This is a private reference site, not a Chattahoochee County or Georgia government office. We cannot confirm custody status, release anyone, post bond, schedule a pickup, or pull official booking records. For official action, contact the office that holds the record or custody file.
Official Records Contacts
For Chattahoochee County sheriff, jail, incident, open-records, and local criminal-history questions, start with the Chattahoochee County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Hank Lynch, also listed as Henry "Hank" Lynch in sheriff directory sources, is the elected sheriff. The office and open-records pickup address is 377 Broad St., Cusseta, GA 31805. The main phone is (706) 989-3644, the fax number is (706) 989-0396, and the sheriff email listed by the office is sheriff@chattcosheriff.org. Normal business hours are 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For after-hours emergencies, call 911.
The Georgia Department of Corrections lists Chattahoochee County Jail at 379 Broad Street, Cusseta, GA 31805, using the same main phone number. Georgia DCA jail population reports, however, repeatedly mark Chattahoochee as "NO JAIL" with 0 capacity and 0 inmates. No official online roster, booking gallery, sheriff app, visitation schedule, commissary vendor, or mail policy was found. Call before traveling for any custody, bond, visitation, pickup, or jail-record need.
Open-records requests to the sheriff's office are reviewed after submission. The office states that staff respond within 3 business days with an estimated completion time and estimated cost. Published fees include $0.10 per page, $1 per disc or tape, and a possible research fee under O.C.G.A. 50-18-71. A local criminal-history check is $5 cash only and requires government photo ID.
For court files after an arrest, contact the Clerk of Court: Tami Wade, 379 Broad St., P.O. Box 120, Cusseta, GA 31805, phone 706.989.3424. Use the list below to match the record type to the most likely source.
- For a person believed to be in county custody, review jail inmate records and call the sheriff's office because no official online Chattahoochee roster was found.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff open-records process when a releasable photo is needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk of Court.
- For the GDC-listed Chattahoochee County Jail contact, use the facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender lookup.
- For custody notifications, use VINELink as a separate notification channel where the agency participates.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.