The Banks County Jail is at 160 Windmill Farm Road Homer, GA 30547. Jail staff answer at 706-677-2248. Other calls to the Banks sheriff go to 706-677-2248.

Type the last name into Banks County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Homer may not show for a few hours until Homer booking ends.

In Banks County, a person must go before a judge someone held in Homer within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. At that hearing, the judge may set a Banks bond in cash, by bondsman or with Homer property.

• A bondsman's fee in Banks County is set by state law, and it is not paid back in Homer.
• A few grave charges in Homer need a superior court judge, so a Banks wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Homer court brings a Banks warrant and a lost bond.

See our Banks County bail page.

Call the Banks sheriff's office at 706-677-2248 to ask whether a Banks warrant is active. Banks County also posts warrant information online. Before a surrender in Homer, talk to a lawyer.

The Mountain Circuit public defender takes Banks cases once a judge in Homer rules they cannot pay. A Banks applicant owes a $50 fee, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 706-677-2248 before you drive to Homer. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Banks jail and video visits from Homer.

People in the Banks jail can make outgoing calls, and nobody can phone in to the Banks jail. Read about Banks jail calls, e-messages in Homer and Banks tablets.

An inmate account pays for food and hygiene items at the Homer commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Banks jail posts. Learn about Banks money transfers and the Homer canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Banks envelope over the Banks jail's street address. Plain paper works best for Homer; glitter or tape on a letter to Homer gets it bounced. Current Banks rules are on our mail page.

Banks youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Banks judge orders detention, DJJ uses the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center for Banks. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-677-2248 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 706-677-2248 right away if your person in the Banks County Jail has heart trouble or may hurt themselves in Homer. Ask the Homer nurse note the Banks drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Banks cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division, at Sidney O. Smith Federal Building & US Courthouse, 121 Spring Street SE, Room 201, Gainesville, GA 30501-3789, 678-450-2760. The Gainesville magistrate judge decides if the Banks defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Prints taken when a person is booked in Homer are shared with federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Banks jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Banks jail to verify immigration status ; Banks County then reports to ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Banks jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: HB 1105, passed in 2024, also created O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE lists the Banks sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: When ICE has the Banks detainee, use the ICE detainee locator to find the person from Homer, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Homer, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Banks case ends in prison, the person from Homer stays in the Homer jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Banks prisoner to a diagnostic center. A Banks prisoner then moves to a prison the state picks. Homer relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Banks sheriff and city police may not post a Banks mugshot online. For a copy of a Banks mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 706-677-2248.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Alto Police Department: 706-778-8028
• Baldwin Police Department: 706-776-5256
• Banks County Sheriff's Office: 706-677-2248

Sheriff's deputies patrol parts of Banks County without a police force. In an emergency, dial 911.