The Fannin County Adult Detention Center is at 645 West First Street Blue Ridge, GA 30513. You can reach the Fannin jail at 706-632-2045. The Fannin sheriff's main line call 706-632-2044.

Fannin County does not run a public inmate list for the Blue Ridge jail. Ring the jail at 706-632-2045 and give the person's full name and Fannin booking date, and the Fannin desk can confirm whether they are in Fannin custody.

After a state prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows which prison holds them.

Fannin County also posts recent arrests.

By state law, in Fannin County, a judge has to see a Fannin arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Fannin judge can order a Fannin bond in cash, by bondsman or with Blue Ridge property.

• What a bondsman in Blue Ridge charges has a legal limit, and a Fannin family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Blue Ridge need a superior court judge, so a Fannin wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Fannin County can mean a bench warrant and forfeited bond money.

See our Fannin County bail page.

Call the Fannin sheriff's office at 706-632-2044 to check on a warrant in Blue Ridge. Before turning yourself in to the Fannin jail, see a lawyer.

The Appalachian Circuit public defender takes Fannin cases if a Fannin judge decides they cannot pay. A Fannin applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 706-632-2045 before any trip to Blue Ridge. We explain in-person visits at the Fannin jail and screen visits from Blue Ridge.

Inmates in Blue Ridge can call out of the Fannin jail, and incoming calls to the Blue Ridge jail are not allowed. We cover Fannin jail calls, messages in Blue Ridge and Fannin tablets.

Money sent to a Fannin account covers snacks and soap at the Blue Ridge commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Fannin jail posts. Read about Fannin money transfers and the Blue Ridge canteen.

Write the person's full name on the Fannin envelope with the Fannin County Adult Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Blue Ridge; tape on mail to the Fannin jail may cause a return. Current Fannin rules are on our mail page.

Fannin youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Fannin judge orders detention, DJJ uses the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center for Fannin. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-632-2044 to find their child.

Call 706-632-2045 right away if your person in the Fannin County Adult Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Blue Ridge. Tell the Fannin desk record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Fannin 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. A magistrate judge in Gainesville decides if the Fannin 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 databases ICE can search.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Blue Ridge, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Blue Ridge jail officers to look up immigration status , and the Blue Ridge jailer informs 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: ICE lists the Fannin sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Blue Ridge, use the online ICE locator for a Fannin case, or phone the Atlanta field office for Fannin cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Fannin judge gives a prison sentence, Fannin County keeps them in the Blue Ridge jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections then takes the Fannin inmate to a reception center. After that, Blue Ridge prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Fannin County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Blue Ridge cannot post a Fannin mugshot online. If you need a Fannin mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-632-2044.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Blue Ridge Police Department: 706-632-3451
• McCaysville Police Department: 706-492-4636
• Fannin County Sheriff's Office: 706-632-2044

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