking feed.
- Warrant status: call the sheriff's main number or the court because no verified public Seminole County warrant portal was located.
- City-held records: use the Donalsonville form or call Iron City Town Hall for records held by those municipalities. A jail booking record remains a sheriff-held record.
The Georgia Attorney General's open-government guidance explains that an agency generally must produce available records within three business days or respond with a description and timetable when more time is needed. That is a response rule, not a promise that every request is finished in three days. Costs can include permitted copying, search, retrieval, and redaction work. A narrow written request is easier for the custodian to process.