The Union County Jail is at 378 Beasley Street Blairsville, GA 30512. Jail staff answer at 706-439-6080. Other calls to the Union sheriff go to 706-439-6066.

Union has no a public roster in Union County. Phone the jail at 706-439-6080 and give the person's full name and Union booking date, and the Union desk can confirm whether they are in Union custody.

When a Union case ends in prison time, the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender search shows which prison holds them.

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

• What a bondsman in Blairsville charges is set by state law, and Blairsville families do not get it back.
• Some serious charges in Union County need the superior court, so a Union wait may be longer.
• Skipping a Union court date can mean a Union warrant and the bond is lost.

See our Union County bail page.

Contact the Union sheriff's office at 706-439-6066 to ask whether a Union warrant is active. A Union lawyer can help plan a surrender.

The Enotah Circuit public defender covers Union cases once a judge in Blairsville rules the person cannot pay. A Union applicant is charged $50, which a judge can waive.

Visit rules and times change, so phone 706-439-6080 before any trip to Blairsville. Our guides cover lobby visits at the Union jail and remote visits from Blairsville.

Inmates in Blairsville can call out of the Union jail, but family cannot ring in to Blairsville. We cover Union jail calls, e-messages in Blairsville and Union tablets.

Money sent to a Union account covers snacks and soap through the Union commissary. Stick to the deposit options the Union jail posts. Learn about Union money transfers and the Blairsville canteen.

Put the person's full name on the Union envelope above the Blairsville jail address. Only plain paper goes to Blairsville; tape on mail to the Union jail may cause a return. Current Union rules are on our mail page.

Union youth under 17 go to juvenile court. If a Union judge orders detention, DJJ uses the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center for Union. Parents can call the sheriff's office at 706-439-6066 to learn where their child was taken.

Ring 706-439-6080 right away if your person in the Union County Jail has diabetes or may hurt themselves in Blairsville. Tell the Union desk record the drug and the dose.

If the charge is federal, Union cases 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 Union defendant can go home.

Before trial, the U.S. Marshals keep custody, at times in the Union jail or another county jail. Once sentenced, check the BOP inmate locator.

• Step 1: Booking fingerprints reach federal systems ICE checks.
• Step 2: Each time Blairsville jails a non-citizen, O.C.G.A. 42-4-14 requires the Union jail to confirm legal status , after which Blairsville officers tell ICE if status is missing.
• Step 3: If ICE wants the person, it sends Form I-247A, which asks the Union jail to keep them for up to 48 extra hours.
• 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 does not list Union County in 287(g); ask the sheriff to confirm.
• Step 6: After ICE picks up the person from Blairsville, search the ICE online locator for the Union detainee, or call the Atlanta field office, which covers Blairsville, 180 Ted Turner Dr SW, Suite 522, Atlanta, GA 30303, 404-893-1290.

When a Union case ends in prison, the Union prisoner remains in the Union County Jail until GDC transports them. Next, the Georgia Department of Corrections moves the person from Blairsville to a diagnostic center. After that, Blairsville prisoners go wherever the state assigns them. Union families can look them up with GDC Find an Offender.

No. Under O.C.G.A. 35-1-19, the Union sheriff may not post a Union mugshot online. For a copy of a Union mugshot, phone the sheriff's office at 706-439-6066.

State prisoners have photos on GDC Find an Offender.

• Blairsville Police Department: 706-835-1692
• Union County Sheriff's Office: 706-439-6066

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