Union City Mugshot Lookup

Union City jail mugshots are managed through the Fulton County jail system. Union City has about 28,000 people and sits in the southwest corner of Fulton County, near the Fulton-Coweta county line. The Union City Police Department handles arrests in the city, but there is no city jail for holding inmates. When someone is arrested and booked, they go to the Fulton County Jail. That is where the mugshot is taken and stored in the county's inmate records system. To find a Union City booking photo, you need to search the Fulton County database.

Where Union City Bookings Are Processed

Union City is in Fulton County. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and handles all bookings for cities within the county. This includes Union City, Atlanta, Sandy Springs, and many other towns. The main Fulton County Jail is at 901 Rice St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318.

When Union City police make an arrest, the officer takes the person to the county jail. The distance from Union City to the main jail in Atlanta is roughly 15 miles. At the jail, staff takes the booking photo, records fingerprints and personal details, and enters the charges. Bond is set according to the charge schedule or by a magistrate judge. After booking, the record appears in the Fulton County inmate system.

Union City does not have a local lockup for long-term holds. Some cities in Georgia run their own small jails, but Union City uses the county system. This has been the case for years. All mugshots from Union City arrests end up in the Fulton County database, not on a city website or city-run system.

Union City Police Department

The Union City Police Department provides law enforcement for the city. The department is at 5060 Union Street, Union City, GA 30291. Call 770-964-1333 for general questions. Visit unioncityga.org/police-department for more details.

Union City PD covers all patrol and investigations in the city. The department works with Fulton County and neighboring agencies on cases that cross city lines. When Union City officers arrest someone, the booking goes to the county. The police department keeps its own arrest reports, but the jail records and mugshots are housed at the county level.

You can request arrest reports from Union City PD through an open records request. Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70) says the agency must respond within three business days. For the actual booking record and mugshot, contact the Fulton County Sheriff's Office instead.

Searching Union City Jail Mugshots

Go to fcsoga.org/inmate-search and search by name. This is the Fulton County Sheriff's Office inmate lookup tool. It shows current inmates, their charges, bond info, and booking dates. All Union City bookings go through this system, so this is where you start.

The search only shows people who are currently in custody. Released inmates drop off the active list. If you need records for someone who has already been let go, try an open records request to the Fulton County Sheriff at 404-613-2000.

The Georgia Department of Corrections search shown below covers state prison inmates from all counties.

Use this GDC tool when you are looking for someone who was convicted in Fulton County and transferred to a state prison from Union City.

The GDC offender search is free and does not require registration. For statewide criminal history that goes beyond jail booking data, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation maintains the Georgia Crime Information Center. This covers arrest records from all agencies across the state, including Union City PD.

Mugshot Laws in Georgia

O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 controls how booking photos are shared in Georgia. Law enforcement agencies cannot give mugshots to anyone who will post them on a website that charges for removal. This law covers the Union City Police Department and the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. If you request a mugshot, you must sign a written statement about how you will use the photo.

Before this law, mugshot exploitation was a real problem. Websites would pull booking photos from county jail databases and demand payment to take them down. People who had been arrested in Union City or anywhere else in Georgia could find their photo online with no easy way to remove it. The law changed that by holding law enforcement to stricter standards on who gets access to booking photos.

The Georgia Consumer Protection Division handles complaints against mugshot websites. If your Union City booking photo is on a website and they will not remove it, file a complaint. Send the site a written removal request first. Wait 30 days. If nothing happens, go to consumer protection. The state can investigate and take enforcement action.

Open Records and Record Restriction

Georgia's Open Records Act gives you the right to request arrest reports, incident reports, and other police records from Union City PD. The agency must respond within three business days under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70. Copy fees are capped at 10 cents per page. Some records may be withheld if there is an active investigation.

For booking records and mugshots specifically, you contact the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. They hold the jail records for all Fulton County cities including Union City. The sheriff's office is at 185 Central Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Call 404-613-2000 for open records requests.

Record restriction may apply to your case. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37, if your Union City arrest did not result in a conviction, you can ask to restrict the record. Dismissed charges, acquittals, and cases that were never prosecuted may qualify. Restricted records do not show up in public database searches. This includes the mugshot and all booking data. Talk to a lawyer or legal aid organization to find out if you are eligible.

Nearby Cities

Union City is near several other south metro Atlanta cities. These pages have local jail mugshot and booking details for nearby areas.