The Lee County Jail is at 119 Pinewood Road Leesburg, GA 31763. Jail staff answer at 229-759-3334. Other calls to the Lee sheriff call 229-759-6052.

Enter the last name in Lee County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Leesburg can take hours to show up as Lee staff finish booking.

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

• What a bondsman in Leesburg charges follows Georgia law, and Leesburg families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Leesburg need the superior court, so a Lee wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Leesburg court may lead to a Lee warrant and the bond is lost.

More detail is on our Lee County bail page.

Contact the Lee sheriff's office at 229-759-6052 to ask whether a Lee warrant is active. A Lee lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Southwestern Circuit public defender covers Lee cases when a Lee judge finds the person cannot pay. A Lee applicant pays a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so call 229-759-3334 before any trip to Leesburg. We explain in-person visits at the Lee jail and screen visits from Leesburg.

Inmates in Leesburg can call out of the Lee jail, but family cannot ring in to Leesburg. See our notes on Lee jail calls, inmate email in Leesburg and Lee tablets.

Money sent to a Lee account buys snacks and soap at the Leesburg commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Lee jail posts. Read about Lee account funding and the Leesburg canteen.

Print the person's full name on the Lee envelope above the Leesburg jail address. Only plain paper goes to Leesburg; glitter or tape on a letter to Leesburg can get it sent back. See the Leesburg section of our mail page.

Lee youth under 17 go to juvenile court. When a Leesburg child needs detention, DJJ uses the Crisp Regional Youth Detention Center for Lee. Families can call the sheriff's office at 229-759-6052 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 229-759-3334 quickly if your person in the Lee County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Leesburg. Tell the Lee desk note the Lee drug name and dose.

A federal case from Lee County is heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Albany Division, at 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, --. In Albany, a federal magistrate judge decides if the Lee 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: When a non-citizen is booked in Leesburg, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 tells the Leesburg jailer to confirm immigration status , and the Leesburg jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Lee jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• Step 4: Georgia's HB 1105 (2024) also added O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which forbid local rules against helping ICE.
• Step 5: Per ICE, Lee County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Leesburg, check the ICE online locator for the Lee detainee, or call the Atlanta field office for Lee cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Lee County state prison sentence, Lee County keeps them in the jail in Leesburg until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Lee prisoner to intake, and the Leesburg inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Leesburg relatives can follow them on GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Leesburg cannot post a Lee mugshot online. For a copy of a Lee mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 229-759-6052.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Leesburg Police Department: 229-759-6464
• Smithville Police Department: 229-846-2203
• Lee County Sheriff's Office: 229-759-6052

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