Georgia Department of Transportation, Office of Investigations
Other State Agency agency in Fulton County. How it reports to the FBI, and the rules its arrests run under.
Reporting to the FBI
- Population served
- None listed
- Counties
- Fulton County
- Incident reporting
- Sends incident detail (NIBRS) since October 2019.
- Months sent in 2025
- 0 of 12
- FBI agency code
- GA0602000
Source: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.
After an arrest
- Who decides release first
The jail can release a person on a bail schedule that a court of inquiry, usually the county's magistrate court, adopted by written order, with no hearing. Otherwise a magistrate sets bail. Murder, rape, armed robbery, and other charges listed in O.C.G.A. 17-6-1(a) can be bailed only by a superior court judge, and a judge must set bail one case at a time in family violence cases.
O.C.G.A. 17-6-1Ga. S.B. 63 (2024), as passed- Time to see a judge
A person arrested without a warrant must be taken before a judicial officer within 48 hours or released. A person arrested on a warrant must see a judge within 72 hours.
O.C.G.A. 17-4-62
Crime and arrests
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