Resources and Useful Links

Gwinnett County offers an online Open Records Portal to assist individuals seeking out public records. Requests for records from Gwinnett County Departments and Offices may be made through the online portal and will be coordinated through Gwinnett County's Open Records Office.

Our open records officer is available to answer any questions you may have regarding an open records request. For more information on the Georgia Open Records Act, please visit the Office of the Attorney General’s website.

Departments Subject to Open Records

  • Board of Commissioners
  • Child Advocacy and Juvenile Services
  • Communications
  • Community Services
  • County Administrator
  • Corrections
  • District Attorney's Office
  • Financial Services
  • Fire and Emergency Services
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Law
  • Medical Examiner's Office
  • Planning and Development
  • Police
  • Recorder's Court
  • Sheriff's Office
  • Solicitor's Office
  • Support Services
  • Tax Commissioner's Office
  • Transportation
  • Water Resources

To submit an Open Records request, visit Gwinnett County Open Records.

Contact: 770.619.6539 | Fax: 770.619.6771

The Sex Offender Registry allows you to search convicted offenders in Gwinnett County. It enables Gwinnett County citizens to stay informed of who is living and working in your neighborhood. The Sex Offender Registry includes the offender's address and/or deportation status, physical appearance, and criminal history.

Contact: 770.619.6808 | GCSOSexOffenderUnit@GwinnettCounty.com

A Temporary Protective Order (TPO) is a legal document issued by the court to help protect an individual from someone who is abusing or harassing them. Legal requirements for applying for a TPO:

  • 18 years or older
  • Gwinnett County resident; or the incident occurred in Gwinnett County
  • Plaintiff must have an accurate address for the defendant
  • Plaintiff and defendant must have a qualifying family relationship:
    • Past or present spouses
    • Parents of the same children
    • Parents and children
    • Stepparents and stepchildren
    • Foster parent and foster children
    • Other persons living or formerly living in the same household

If the parties do not have a qualifying family relationship, the plaintiff may only seek a TPO under the stalking portion of the Family Violence Act. Under Georgia law, stalking is defined as placing another person under surveillance or contacting them without their consent for the purpose of harassing and intimidating them.

Harassing and intimidating are defined in the law as a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes emotional distress by placing such person in reasonable fear for his or her safety or the safety of a member of his or her immediate family, by establishing a pattern of harassing and intimidating behavior that serves no legitimate purpose.

Family Violence Unit
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
2900 University Parkway
Lawrenceville, GA  30043
770.822.3150
GCSOFamilyViolence@GwinnettCounty.com

This new law requires each Sheriff’s Office in the state to register secondary metal recycling businesses in the county; keep a record of each registration; and enter the registration into a statewide database searchable by all law enforcement agencies. Businesses and individuals may download the Secondary Metals Recycler Registration Form and Checklist or by visiting Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office headquarters. 

Complete and submit the registration form. A $200 non-refundable registration fee must be paid in person to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office.

  • Payment must be made by cash or money order payable to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
  • Business and personal checks are not accepted; Identification needed
  • Citizenship; Qualified alien status
  • If you are a qualified alien, secure and verifiable documentation must be attached to the application

Each registration period is valid until December 31st of the registration year, with the effective date being the date that your application was received and accepted by the Sheriff's Office.

Organizations and individuals may download the Raffle License Application.

Contact the Community Outreach Section for more information:
770.619.6494 | GCSOCommunityOutreach@GwinnettCounty.com.

Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
2900 University Parkway
Lawrenceville, GA 30043

Commendations and Complaints

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The citizen commendation or complaint form can be taken to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, or it can be mailed to the address below:

Professional Standards Section | Internal Affairs Unit
Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office
2900 University Parkway
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043
Phone: 770.822.3128