The Dawson County Detention Center is at 19 Tucker Avenue Dawsonville, GA 30534. Jail staff answer at 706-344-3545. Other calls to the Dawson sheriff is 706-344-3535.

Put the last name into Dawson County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Dawsonville can take hours to show up while Dawson booking is done.

Under Georgia law, in Dawsonville, a judge has to see a Dawson arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Dawson judge may set a Dawson bond in cash, by bondsman or with Dawsonville property.

• What a bondsman in Dawsonville charges follows Georgia law, and a Dawson family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Dawson County need the superior court, so a Dawson wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Dawson court date may lead to a Dawson warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Dawson County bail page.

Call the Dawson sheriff's office at 706-344-3535 to check on a warrant in Dawsonville. Before turning yourself in to the Dawson jail, see a lawyer.

The Northeastern Circuit public defender handles Dawson cases once a judge in Dawsonville rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Dawsonville owes a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so call 706-344-3545 the day before you go to Dawsonville. We explain in-person visits at the Dawson jail and video visits from Dawsonville.

Inmates in Dawsonville can call out of the Dawson jail, and incoming calls to the Dawsonville jail are not allowed. We cover Dawson jail calls, inmate email in Dawsonville and Dawson tablets.

Money sent to a Dawson account covers snacks and soap through the Dawson commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Dawson jail posts. See our pages on Dawson account funding and the Dawsonville jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Dawson envelope with the Dawson County Detention Center address. Use plain paper for the Dawson jail; tape on mail to the Dawson jail may cause a return. Check the Dawson notes on our mail page.

In Dawson County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Dawson youth must be held, DJJ uses the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center for Dawson. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-344-3535 to ask where the child is.

Call 706-344-3545 quickly if your person in the Dawson County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Dawsonville. Have Dawson jail staff note the Dawson drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Dawson County 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. In Gainesville, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Dawson defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Dawson jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Dawson jail to check legal status , after which Dawsonville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, a request to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Per ICE, Dawson County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Dawsonville, try the online ICE locator for a Dawson case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Dawsonville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Dawson case ends in prison, Dawsonville holds the person in the Dawson County Detention Center until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Dawsonville for processing, and the Dawsonville inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Dawson County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Dawson sheriff and city police cannot post a Dawson mugshot online. For a copy of a Dawson mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-344-3535.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Dawson County Sheriff's Office: 706-344-3535

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