This is a private reference site, not a Dawson County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, approve release, post bond, schedule visits, answer visitation-account problems, or pull official booking, warrant, court, or jail records. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Official Offices for Dawson County Custody Questions
For current county-jail custody, jail records, open-record requests, and local warrant or detention questions, start with the Dawson County Sheriff's Office and the Dawson County Detention Center.
Dawson County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center
19 Tucker Avenue
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Main: (706) 344-3535
Detention and warrants: (706) 344-3545
Non-emergency: (706) 344-3636
Fax: (706) 344-3537
Anonymous tips: (706) 265-4744
Lobby hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.
DCSO Records Manager
Amanda Martin
agmartin@dawsoncountysheriff.org
(706) 344-3535 ext. 10171
Records/Open Records fax: (706) 344-3550
Mail written requests to: Attention - Amanda Martin, Dawson County Sheriff's Office, 19 Tucker Avenue, Dawsonville, GA 30534. DCSO says Open Records requests should be written and specific, fees may apply, and the office makes every effort to complete requests within three business days excluding holidays.
Clerk of Superior and Juvenile Courts
Justin Power, Clerk
25 Justice Way, Suite 1302
Dawsonville, GA 30534
Phone: 706-344-3510
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Use the route that matches the record or custody system you need.
- For someone held at the Dawson County Detention Center, use jail inmate records and call detention/warrants if the roster does not answer the question.
- For booking-photo guidance, start with jail roster mugshots and then use a written DCSO records request if the public roster is not enough.
- For charges, court dates, filings, and case status after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk's office.
- For facility-specific details, use the Dawson County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Georgia state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender tools, not the county jail roster.
- For a federal sentenced prisoner, use the Bureau of Prisons locator. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. VINELink is also linked by the sheriff for victim notification.