The Habersham County Detention Center is at 1000 Detention Drive Clarkesville, GA 30523. The Clarkesville jail desk picks up at 706-839-0500. Other calls to the Habersham sheriff is 706-839-0500.

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

Habersham County also posts recent arrests.

Under Georgia law, in Clarkesville, a judge must see a Habersham arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Habersham judge can allow a Habersham bond in cash, by bondsman or with Clarkesville property.

• A bondsman's fee in Habersham County follows Georgia law, and Clarkesville families do not get it back.
• Certain serious Habersham charges need the superior court, so a Habersham wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Habersham court date brings a Habersham warrant and a lost bond.

See our Habersham County bail page.

Contact the Habersham sheriff's office at 706-839-0500 to ask about an active Habersham warrant. Before a surrender in Clarkesville, talk to a lawyer.

The Mountain Circuit public defender covers Habersham cases once a judge in Clarkesville rules they cannot pay. A Habersham applicant is charged $50, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-839-0500 the day before you go to Clarkesville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Habersham jail and video visits from Clarkesville.

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

Money sent to a Habersham account covers snacks and soap at the Clarkesville commissary. Send money only through methods Clarkesville names. See our pages on Habersham deposits and the Clarkesville jail store.

Put the person's full name on the Habersham envelope above the Clarkesville jail address. Plain paper works best for Clarkesville; stickers or tape on a Habersham letter may cause a return. Current Habersham rules are on our mail page.

Habersham youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Habersham youth must be held, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Habersham youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-839-0500 to find their child.

Ring 706-839-0500 right away if your person in the Habersham County Detention Center has seizures or may hurt themselves in Clarkesville. Ask the Clarkesville nurse note the Habersham drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Habersham 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. The Gainesville magistrate judge decides if the Habersham defendant can go home.

Federal detainees stay with the U.S. Marshals, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: When a non-citizen is booked in Clarkesville, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Habersham jail to verify immigration status , after which Clarkesville officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Habersham jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• 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 does not list Habersham County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Clarkesville, use the ICE detainee locator for the Habersham detainee, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Clarkesville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

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

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Habersham sheriff and city police cannot post a Habersham mugshot online. For a copy of a Habersham mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-839-0500.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Clarkesville Police Department: 706-754-5390
• Cornelia Police Department: 706-778-4314
• Demorest Police Department: 706-754-7562
• Mount Airy Police Department: 706-894-2986
• Habersham County Sheriff's Office: 706-839-0500

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