This website is a private reference source, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official Elbert County, Georgia, or federal contacts below for those actions.
Official Offices for Custody and Records
For current Elbert County jail matters, start with the jail or the sheriff's office. For written law-enforcement record requests, the sheriff publishes a separate open-records contact.
- Elbert County Jail / Elbert County Detention: 26 West Church Street, Elberton, GA 30635; phone (706) 283-2040.
- Elbert County Sheriff's Office: 47 Forest Avenue, Elberton, GA 30635; Sheriff Jamie Callaway; office phone (706) 283-2420.
- Open Records, Elbert County Sheriff's Office: phone (706) 283-2421; fax (706) 283-2039; email orr@elbertcosheriff.com; hours Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.
- Elbert County Clerk of Court: 12 South Oliver Street, P.O. Box 619, Elberton, GA 30635; phone 706-283-2005.
- Elbert County Magistrate Court: 45 Forest Avenue, Elberton, GA 30635; phone 706-283-2016.
Use the page that matches the record type or custody system:
- For someone held at the county jail, begin with jail inmate records or call Elbert County Jail at (706) 283-2040.
- For booking-photo and roster-photo context, use jail roster mugshots and remember that Georgia booking-photo rules include O.C.G.A. 35-1-19.
- For charges and court filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact the Clerk of Court or Magistrate Court when appropriate.
- For facility details, use the Elbert County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Georgia state prisoner, search the Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Elbert County does not have a BOP or ICE detention facility listed in the research reviewed.