This is a private reference, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office responsible for the record.
Choose the Correct Record Office
Clay County release questions move through different offices based on the custody system and record type. The contacts below come from official county and state sources. Clay County's current sheriff and GDC jail pages do not state public records-unit hours, so call before visiting or sending a time-sensitive request.
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Official sheriff page
Sheriff Shivers
147 Wilson Street, Suite 1
Fort Gaines, GA 39851
County phone: (229) 768-3238
Fax: (229) 768-3672
Published records-unit hours: not stated on the current official page
The sheriff handles booking reports, bonding reports, inmate information on request, and local booking records.
Clay County Jail
Official GDC location listing
PO Box 22
Fort Gaines, GA 39851
Jail information: (229) 768-2505
Published public-contact hours: not stated on the current official listing
Clay County Superior Court Clerk
Official court page
210 Washington Street South, Suite 3
Fort Gaines, GA 39851
Phone: (229) 768-2631
Fax: (229) 768-3047
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Use the clerk for case dockets, bond orders, dispositions, sentencing orders, and other court records.
Georgia Department of Corrections
GDC Open Records Request
Inmate Records and Information
PO Box 1529
Forsyth, GA 31029
Inmate concerns and questions: (404) 656-4661
Published records-office hours: not stated in the assigned official sources
GDC states an initial open-records response period of three business days. Non-medical copies are $0.10 each, and search or redaction time is billed at the rate of the lowest-paid qualified employee.
DCS Donalsonville Field Office
Official field office page
223 S. Wiley Avenue
Donalsonville, GA 39845
Phone: (229) 524-2836
Fax: (478) 216-2085
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This office serves Clay County for parole and felony probation supervision. It is not a jail release-record office.
Georgia VINE Support
Georgia VINE
Support: 1-833-216-6670
Availability: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
VINE can assist with covered custody-status searches and notification registration. It does not issue certified release records.
Use the record type, not just the person's name, to choose where to look:
- For a Clay County jail release or local booking record, follow the full search and request path on the home page, then contact the sheriff or jail.
- For parole or felony probation after release, use the Parole & Probation information and DCS Donalsonville.
- For someone believed to have left jail today, use the 24-Hour Release List workflow, which explains Clay County's request-based process.
- For an expected prison date or an alert, consult Projected Release Date and the VINELink Check.
- For the county facility itself, use the Clay County Jail page and official jail contact.
- For a sentenced Georgia prisoner, use the GDC offender query or GDC records office.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. Use the ICE detainee locator only when an immigration transfer or detention is indicated.