This is a private reference site, not an Oconee County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visits, send money, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Official Oconee County Routing
Use the contact below that matches the record you need. Jail custody, booking, and sheriff records are separate from court dockets and certified court copies.
Oconee County Sheriff's Office Administration
Address: 1140 Experiment Station Road, PO Box 563, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Administration phone: (706) 769-3945
Non-emergency / dispatch: (706) 769-5665
Fax: (706) 769-3978
Oconee County Jail Operations
Physical jail address: 1110 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Jail operations phone: (706) 769-3930
Main / after-hours dispatch line: (706) 769-5665
Research note: Oconee County materials route day-to-day jail operations through Captain Matt Towe and direct after-hours calls to dispatch.
OCSO Open Records Officer
Open Records Officer / Records Administrator: Charity Bell
Written sheriff records requests: Oconee County Sheriff's Office, 1140 Experiment Station Road, PO Box 563, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Online OCSO request form: OCSO Open Records Request
PDF worksheet: Open Records Request Worksheet
Oconee Clerk of Superior, Magistrate, and Juvenile Courts
Clerk: Angela Elder-Johnson
Public counter: Room 208, 23 North Main Street, Watkinsville, GA 30677
Phone: (706) 769-3940
Fax: (706) 769-3948
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Use the Clerk for court dockets, court images, certified court copies, and questions about cases that do not appear in the online court search.
After choosing the right office, these pages explain which lookup path fits each common question:
- For a person currently held in the county jail, start with jail inmate records or call jail operations.
- For booking photos and Georgia booking-photo limits, review jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, court dates, certified copies, or docket images after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk's office.
- For facility-level address, custody role, and visitation references, use the Oconee County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use the Georgia Department of Corrections Find an Offender locator instead of the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.