Lee County Jail Mugshots

Lee County jail mugshots are kept by the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Leesburg, Georgia. This small county in southwest Georgia processes all local arrests through one main jail. If you need to find a booking photo or check on someone who was picked up in Lee County, there are a few ways to search. The county does not run a large online jail roster, so you may need to call the sheriff's office or use state tools. This page walks you through how to look up Lee County jail mugshots and what records are out there for public access.

Lee County Sheriff's Office

The Lee County Sheriff's Office runs the jail in Leesburg. The office sits at 206 Starksville Ave N, Leesburg, GA 31763. You can call them at 229-759-6012 for questions about inmates or booking records. The sheriff handles all arrests made by county deputies and processes bookings for city police departments in the area too.

When someone gets booked at the Lee County jail, staff take a mugshot and log the charges. That photo stays on file with the sheriff's office. Georgia law under O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 puts rules on how law enforcement can share booking photos. The sheriff's office must make sure anyone who asks for a mugshot signs a form saying they will not post it on a site that charges for removal. This law came about to stop mugshot websites from taking advantage of people who were just booked.

Lee County is part of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit. Cases from the county go through the circuit court in Leesburg. The circuit also covers other nearby counties, which means some court records cross county lines even though jail bookings stay local.

Search Lee County Jail Mugshots

Lee County does not have a big online inmate search portal like some larger counties do. To find a current inmate, your best bet is to call the jail at 229-759-6012. Staff can tell you if someone is in custody and what the charges are. For basic info, this is the fastest way.

If the person has been sentenced to state prison, you can search the Georgia Department of Corrections offender query. This tool covers all state inmates. It shows mugshots, sentence info, and current location. It does not cover people still in the Lee County jail waiting for trial. Only those who have been convicted and sent to a state facility show up here.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation keeps criminal history records for the whole state. You can request a background check through the GBI's Georgia Crime Information Center. This covers arrests, court outcomes, and custody data from Lee County and all other Georgia counties. There is a fee for this service.

Note: The GDC search only shows state prison inmates, not those held at the Lee County jail pretrial.

Lee County Booking Records

You can get jail records from Lee County through an open records request. Georgia's Open Records Act, found at O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70, gives the public the right to inspect government records. That includes booking logs, arrest reports, and other jail documents. You send a written request to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, and they have three business days to respond under the law.

Copy fees are capped at 10 cents per page under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. The first 15 minutes of staff time to find and prepare the records is free. After that, the county can charge a reasonable fee for additional search time. Most simple requests for a booking record or mugshot fall within the free window.

If you want to check for records that have been restricted, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 allows people to apply for record restriction in some cases. Once a record is restricted, it no longer shows up in public searches. Dismissed charges, acquittals, and certain first offender cases may qualify.

Mugshot Laws in Lee County

Georgia has strong laws about how mugshots can be used. The state passed O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 to crack down on websites that post booking photos and then charge people to take them down. Law enforcement in Lee County has to follow these rules when they hand out mugshots to anyone who asks.

Under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5, mugshot websites must take down a photo within 30 days of getting a written request from the person in the photo. If they do not, it counts as an unfair business practice under Georgia consumer protection law. You can file a complaint with the Georgia Consumer Protection Division if a site will not remove your Lee County booking photo.

Lee County Jail Details

The Lee County jail is a smaller facility that holds people waiting for court or serving short sentences. The jail is in Leesburg near the sheriff's office. Conditions, rules, and capacity are typical for a rural Georgia county jail.

Inmates at the Lee County jail can have visitors during set hours. Contact the sheriff's office for the current visitation schedule, since it changes from time to time. All visits are monitored. You need a valid photo ID to visit. The jail also allows phone calls and may have video visitation options through a third-party provider.

If someone you know was arrested in Lee County and you want to find out their bond amount, call the jail or check with the Magistrate Court in Leesburg. Bond info is usually available shortly after booking. For more serious charges, a bond hearing may be needed before a judge sets the amount.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Lee County. Jail mugshots are kept by the county where the booking happened. If you are not sure where someone was arrested, check the counties nearby.