The Cherokee County Adult Detention Center is at 498 Chattin Drive Canton, GA 30115. Jail staff answer at 678-493-4200. For other Cherokee sheriff business call 678-493-4200.

Type the last name into Cherokee County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Canton can take hours to show up as Cherokee staff finish booking.

In Cherokee County, a judge must see a Cherokee arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Cherokee judge may set a Cherokee bond in cash, by bondsman or with Canton property.

• The fee a Cherokee bondsman charges has a legal limit, and Canton families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Canton need a superior court judge, so a Cherokee wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Canton court can mean a Cherokee warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Cherokee County bail page.

Call the Cherokee sheriff's office at 678-493-4200 to ask about an active Cherokee warrant. Before turning yourself in to the Cherokee jail, see a lawyer.

The Blue Ridge Circuit public defender handles Cherokee cases once a judge in Canton rules they cannot pay. A Cherokee applicant is charged $50, unless a judge waives it.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 678-493-4200 before any trip to Canton. We explain lobby visits at the Cherokee jail and screen visits from Canton.

Inmates in Canton can call out of the Cherokee jail, and incoming calls to the Canton jail are not allowed. Read about Cherokee jail calls, e-messages in Canton and Cherokee tablets.

Money sent to a Cherokee account pays for food and hygiene items from the Cherokee jail store. Send money only through methods Canton names. Learn about Cherokee money transfers and the Canton commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Cherokee envelope with the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Canton; glitter or tape on a letter to Canton may cause a return. See the Canton section of our mail page.

In Cherokee County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Cherokee youth must be held, DJJ uses the Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center for Cherokee. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 678-493-4200 to find their child.

Phone 678-493-4200 right away if your person in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Canton. Ask the Canton nurse record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Cherokee County go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, at Richard B. Russell Federal Building & US Courthouse, 75 Ted Turner Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30303-3309, 404-215-1600. A magistrate judge in Atlanta decides on release for a Cherokee defendant.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Cherokee jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints go to federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Canton jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Cherokee staff to verify whether they are here lawfully , after which Canton officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Cherokee jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• 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 does not list Cherokee County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: Once ICE takes custody of a Cherokee detainee, search the online ICE locator for the Cherokee detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Canton, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Cherokee case ends in prison, the Cherokee inmate waits in the Cherokee jail until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Canton to intake. After that, Canton prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Cherokee County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Canton cannot post mugshots (booking photos) from Canton on the web. If you need a Cherokee mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 678-493-4200.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Ball Ground Police Department: 678-454-5077
• Canton Police Department: 770-720-4883
• Woodstock Police Department: 770-592-6030
• Cherokee County Sheriff's Office: 678-493-4200

Where Canton has no city police, deputies respond. Dial 911 in an emergency.