The Lumpkin County Detention Center is at 385 E. Main Street Dahlonega, GA 30533. Jail staff answer at 706-864-0412. Other calls to the Lumpkin sheriff is 706-864-0414.

Type the last name into Lumpkin County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Dahlonega can take hours to show up until Dahlonega booking ends.

In Lumpkin County, a judge must see a Lumpkin arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Lumpkin judge can allow a Lumpkin bond in cash, by bondsman or with Dahlonega property.

• What a bondsman in Dahlonega charges follows Georgia law, and Dahlonega families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Lumpkin County need the superior court, so a Lumpkin wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Dahlonega court can mean a Lumpkin warrant and a lost bond.

See our Lumpkin County bail page.

Contact the Lumpkin sheriff's office at 706-864-0414 to check on a warrant in Dahlonega. A Lumpkin lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Enotah Circuit public defender covers Lumpkin cases if a Lumpkin judge decides they cannot pay. A Lumpkin applicant owes a $50 fee, which a judge can waive.

Visiting hours can change, so phone 706-864-0412 the day before you go to Dahlonega. We explain in-person visits at the Lumpkin jail and screen visits from Dahlonega.

Inmates in Dahlonega can call out of the Lumpkin jail, and incoming calls to the Dahlonega jail are not allowed. Read about Lumpkin jail calls, inmate email in Dahlonega and Lumpkin tablets.

Money sent to a Lumpkin account buys snacks and soap at the Dahlonega commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Lumpkin jail posts. Learn about Lumpkin money transfers and the Dahlonega commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Lumpkin envelope with the Lumpkin County Detention Center address. Plain paper works best for Dahlonega; glitter or tape on a letter to Dahlonega may cause a return. See the Dahlonega section of our mail page.

Lumpkin youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Lumpkin youth must be held, Lumpkin youth go to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-864-0414 to learn where their child was taken.

Call 706-864-0412 quickly if your person in the Lumpkin County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Dahlonega. Ask the Dahlonega nurse note the Lumpkin drug name and dose.

Federal charges from Lumpkin 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 rules on release in a Lumpkin case.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Dahlonega jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs Dahlonega jail officers to look up immigration status , after which Dahlonega officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, 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: ICE lists the Lumpkin sheriff in its 287(g) program.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Dahlonega, try the ICE detainee locator for a Lumpkin case, or phone the Atlanta field office for Lumpkin cases, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Lumpkin judge gives a prison sentence, Lumpkin County keeps them in the Lumpkin jail until GDC transports them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Lumpkin prisoner to a reception center. After that, Dahlonega prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Lumpkin County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Lumpkin sheriff are barred from posting a Lumpkin mugshot online. If you need a Lumpkin mugshot, call the sheriff's office at 706-864-0414.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Dahlonega Police Department: 706-429-7449
• Lumpkin County Sheriff's Office: 706-864-0414

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