The Towns County Jail is at 4070 State Highway 339 Young Harris, GA 30582. The Hiawassee jail desk picks up at 706-896-5474. The Towns sheriff's main line call 706-896-4444.

Towns has no a public inmate list in Towns County. Ring the jail at 706-896-5474 and give the person's full name and Towns booking date, and the Towns desk can confirm whether they are in Towns custody.

When a Towns case ends in prison time, Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender shows where they are held.

In Towns County, a judge must see a Towns arrestee within 48 hours if there was no warrant, or 72 hours if there was one. The Towns judge may set a Towns bond in cash, by bondsman or with Hiawassee property.

• What a bondsman in Hiawassee charges has a legal limit, and a Towns family never gets that fee back.
• Some serious charges in Towns County need the superior court, so a Towns wait may be longer.
• Not showing up in Hiawassee court may lead to a Towns warrant and a lost bond.

See our Towns County bail page.

Phone the Towns sheriff's office at 706-896-4444 to ask about an active Towns warrant. Before turning yourself in to the Towns jail, see a lawyer.

The Enotah Circuit public defender takes Towns cases once a judge in Hiawassee rules they cannot pay. A Towns applicant pays a $50 fee, though a judge may waive it.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-896-5474 before any trip to Hiawassee. We explain lobby visits at the Towns jail and remote visits from Hiawassee.

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

Money sent to a Towns account buys snacks and soap at the Hiawassee commissary. Use only the ways the Towns jail lists. Read about Towns deposits and the Hiawassee commissary.

Write the person's full name on the Towns envelope with the Towns County Jail address. Only plain paper goes to Hiawassee; tape on mail to the Towns jail can get it sent back. Current Towns rules are on our mail page.

In Towns County, anyone under 17 is handled in juvenile court. If a Towns judge orders detention, Towns youth go to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. Families can call the sheriff's office at 706-896-4444 to find their child.

Ring 706-896-5474 right away if your person in the Towns County Jail has seizures or may hurt themselves in Hiawassee. Ask the Hiawassee nurse record the drug and the dose.

A federal case from Towns County is heard in 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 Towns defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, sometimes in a county jail. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: If the Towns jail books a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Towns jail to verify their status , and the Hiawassee jailer informs ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE seeks custody, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Towns jail to keep them as long as 48 hours after release would happen.
• Step 4: The 2024 law HB 1105 also wrote O.C.G.A. 42-1-11.5 and 36-80-23, which ban sanctuary policies in Georgia.
• Step 5: ICE does not list Towns County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Hiawassee, search the ICE online locator for the Towns detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Hiawassee, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

Once a Towns judge gives a prison sentence, Towns County keeps them in the Towns County Jail until the Georgia Department of Corrections picks them up. The Georgia Department of Corrections sends the Towns prisoner to intake, and the Hiawassee inmate later goes to an assigned prison. Towns County families can track them with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, police in Hiawassee may not post a Towns mugshot online. If you need a Towns mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-896-4444.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Hiawassee Police Department: 706-896-2888
• Towns County Sheriff's Office: 706-896-4444

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