This is a private reference site, not a Terrell County or Georgia government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking, jail, court, or criminal-history record for you.
Official Places To Check
Use the office or locator that matches the type of record you need. Terrell County did not have a public online jail roster or mugshot gallery located in the research, so direct contact with the appropriate agency may be necessary.
Terrell County Sheriff's Office And Jail
Terrell County Sheriff's Office and jail complex
3108 Albany Highway
Dawson, GA 39842
Mailing address: PO Box 463, Dawson, GA 39842
Jail direct: 229-995-4027
Sheriff main: 229-995-4488
Fax: 229-995-4301
Email: sheriff@terrellsheriff.org
Administrative hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except weekends and holidays. The jail operates 24 hours. Sheriff Vernon Jessie, Chief Kendranna Walker, Captain Michael Oxford, and Administrative Assistant Sabrina Hadley are listed in the sheriff's office research materials.
Incident and crash reports are handled through the sheriff's office during business hours. The Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 et seq., applies, and research or reproduction charges may apply. Personal criminal-history requests must be made in person with the required form, $15 cash, and government photo ID.
Terrell County Courts
Superior Court Clerk criminal records
499 Rountree Drive SW, Dawson, GA 39842
Mailing address: PO Box 189, Dawson, GA 39842
Phone: 229-995-2631
Email: janice.bryant@gsccca.org
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Magistrate Court
499 Rountree Drive SW, Dawson, GA 39842
Mailing address: PO Box 793, Dawson, GA 39842
Phone: 229-995-3757
Email: Terrellmagistratevf@windstream.net
The research notes no e-filing for the Magistrate Court.
- For someone believed to be in local custody, start with jail inmate records and the Terrell County Jail direct number.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff's open-records process because no online mugshot gallery was located.
- For charges and filings after an arrest, review court records after a jail arrest and contact the Superior Court Clerk or Magistrate Court.
- For a specific local facility, use the facility pages in the footer for Terrell County Jail and Terrell County Correctional Institution.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, search the Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator.
- For custody notification, check VINELink Georgia.
- For a federal inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.
- For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.