This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot verify whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a jail visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official Fayette County and Georgia contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Check for Jail and Court Information
For current Fayette County jail questions, start with the sheriff and jail contacts. Court filings after an arrest are handled separately by the Clerk of Superior, State and Magistrate Courts.
Fayette County Jail
145 Johnson Avenue
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Jail phone: 770-716-4720
Jail contact: 770-716-4734
Jail Division contact: Major Hancock, 770-716-4734
Fayette County Sheriff's Office
155 Johnson Avenue
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Sheriff Barry Babb
Administration: 770-461-6353
Fax: 770-716-4887
Sheriff Records and Open Records
Records Section: 770-716-4790
Open Records: 770-716-4712
Email: nhuddleston@fayettecountyga.gov
Georgia Open Records Act references: O.C.G.A. 50-18-70 and 50-18-71.
Fayette Clerk of Courts
One Center Drive
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Phone: 770-716-4290
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Use these site sections as a starting point before contacting an office:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, use jail inmate records and then confirm with the jail if the roster is unclear.
- For booking photo issues or requests, review jail roster mugshots and the sheriff records channel.
- For charges filed after booking, start with court records after a jail arrest and the Fayette Clerk.
- For facility-specific jail details, use Fayette County Jail.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use the statewide Georgia Department of Corrections offender locator, not the county roster.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.