This is a private reference site, not a Schley County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official offices below for custody, court, bond, release, and record questions.
Where To Look For Schley County Records
Schley County's jail, courts, and county offices are concentrated in Ellaville, but the right contact depends on the record. Start with the sheriff or jail for current local custody, use county open records for county-held records when directed there, and use the courts or prosecutor for case filings after an arrest.
Schley County Jail And Sheriff
- Office: Office of the Schley County Sheriff, Sheriff Scott Nelson
- Street: 48 N. Pecan St., Ellaville, GA 31806
- Mailing: P.O. Box 809, Ellaville, GA 31806
- Primary jail / sheriff phone: 229-937-2101
- Directory phone: 229-937-2104
- Email: scoso@windstream.net
- Use for: current Schley County Jail custody, release or transfer questions, bond status, jail records, booking sheets, jail log entries, and whether booking photos are released for a specific arrest.
County Clerk And Open Records
- Contact: Hailey Felker, County Clerk
- Address: 14 South Broad Street, Ellaville, GA 31806
- Phone: 229-937-2609 ext. 2
- Email: hailey.felker@schleycountyga.us
- Use for: county open-records requests and county records held by county administration. For jail-specific records, contact the sheriff first unless the sheriff routes the request here.
Magistrate And Probate Court
- Location: Court House Annex, 47 N. Pecan St., Ellaville, GA 31806
- Phone: 229-937-5110
- Hours listed in research: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM and 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
- Use for: warrant and first-appearance context, including Magistrate Court's role in approving or signing warrants.
Superior Court Clerk
- Contact: Kimberly McKinney, Clerk of Superior Court
- Street: 47 N. Pecan St., Ellaville, GA 31806
- Mailing: P.O. Box 7, Ellaville, GA 31806
- Phone: 229-937-5581
- Email: kimberly.mckinney@gsccca.org
- Hours listed in research: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, with lunch closure 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
- Use for: misdemeanor and felony criminal records, warrants filed with the court, accusations, indictments, case numbers, and copies.
District Attorney
- Contact: Lewis Lamb, District Attorney, Southwestern Judicial Circuit
- Address: 102 International Blvd, Suite E, Americus, GA 31719
- Phone: 229-924-5411
- Use for: prosecution questions after charges are reviewed, amended, dismissed, accused, or indicted. The DA is separate from the jail booking office.
Use this list to choose the right search path before calling or filing a request:
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Schley County Jail phone line at 229-937-2101.
- For booking photographs, use jail roster mugshots and remember that no official online Schley mugshot gallery was located.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Magistrate Court, the Superior Court clerk, and PeachCourt if you have account access.
- For facility-specific jail details, use the detention facility page listed in the footer for Schley County Jail.
- For a sentenced Georgia state prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections offender search rather than the county jail roster.
- For a federal inmate or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINELink may help with custody notifications, but Schley County participation should be verified in the live portal or by calling the jail.