The Stephens County Detention Center is at 1677 Scenic Drive Toccoa, GA 30577. Jail staff answer at 706-886-2514. The Stephens sheriff's main line call 706-886-2525.

Stephens has no web jail roster for Stephens. Call the jail at 706-886-2514 with the person's full name and Stephens booking date, and the Stephens desk can confirm whether they are in Stephens custody.

When a Stephens case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows their prison.

By state law, in Stephens County, a judge must see a Stephens arrestee within 48 hours without a warrant and 72 hours with one. The Stephens judge can order a Stephens bond in cash, by bondsman or with Toccoa property.

• The fee a Stephens bondsman charges has a legal limit, and Toccoa families do not get it back.
• A few grave charges in Toccoa need a superior court judge, so a Stephens wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Stephens court date brings a Stephens warrant and a lost bond.

See our Stephens County bail page.

Phone the Stephens sheriff's office at 706-886-2525 to ask whether a Stephens warrant is active. Before a surrender in Toccoa, talk to a lawyer.

The Mountain Circuit public defender takes Stephens cases once a judge in Toccoa rules they cannot pay. Someone applying in Toccoa is charged $50, unless a judge waives it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-886-2514 before you drive to Toccoa. We explain lobby visits at the Stephens jail and remote visits from Toccoa.

Inmates in Toccoa can call out of the Stephens jail, and incoming calls to the Toccoa jail are not allowed. Read about Stephens jail calls, e-messages in Toccoa and Stephens tablets.

Money sent to a Stephens account covers snacks and soap from the Stephens jail store. Use only the ways the Stephens jail lists. Read about Stephens deposits and the Toccoa jail store.

Write the person's full name on the Stephens envelope with the Stephens County Detention Center address. Only plain paper goes to Toccoa; glitter or tape on a letter to Toccoa may cause a return. See the Toccoa section of our mail page.

In Stephens County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. When a Toccoa child needs detention, the Department of Juvenile Justice sends Stephens youth to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-886-2525 to ask where the child is.

Ring 706-886-2514 right away if your person in the Stephens County Detention Center has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Toccoa. Tell the Stephens desk write down the medicine and dose.

Federal charges from Stephens 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 Stephens defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Stephens jail or another county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Toccoa jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 directs the Stephens jail to verify immigration status, after which Toccoa officers tell ICE if they lack status.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Stephens 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 ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: Ask the Stephens sheriff's office whether it has a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Toccoa, search the online ICE locator for a Stephens case, or phone the ICE Atlanta field office about Toccoa, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

After a Stephens County state prison sentence, Toccoa holds the person in the jail in Toccoa until state officers take them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Toccoa for processing. After that, Toccoa prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Stephens County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Stephens sheriff may not post a Stephens mugshot online. If you need a Stephens mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-886-2525.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Toccoa Police Department: 706-282-3244
• Stephens County Sheriff's Office: 706-886-2525

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