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Seminole County Jail Roster

The official local custody search is the Seminole County current inmate roster, an InterOp portal linked from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office jail page as "VIEW CURRENT INMATES." It is not a PDF report. It is a tabbed web roster with current inmates, people booked in the last 24 hours, and inmates by arrest date. The portal was inspected on June 4, 2026, when the current list showed 42 items across five pages. That is a dated roster snapshot, not a fixed count.

The roster is a jail and booking source. It can help answer whether a person is in the Seminole County Jail now, whether someone was booked recently, which agency made the arrest, what bond value is shown, and which charge rows are attached to the booking card. It is not the final court docket. Formal filings, case events, dispositions, and sentencing orders belong to the clerk and court systems after the arrest moves into court.

The county roster also has clear limits. It does not replace the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query after a sentenced state prisoner leaves the jail. It does not cover federal prison custody in the BOP inmate locator or immigration detention in ICE ODLS. For notice of custody events, VINELink Georgia is available statewide, but Seminole County jail participation was not confirmed in county sources.

Use Seminole County Roster

The fastest local path is the roster link on the sheriff jail page. Use the current tab when the question is whether someone is held now. Use the 24-hour tab for a very new arrest. Use the arrest-date tab when the arrest date is known or when a release may have already occurred. The portal permits name searches, but both name fields were observed as optional, so broad browsing may return many results.

1. Open the sheriff jail page and select "VIEW CURRENT INMATES," or go directly to the InterOp roster.
2. Choose Current Inmates, 24 Hours Arrests, or Inmates by Arrest Date based on the custody question.
3. Enter the last name and, if useful, the first name. On the arrest-date tab, add a begin and end date if the arrest window is known.
4. Click Search Inmates and use Prev, page numbers, or Next if the result set spans several pages.
5. Read the card for status, arresting agency, days in jail, total bond, and charge rows. Treat the court label as a pointer, not a final court record.

When no record appears, do not assume the person is free. Names can be misspelled, a booking may not have posted yet, or the person may be in another county, state prison, federal custody, or ICE custody. Seminole investigations may also lead to booking outside Seminole County depending on the agency and case facts.

The InterOp current-inmates roster shows the name filters, tabs, inmate cards, charge previews, bond values, and paging controls used for Seminole County inmate records.

The screenshot matters because Seminole County uses separate roster tabs rather than one flat list, so the right tab can change the result.

Seminole County Search Fields

The roster field set is simple, but the tab choice is important. Current custody and 24-hour bookings use name fields. The arrest-date tab adds date controls with a calendar interface. The research did not find a posted minimum-character rule, wildcard rule, booking-number search, or facility dropdown on the county roster.

Seminole Inmate Profile Fields

A Seminole County inmate card contains a mix of identity, custody, bond, and charge data. Some expected fields are absent from the public roster. Date of birth, race, eye color, hair color, individual housing unit, court date, release projection, and booking number were not located as public labels on the inspected county cards.

Seminole County Lookup Channels

Use more than one channel when the roster is unclear. The Seminole County Jail phone line is 229-524-8396, and the sheriff main office is 229-524-5115. In-person records and jail questions route through 208 Court Street, Donalsonville, GA 39845. Booking reports, incident reports, accident reports, body-camera footage, and in-car camera records can be requested through the sheriff records request form.

The sheriff records form asks for a name, email, case number if known, date and time, location, attachments, and a free-text description of the records sought. The page states that a member of the Sheriff's Office may contact the requester for more information. The research did not find a local fee schedule or average processing time, so Georgia open-records timing and fee rules are the general framework.

A Donalsonville News report from February 6, 2025 said the Seminole County Sheriff's Office debuted an app with inmate search, wanted persons, alerts, contacts, and tip features. The official App Store or Google Play URL was not located in the research, so the app should be treated as a reported access channel, not as a verified store link.

County Jail Vs Other Custody

Seminole County inmate records split by custody system. The county jail roster covers the local jail population: pretrial inmates, county-sentenced inmates, state-sentenced inmates awaiting transfer, and other holds when held at Seminole County Jail. Once a sentenced person leaves for GDC, the county roster is no longer the main locator. Federal and immigration custody also use separate systems.

Seminole County Jail Facility

The only detention facility found in official Seminole County, Georgia DOC, federal, and ICE sources as physically located in the county is Seminole County Jail. It is operated by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office and houses SCSO inmates, Donalsonville Police Department inmates, and other-agency inmates as needed. The Georgia Sheriffs' Association May 2026 Jail Report listed 54 permanent beds and 43 inmates.

Seminole Booking And Bond

Booking begins after arrest by the Sheriff's Office, Donalsonville Police Department, or another agency using the Seminole County Jail. The public roster can show name, status, sex, physical descriptors, address, arresting agency, days in jail, total bond, and charge rows. Money in the inmate's possession at booking is receipted and placed on the inmate account. If public defender help is needed, the inmate can complete an application in jail, and jail staff forward it to the Public Defender's Office.

Bond depends on how the case enters the system. The sheriff jail FAQ says citation cases processed in Municipal Court or Probate Court may have pre-set bonds. Warrant arrests require a first appearance before the Magistrate Judge before bond is set. Once set, bond may be posted as cash, property, or through a bonding agency. Georgia bonding agencies may charge up to 15 percent of the bond amount, and the sheriff FAQ lists a non-refundable $20 cash bond fee except for Municipal Court cases.

Roster bond values are not final case outcomes. They can show a dollar amount, DENIED, or NOT SET. Court changes, holds, detainers, or another jurisdiction can affect whether release occurs even after one charge appears bondable.

Seminole Jail Visitation

Seminole County Jail visitation is posted for weekdays, with morning and afternoon windows assigned to groups or pods. Visitors need government-issued photo ID. Phones, smart devices, electronics, food, drinks, gum, bags, purses, and outside inmate property are barred under the jail rules. Clothing rules are enforced, and minors must be with a parent or legal guardian.

Seminole Inmate Mail And Money

Non-legal mail is postcard-only for Seminole County Jail mail received on or after August 17, 2015. Incoming cards must have a legible return address and sender name. Legal mail is the stated exception. Mailed funds must be money orders or cashier's checks made out to the inmate and mailed to the jail address with the recipient, sender, and account purpose stated.

Commissary and phone deposits are separate. The sheriff jail page links phone deposits through NCIC and commissary deposits through JailATM/Jailmate-style vendor links. Lobby kiosks are available, one for commissary and one for phones. Money for that week's commissary order must be received before midnight Monday. No outside inmate items may be brought to the jail; items must be bought through commissary.