Find Warner Robins Criminal History

Criminal history records in Warner Robins are handled by the Warner Robins Police Department and the Houston County court system. Warner Robins is the largest city in Houston County, located in central Georgia about 100 miles south of Atlanta. The police department makes arrests and maintains incident reports, while the Houston County Superior Court Clerk holds criminal case files and court records. If you need to search for criminal history from Warner Robins, the police records division and the Houston County Clerk are the two main local sources. The GBI and the Georgia Department of Corrections also keep state-level data on cases from this area.

Warner Robins Police Department

The Warner Robins Police Department is at 103 Corder Road, Warner Robins, GA 31088. The main phone number is (478) 302-5370. This department handles all law enforcement within the Warner Robins city limits. Officers patrol the city, make arrests, and write reports that feed into Georgia's criminal history system.

When an arrest happens in Warner Robins, the police create a report with the charges, date, and the person's name. That data gets sent to the Georgia Crime Information Center at the GBI. It goes into the statewide criminal history database. To get a copy of a police report, you can file an open records request with the Warner Robins Police Department. Georgia law gives the agency three business days to respond. Bring your request in person to the Corder Road office during business hours or send it by mail.

Visit the Warner Robins Police Department website for contact details and information on the records division. The department serves a city that has grown a lot over the past two decades, partly due to the Robins Air Force Base nearby. The base is a federal installation, so crimes on base go through the federal system and would not show up in Warner Robins or Houston County criminal history records.

Houston County Court Records for Warner Robins

Criminal cases from Warner Robins go through the Houston County court system. The Houston County Courthouse is in Perry, which is the county seat. The Superior Court Clerk's office keeps records for all criminal cases that pass through Houston County Superior Court. That includes felony cases from Warner Robins. Call the clerk's office for questions about case files, copy fees, and hours.

Houston County is in the Houston Judicial Circuit. Felony cases from Warner Robins go to Houston County Superior Court. The clerk's records show charges, plea details, court dates, and the outcome of each case. You can visit the courthouse in Perry during business hours to search for records. Bring the name of the person and any case numbers you have. The clerk charges for copies. Certified copies cost more than plain ones.

The Warner Robins Municipal Court handles city ordinance violations and some low-level criminal matters. Traffic offenses and minor misdemeanors that happen within city limits may start in municipal court. Records from that court are separate from the Houston County Superior Court system. Call the municipal court for those files. For anything above a minor charge, the Houston County Clerk is the right office to check.

Houston County also has a State Court that handles misdemeanor cases. Some misdemeanor arrests in Warner Robins end up in state court rather than municipal court. The State Court Clerk has its own records. If you are not sure where a case was filed, check with both the municipal court and the Houston County courts to track it down.

Open Records Requests in Warner Robins

Georgia's Open Records Act gives you the right to ask for criminal history documents from the Warner Robins Police Department or Houston County offices. Submit your request in writing. Include the full name of the person, the date of the incident if known, and the type of record you want.

The agency has three business days to respond under Georgia law. Copy fees may apply. The first 15 minutes of search time is free. After that, the agency can charge for staff time spent pulling records. Some records are exempt from release. Active investigations and juvenile cases are two common reasons a request might get denied in part. Most routine police reports and court records are available. If your request gets turned down and you think it should not have been, you can appeal to the Office of the Attorney General or take the matter to court.

State Criminal History Tools

The Georgia Felon Search costs $15 per search. It checks the GCIC database for felony convictions across Georgia, including cases from Warner Robins and the rest of Houston County. You need the person's first name, last name, date of birth, and sex. Results come back right away. The fee applies even if no record is found. Misdemeanor records and restricted records do not show up.

The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search is free. It shows people who are currently serving time in a GDC prison. Someone convicted in Houston County and sent to a state facility will show up here. People in the Houston County Jail or those who already finished their sentence are not in this database.

For more on how the criminal history process works in Georgia, check the GBI FAQ page. It explains how to get your own record, what data shows up on a search, and how to fix errors. You can request your own criminal history through the GCIC by mail or by visiting their office in Decatur. The fee is up to $15.

Criminal History Restriction in Warner Robins

Georgia uses record restriction rather than expungement. When a criminal history record is restricted, it gets sealed from public view. Only law enforcement and certain agencies can still see it. People arrested in Warner Robins who had charges dismissed, dropped, or not prosecuted may be able to get those records restricted.

Under O.C.G.A. Section 35-3-37, the process depends on when the arrest took place. For arrests on or after July 1, 2013, contact the prosecuting attorney to start the restriction process. For arrests before that date, apply through the arresting agency. Charges never sent to a prosecutor get restricted after a waiting period. Two years for misdemeanors. Four years for most felonies. Seven years for serious violent felonies or sex offenses.

The First Offender Act under O.C.G.A. Section 42-8-60 is another path. First-time offenders who finish their sentence under the act get discharged without a formal conviction on their record. The criminal history record then gets restricted from public view. Georgia also has a retroactive First Offender option. If you were eligible at the time of sentencing but did not get First Offender treatment, you can apply after completing your sentence. Serious violent felonies and sex crimes are excluded from this option.

How to Look Up Warner Robins Criminal History

You have several ways to find criminal history records tied to Warner Robins. Each source covers a different part of the system.

• Call the Warner Robins Police at (478) 302-5370 for police reports
• Visit the Houston County Courthouse in Perry for court case files
• Use the Georgia Felon Search for felony convictions ($15)
• Check the GDC offender search for state prison inmates (free)
• File an open records request with the city or county

Police records cover arrest details and incident reports. Court files hold charges, pleas, and case outcomes. State tools add felony conviction data and corrections records. You may need to check more than one source for a complete picture of criminal history from Warner Robins.

Warner Robins County Resources

Warner Robins is in Houston County. Criminal court cases from the city go through the Houston County court system in Perry.

Nearby Cities

Warner Robins is in central Georgia. Macon is the closest large city to the north.