Terrell County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Type his name into Terrell County Inmate Search. It shows whether he is booked and what bail a judge set. If you see nothing, a very new booking may not be posted.

Then call the Sheriff's Office at 229-995-4488. The county site lists a jail line, 229-995-4027, and the state corrections agency lists the jail at 229-995-4012.

Mail to the Sheriff goes to P.O. Box 463, Dawson, GA 39842.

The Georgia Department of Corrections lists the Terrell County Jail at 3110 Albany Highway, Dawson, GA 39842, the same address it gives for the Terrell County Correctional Institution. Ask the Sheriff's Office which building holds your relative.

Dial the Sheriff's Office at 229-995-4488 for the person's status and for where to take payment. Use the jail line, 229-995-4027, if the first number sends you there.

For a bond that a judge set, the Magistrate Court at 229-995-3757 can say who set it.

No county page posts a bond window, hours, or accepted payment types. Ask before you leave home. Put the question to the Sheriff's Office: does the desk work nights, and does it take a cashier's check?

Write down the answers, because rules differ from one office to the next.

Georgia sets the ceiling in O.C.G.A. 17-6-30(a): 15 percent of the bond's face amount. The smallest a bondsman may charge is $50 per charge, which can exceed 15 percent on a small bond.

So a $4,000 bond costs at most $600. The statute has no refund rule, so ask about it before you sign.

The sheriff of the county where the offense happened has to approve it (O.C.G.A. 17-6-12 and 17-6-1(j)). Phone 229-995-4488 to ask what Terrell County's Sheriff wants.

Bring the deed and a tax value, and expect every owner to sign. Ask the sheriff's office about the equity rule.

No Terrell County bond schedule is posted online. This page gives no dollar figures because made-up numbers could cost you.

The real amount is on the booking record on Terrell County Inmate Search once a judge acts.

A first appearance must happen within 72 hours of arrest under O.C.G.A. 17-4-26. In Terrell, the Magistrate Court is 229-995-3757 and the courthouse offices are in Dawson.

Call if the days pass and no one has seen your relative.

Certain offenses can be bailed only by a superior court judge, and a 2024 law lengthened Georgia's list of bail-restricted charges (O.C.G.A. 17-6-1).

A probation hold, parole hold, or warrant from another county can also stop a release. A lawyer can ask for a bond hearing.

The Clerk of Superior Court's office takes calls at 229-995-2631 and mail at P.O. Box 189, Dawson, GA 39842. Probate Court is 229-995-5515 (P.O. Box 67), and Magistrate Court is 229-995-3757 (P.O. Box 793).

Pick the right office before you call, since each keeps its own records.

The City of Dawson lists municipal court and public safety offices, but no city lockup is listed. Ask the arresting officer where the person was taken and write down the report number.

Check Terrell County Inmate Search again later.

Terrell County is in the Pataula Circuit. Its public defender has a satellite office at 181 Cuthbert Street, Colquitt, GA 39837, and a main office at 575 College Street, Blakely, GA 39823. Both use 229-758-6236.

Ask the judge to appoint the office at the first hearing.

Terrell County has a state youth center of its own, the Terrell Regional Youth Detention Center, 1666 Albany Highway, Dawson, GA 39842, 229-995-8550. The state lists Terrell among the counties it serves.

Children's court papers are sealed, so the adult site will not show a minor. Ask the clerk at 229-995-2631 which court holds the case.

The judge can revoke the bond and sign a warrant. Phone the clerk at 229-995-2631 and a lawyer the same day.

After the case ends, less fines and costs. If nobody claims it, it goes to the county after two years and 90 days (O.C.G.A. 17-6-4).

Georgia also limits cash bonds to three a year per person or group, with a family exception (O.C.G.A. 17-6-15).

Hang up if the caller wants gift cards or a payment app. Call 229-995-4488 and confirm the story with the Sheriff's Office.

No. The Terrell County Prison is a state facility, and the county inmate search does not cover it. The right tool is the Georgia state inmate search. Bail is for people awaiting trial, not for sentenced Terrell inmates.

Not every arrest stays in county court. A federal charge from Terrell County is filed in the Middle District of Georgia and heard in its Albany Division: 201 West Broad Avenue, Albany, GA 31701, phone (229) 430-8432. A federal magistrate judge decides whether the person can go home before trial. The U.S. Marshals hold federal detainees, sometimes in a county jail by contract. For someone already sentenced, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.