The Elbert County Detention Center is at 26 West Church Street Elberton, GA 30635. Jail staff answer at 706-283-2040. Other calls to the Elbert sheriff call 706-283-2421.

Elbert has no public jail roster for the Elberton jail. Ring the jail at 706-283-2040 and give the person's full name and Elbert booking date, and the Elbert desk can confirm whether they are in Elbert custody.

When an Elbert case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows where they are held.

In Elbert County, a judge must see an Elbert arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Elbert judge can allow an Elbert bond in cash, by bondsman or with Elberton property.

• What a bondsman in Elberton charges is set by state law, and Elberton families do not get it back.
• Certain serious Elbert charges need the superior court, so an Elbert wait may be longer.
• Skipping an Elbert court date can mean an Elbert warrant and the bond is lost.

See our Elbert County bail page.

Phone the Elbert sheriff's office at 706-283-2421 to ask about an active Elbert warrant. An Elbert lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Northern Circuit public defender covers Elbert cases if an Elbert judge decides the person cannot pay. An Elbert applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 706-283-2040 before you drive to Elberton. We explain lobby visits at the Elbert jail and video visits from Elberton.

Inmates in Elberton can call out of the Elbert jail, and incoming calls to the Elberton jail are not allowed. We cover Elbert jail calls, e-messages in Elberton and Elbert tablets.

Money sent to an Elbert account covers snacks and soap at the Elberton commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Elbert jail posts. Learn about Elbert account funding and the Elberton jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Elbert envelope above the Elberton jail address. Only plain paper goes to Elberton; stickers or tape on an Elbert letter may cause a return. Check the Elbert notes on our mail page.

Children under 17 in Elberton go to juvenile court. When an Elberton child needs detention, DJJ uses the Wilkes Regional Youth Detention Center for Elbert. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-283-2421 to ask where the child is.

Call 706-283-2040 quickly if your person in the Elbert County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Elberton. Tell the Elbert desk record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from Elbert County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, at 115 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601, --. A magistrate judge in Athens decides on release for an Elbert defendant.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Elbert jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Elberton, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells Elbert staff to verify immigration status, and the Elberton jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• 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: 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: Per ICE, Elbert County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: Once ICE takes custody of an Elbert detainee, use the online ICE locator for an Elbert case, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Elberton, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After an Elbert County state prison sentence, the person from Elberton stays in the Elbert County Detention Center until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Elbert inmate for processing. After that, Elberton prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Elbert families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Elberton are barred from posting an Elbert mugshot online. If you need an Elbert mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-283-2421.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Elberton Police Department: 706-213-3131
• Elbert County Sheriff's Office: 706-283-2421

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