Find Floyd County Bench Warrants

Bench warrants in Floyd County are issued by judges in the Rome area when someone does not show up for court or breaks bond conditions. Floyd County has a population near 98,000 and sits in northwest Georgia. Sheriff Dave Roberson runs the sheriff's office on Kingston Highway in Rome. The sheriff's office tracks and serves all bench warrants that come from Floyd County courts. No public online search exists for active bench warrants in Floyd County. You can call the sheriff's office at 706-291-4111 or go in person to check on a bench warrant. Rome is the county seat and the location where most bench warrant business gets handled.

Floyd County Sheriff's Office

Sheriff Dave Roberson leads the Floyd County Sheriff's Office at 1800 Kingston Highway in Rome. The office handles all bench warrants from Floyd County courts. When a judge issues a bench warrant, the sheriff's team processes it. They log the warrant, run a background check on the named person, and enter the data into the Georgia Crime Information Center database. The warrant also goes into the national NCIC system. This makes it visible to any law enforcement officer in the country. A Floyd County bench warrant stays active until the person is picked up or the court recalls it. There is no set time limit.

The Floyd County Sheriff's Office website has information about the department, its divisions, and how to get in touch.

This is the starting point for anyone who needs to contact the Floyd County Sheriff about a bench warrant or other law enforcement matter in Rome.

Searching for Bench Warrants in Floyd County

Floyd County does not have a public online bench warrant search. There is no website where you can look up active warrants by name. To check for a bench warrant in Floyd County, you need to reach out to the sheriff's office. Call 706-291-4111 and ask about the warrant division. Give them the full legal name and date of birth of the person. Staff may share info over the phone, or they may tell you to come in.

If you go in person to the sheriff's office at 1800 Kingston Highway in Rome, bring a photo ID. There is a real risk with this approach. If there is an active bench warrant in your name, officers can arrest you on the spot. The Georgia.gov warrant search guide warns about this, and it applies in Floyd County just like the rest of the state. Hiring a lawyer to check is the safer option. A lawyer can call the court and the sheriff without putting you at risk of arrest. They can also work on getting the bench warrant lifted if you have a good reason for missing your court date.

The Floyd County Clerk of Superior Court also keeps case records, including bench warrant files. You can contact the clerk's office for details about a specific case number or to learn the general process for records requests in Floyd County.

Note: Floyd County is part of the Rome Judicial Circuit, which also covers some other courts in the area, so make sure your case was filed in Floyd County before calling.

Floyd County Bench Warrant Penalties

Missing a court date in Floyd County leads to extra criminal charges. Under O.C.G.A. 16-10-51, failure to appear counts as bail jumping. For misdemeanor cases, that means up to 12 months in jail and a $1,000 fine added to the original charge. For felonies, the penalty jumps to one to five years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines. If a person leaves Georgia to avoid a misdemeanor court date in Floyd County, the charge can get upgraded to a felony. Bench warrants never expire in Georgia. A warrant from years ago is still active and can lead to an arrest during any interaction with law enforcement.

Traffic cases in Floyd County follow separate rules. O.C.G.A. 40-13-63 treats failure to appear on a traffic citation as its own offense, with fines up to $200 and up to three days in jail. The court reports the missed date to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, which suspends the person's license under O.C.G.A. 40-5-56. Reinstating the license costs $100 at a DDS office. Under O.C.G.A. 17-6-11, the clerk must send a notice letter and wait 30 days before some traffic bench warrants take full effect.

Floyd County Public Records

Under Georgia's Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. 50-18-70, bench warrant records are accessible to the public. Warrants that have been served are fully open. Unserved warrants may be held back to avoid tipping off the person named. You can file a records request with the Floyd County Clerk of Court or with the sheriff's office in Rome. Include the person's name, case number, and the type of record you want. The law requires a response within three business days.

The Georgia Sheriffs' Association directory and the Georgia Courts sheriff directory both list the Floyd County Sheriff's contact information. These directories are helpful if you need to verify the right phone number or address before reaching out about a bench warrant.

Floyd County Warrant Resources

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation stores Floyd County bench warrant data in the statewide GCIC system. Law enforcement uses GCIC to check for warrants during stops and arrests. The public cannot search it. The GBI tip line at 1-800-597-8477 accepts tips about fugitives with active warrants in Floyd County or anywhere in Georgia.

Cities in Floyd County

Rome is the county seat and largest city in Floyd County. All bench warrants from Floyd County courts go through the sheriff's office in Rome.

Nearby Counties

If your bench warrant was issued in a county that borders Floyd, you need to contact that county's sheriff. These counties are next to Floyd County in northwest Georgia.