The Chattooga County Jail is at 35 West Washington Street Rome, GA 30747. Jail staff answer at 706-857-0721. For other Chattooga sheriff business is 706-857-3411.

Chattooga County does not run a web inmate list for Chattooga. Phone the jail at 706-857-0721 with the person's full name and Chattooga booking date, and the Chattooga desk can confirm whether they are in Chattooga custody.

After a state prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows where they are held.

Chattooga County also posts recent arrests.

In Chattooga County, a judge has to see a Chattooga arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Chattooga judge may set a Chattooga bond in cash, by bondsman or with Trion property.

• What a bondsman in Trion charges follows Georgia law, and Trion families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Trion need the superior court, so a Chattooga wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Chattooga County can mean a new warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Chattooga County bail page.

Call the Chattooga sheriff's office at 706-857-3411 to check on a warrant in Trion. Before turning yourself in to the Chattooga jail, see a lawyer.

The Lookout Mountain Circuit public defender takes Chattooga cases when a Chattooga judge finds the person cannot pay. Someone applying in Trion owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-857-0721 before any trip to Trion. We explain lobby visits at the Chattooga jail and screen visits from Trion.

Inmates in Trion can call out of the Chattooga jail, but family cannot ring in to Trion. Read about Chattooga jail calls, e-messages in Trion and Chattooga tablets.

Money sent to a Chattooga account covers snacks and soap through the Chattooga commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Chattooga jail posts. See our pages on Chattooga deposits and the Trion jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Chattooga envelope above the Trion jail address. Plain paper works best for Trion; stickers or tape on a Chattooga letter gets it bounced. Current Chattooga rules are on our mail page.

Children under 17 in Trion go to juvenile court. If a Chattooga judge orders detention, DJJ uses the Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center for Chattooga. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-857-3411 to ask where the child is.

Ring 706-857-0721 right away if your person in the Chattooga County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Trion. Have Chattooga jail staff note the Chattooga drug name and dose.

If the charge is federal, Chattooga cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Rome Division, at Harold L. Murphy Federal Building & US Courthouse, 600 East First Street, Rome, GA 30161-3149, 706-378-4060. A magistrate judge in Rome decides if the Chattooga defendant can go home.

The U.S. Marshals hold people before trial, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Trion jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Trion jail officers to confirm legal status , after which Trion officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Chattooga jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: ICE does not list Chattooga County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: Once ICE takes custody of a Chattooga detainee, use the ICE online locator for the Chattooga detainee, or call the ICE Atlanta field office about Trion, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Chattooga County state prison sentence, the Chattooga prisoner remains in the Chattooga jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Chattooga prisoner to intake. After that, Trion prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Trion relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Chattooga sheriff and city police cannot post a Chattooga mugshot online. If you need a Chattooga mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-857-3411.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Summerville Police Department: 706-859-0912
• Trion Police Department: 706-734-3665
• Chattooga County Sheriff's Office: 706-857-3411

Sheriff's deputies patrol parts of Chattooga County without a police force. Dial 911 in an emergency.