The Fayette County Jail is at 145 Johnson Avenue Fayetteville, GA 30214. The Fayetteville jail desk picks up at 770-716-4720. For other Fayette sheriff business is 770-461-6353.

Put the last name in Fayette County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Fayetteville can take hours to show up as Fayette staff finish booking.

In Fayette County, a judge has to see a Fayette arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Fayette judge can order a Fayette bond in cash, by bondsman or with Fayetteville property.

• A bondsman's fee in Fayette County follows Georgia law, and a Fayette family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Fayetteville need a superior court judge, so a Fayette wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Fayette County can mean a Fayette warrant and a lost bond.

See our Fayette County bail page.

Phone the Fayette sheriff's office at 770-461-6353 to check on a warrant in Fayetteville. Before turning yourself in to the Fayette jail, see a lawyer.

The Griffin Circuit public defender takes Fayette cases if a Fayette judge decides the person cannot pay. A Fayette applicant owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so call 770-716-4720 before any trip to Fayetteville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Fayette jail and remote visits from Fayetteville.

Inmates in Fayetteville can call out of the Fayette jail, but family cannot ring in to Fayetteville. See our notes on Fayette jail calls, e-messages in Fayetteville and Fayette tablets.

Money sent to a Fayette account covers snacks and soap from the Fayette jail store. Send money only through methods Fayetteville names. See our pages on Fayette account funding and the Fayetteville canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Fayette envelope with the Fayette County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Fayetteville; tape on mail to the Fayette jail may cause a return. See the Fayetteville section of our mail page.

In Fayette County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Fayette judge orders detention, DJJ uses the Martha K. Glaze Regional Youth Detention Center for Fayette. Families can call the sheriff's office at 770-461-6353 to learn where their child was taken.

Call 770-716-4720 right away if your person in the Fayette County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Fayetteville. Tell the Fayette desk record the drug and the dose.

Federal charges from Fayette County go to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Newnan Division, at Lewis R. Morgan Federal Building & US Courthouse, 18 Greenville Street, Newnan, GA 30263-2789, 678-423-3060. A magistrate judge in Newnan decides if the Fayette defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, at times in the Fayette 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 Fayetteville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Fayette jail to look up their status , after which Fayetteville officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: When ICE is interested, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Fayette jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• 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: The Fayette sheriff takes part in 287(g), per ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Fayetteville, check the online ICE locator for a Fayette case, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Fayetteville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Fayette case ends in prison, the Fayette inmate waits in the jail in Fayetteville until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Fayetteville for processing. After that, Fayetteville prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Fayetteville relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Fayetteville cannot post a Fayette mugshot online. For a copy of a Fayette mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 770-461-6353.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Fayetteville Police Department: 770-719-4201
• Peachtree City Police Department: 770-487-8866
• Tyrone Police Department: 770-487-4732
• Fayette County Sheriff's Office: 770-461-6353

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