Columbia County Contacts

This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official record. Contact the office that controls the record.


County Jail and Records

Use the detention line for a present custody or release inquiry. Use the Records Department when an existing release record, booking record, or other Sheriff's record is needed.

Columbia County Detention Center

2273 County Camp Road
Appling, GA 30802
Custody information: 706-541-0754

Columbia County Sheriff's Records Department

2269 County Camp Road, Building G-2
Appling, GA 30802
Second location: 650A Ronald Reagan Drive, Evans, GA 30809
Phone: 706-541-1042
Email: orr@columbiacountyso.org
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Sheriff's public-records page accepts portal, email, mail, and in-person requests.


Choose the Right Office

A release question should follow the system that last held or supervised the person.

  • For a released county detainee or local release record, begin with the home page search path and the Sheriff's records channels above.
  • For parole or felony probation, contact the DCS Evans Field Office at 7045 Evans Town Center Boulevard, Evans, GA 30809, 706-447-6740, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • For a same-day local release question, use the detention line because Columbia County does not publish a rolling 24-hour feed.
  • For a GDC prisoner, contact Georgia Department of Corrections Inmate Records and Information, PO Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029.
  • For a release alert, use Georgia VINE or call 1-833-216-6670; TTY is 1-866-847-1298.
  • For a federal sentence, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.