The Oconee County Jail is at 1110 Experiment Station Road Watkinsville, GA 30677. Call the Oconee jail at 706-769-3930. For other Oconee sheriff business is 706-769-3945.

Put the last name in Oconee County Inmate Search. A late-night arrest in Watkinsville can take hours to show up until Watkinsville booking ends.

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

• A bondsman's fee in Oconee County has a legal limit, and a Oconee family never gets that fee back.
• A few grave charges in Watkinsville need a superior court judge, so a Oconee wait may be longer.
• Missing a court date in Oconee County may lead to a Oconee warrant and the bond is lost.

See our Oconee County bail page.

Phone the Oconee sheriff's office at 706-769-3945 to check on a warrant in Watkinsville. Before turning yourself in to the Oconee jail, see a lawyer.

The Western Circuit public defender takes Oconee cases once a judge in Watkinsville rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Watkinsville owes a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visiting hours can change, so call 706-769-3930 before you drive to Watkinsville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Oconee jail and remote visits from Watkinsville.

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

Money sent to a Oconee account covers snacks and soap from the Oconee jail store. Use only the ways the Oconee jail lists. See our pages on Oconee account funding and the Watkinsville jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Oconee envelope with the Oconee County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Watkinsville; stickers or tape on a Oconee letter gets it bounced. Current Oconee rules are on our mail page.

Oconee youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Oconee youth must be held, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Oconee youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. A parent can phone the sheriff's office at 706-769-3945 to find their child.

Ring 706-769-3930 right away if your person in the Oconee County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Watkinsville. Tell the Oconee desk record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Oconee cases go to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Athens Division, at 115 East Hancock Avenue, Athens, GA 30601, --. The Athens magistrate judge decides if the Oconee defendant can go home.

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: If the Oconee jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires Oconee staff to look up immigration status , and the Watkinsville jailer informs ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Oconee jail to keep them up to 48 hours past normal release.
• 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, Oconee County has a 287(g) agreement.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Watkinsville, try the ICE detainee locator for a Oconee case, or phone the Atlanta field office, which covers Watkinsville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Oconee County state prison sentence, the Oconee prisoner remains in the jail in Watkinsville until state officers take them. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Oconee prisoner to intake. After that, Watkinsville prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Oconee County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Watkinsville are barred from posting a Oconee mugshot online. For a copy of a Oconee mugshot, contact the sheriff's office at 706-769-3945.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Watkinsville Police Department: 706-769-7891
• Oconee County Sheriff's Office: 706-769-3945

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