Cherokee County Jail: Adult Detention Center Guide
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One county, one jail, one address
The Cherokee County Adult Detention Center — the ADC — is at 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115. It is operated by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and it is the only detention facility in the county. Everyone arrested anywhere in Cherokee County is booked there, whether the arresting agency was the Sheriff’s Office, Canton PD, Woodstock PD, Holly Springs PD, Ball Ground PD or the Georgia State Patrol.
The facility is accredited by the American Correctional Association and the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, and the Sheriff’s Office has published a perfect score on both the ACA mandatory and non-mandatory standards for 2022.
Key details
- 498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115
- Jail main line: 678-493-4200
- Bond Administrator: 678-493-4164
- Inmate Records Manager: 678-493-4209
- Property Deputy: 678-493-4212
- Medical (Correct Health): 678-493-4547
- 911 non-emergency: 678-493-4080
- Sheriff’s CID South Annex, Woodstock: 770-928-0239
Phone numbers and procedures are published by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and can change. Confirm before you drive.
The Sheriff will never call you asking for money
The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office posts this warning on its own inmate search page, in capital letters: it will never call family members of inmates and request money. That includes calls about bond, ankle monitors, electronic monitoring or pretrial release.
If you get a call demanding payment to release someone or to “avoid” an ankle monitor fee, it is a scam. Hang up. Call the jail at 678-493-4200, or call us at 770-224-9150 and we will verify the person’s status for free.
Booking and release at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center.
The four ways a bond gets posted in Cherokee County
The Sheriff’s Office publishes exactly four routes. Which one is right depends on the bond amount, what you have available and how fast you need the person out.
- Cash bond — the entire bond in cash or cashier’s cheque, plus a $20 non-refundable state fee in exact change. No change is given. Refunded at the conclusion of trial or plea.
- Online cash bond — the Sheriff’s payment portal, which adds a $10 automation fee plus a 5% administrative fee.
- Professional bondsman — a non-refundable fee of 15%, or a minimum of $50 per bonded charge, set by O.C.G.A. § 17-6-30. This is what we do.
- Property bond — Cherokee County real estate with clear equity of twice the bond plus a $5,000 homestead exemption, with deed, paid tax receipt, mortgage statement, all deed holders present with photo ID, and the $20 fee in cash.
“A BOND IS NOT A FINE.” That is the Sheriff’s own language. Posting a bond buys release pending court — it does not resolve the case or satisfy any obligation to the court.
When a judge sets the bond
Cherokee County Magistrate Court operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and staffs seven part-time judges — all experienced trial attorneys — specifically to handle initial appearance and bail hearings for every person booked into the Adult Detention Center.
The court’s published duty is “seeing all persons arrested within 72 hours to set bail at first appearance hearings.” Georgia law backs that up: O.C.G.A. § 17-4-62 requires release if a person arrested without a warrant is not brought before a judicial officer within 48 hours, and § 17-4-26 requires presentation within 72 hours on an arrest under a warrant.
No official Cherokee County source publishes a first-appearance calendar with fixed days and times. If someone tells you “hearings are at 9 a.m. daily,” they are guessing. Call Magistrate Court at 678-493-6431 or call us and we will check the docket.
All visits are video — and Wednesdays are closed
The ADC uses iWebVisit for all visitation. There are no contact visits.
- On-site at the Visitation Center, 498 Chattin Drive — free. Monday/Thursday/Saturday and Tuesday/Friday/Sunday, 7:30–9:30 a.m. and 6:30–9:10 p.m. Must be scheduled a day in advance.
- No visitation on Wednesdays.
- Remote internet visits — $6 standard, $7 confidential or attorney. Schedulable same day up to an hour before the session, or up to three weeks ahead.
- Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone who appears under 18 is blocked until they show a valid government photo ID.
- A dress code applies to everyone in camera view.
Commissary, funds and getting belongings back
- Money orders are accepted in any amount.
- Online deposits through JailATM, or the ATM in the ADC lobby which takes cash, credit and debit.
- Questions about inmate funds: Inmate Records Manager, 678-493-4209.
- Funds are released at discharge Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Property pickup: Monday to Friday except holidays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Valid government-issued photo ID required. Property Deputy 678-493-4212.
- Inmate phone calls run 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Inmate phone vendor: 1-877-998-5678.
The Sheriff does not publish a standard inmate mailing address format. Call Inmate Records at 678-493-4209 before sending mail so it is not returned.
Questions we get asked
498 Chattin Drive, Canton, GA 30115. Not 1130 Bluffs Parkway — that is the Board of Commissioners.
The main jail line is 678-493-4200. For bond questions specifically, the Sheriff’s Bond Administrator is 678-493-4164, and Inmate Records is 678-493-4209.
The Sheriff’s Office does not publish bonding-window hours, so we will not state them as fact. What is published is that Magistrate Court operates 24/7/365 to set bail. Call the Bond Administrator at 678-493-4164, or call us and we will confirm the current situation before you drive out.
Use the Sheriff’s inmate search. Note that the old county URL has been retired and now redirects — the current roster lives on the Sheriff’s own site. Our inmate search guide walks through it.
The Sheriff does not publish a booking duration and we will not invent one. It depends on the time of day, how many people came in at once, and whether medical screening is required. Call us and we will check where they are in the process.
The Adult Detention Center at 498 Chattin Drive is the only county detention facility listed by the Sheriff’s Office. Juvenile matters go through Cherokee County Juvenile Court at the Justice Center.
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