Dade County Release Records
A release from Dade County Jail means that the sheriff stopped holding a person under that booking. It does not always mean the person walked into the community. A jail exit may follow bond, time served, dismissal, probation, sentence completion, a court order, or a transfer. The receiving party can be the Georgia Department of Corrections, another county, a federal agency, or immigration authorities. That destination determines which record proves what happened next.
Dade County has one local detention facility in the project map. The Dade County Sheriff's Office runs Dade County Jail, while the Georgia Department of Corrections lists it as a county jail rather than a state prison. A county release record therefore answers when and why local custody ended. A GDC record answers a different question about state prison custody. Court records can show the order, bond, sentence, or disposition behind the jail's action. Keeping these records separate prevents a transfer from being mistaken for freedom from all custody.
Dade County Inmate Release Types
The release type is often the most useful field in a Dade County record. Bond can end jail custody while the case remains open. Time served means credited confinement satisfied the custodial part of a sentence. Probation puts a person in the community under a court order, while parole generally follows a state prison sentence and is controlled by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. A transfer ends one agency's custody but starts or continues another agency's custody.
| Release type | Meaning | Where to check next |
|---|---|---|
| Bond | The person leaves jail while the case may continue. | Dade court docket and bond record |
| Time served | Credited jail time satisfies the ordered confinement. | Sentence and release record |
| Dismissal or court order | The court removes or changes the basis for custody. | Specific court disposition |
| Probation | The person is out of jail but under court supervision. | Court order and probation contact |
| GDC transfer | County custody ends and state custody begins. | GDC Find an Offender |
| Federal or ICE transfer | A detainer or federal matter sends the person to another system. | BOP, ICE, or the named receiving agency |
Georgia's sentence-credit law matters when time served is involved. O.C.G.A. § 17-10-11 gives credit for qualifying days in confinement, including pretrial confinement for the offense. The jail carries out a release, but the sentence, credit, bond order, and any active holds determine when that act can occur.
Dade County Release Record Fields
A focused request should ask for the fields that identify the booking and explain its end. Labels can vary, so a requester can describe the information rather than insist on a form name. Release date alone is not enough when the record also shows a receiving agency or hold.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name and aliases | The identity used for the booking |
| Booking or jail number | The local custody event to match |
| Booking date and arresting agency | When custody began and which office initiated it |
| Charges or hold reason | The stated basis for detention |
| Bond type or amount | Whether bond was tied to release |
| Court or case number | The related judicial record |
| Release date and time | When Dade County custody ended |
| Release reason | Bond, time served, court order, transfer, or another outcome |
| Destination or receiving agency | Whether the person entered another custody system |
| Detainers or holds | Whether another authority had a claim on custody |
A court record may keep showing an open or disposed case long after the person leaves jail. Likewise, a GDC record can show a Dade conviction after county custody ends. Sealing or record restriction can affect what the public sees, but it does not rewrite the fact that different agencies keep different parts of the custody and court history.
Request Dade County Release Records
The Dade County Sheriff's Office or jail is the request target for booking, custody, bond-release, and release records. Start with a narrow, named booking. A narrow request helps staff locate an existing record and reduces search time. Georgia's Open Records Act covers existing records; it does not require an office to create a new report or answer a broad research question.
- Identify the person by full name and date of birth if known. Add a booking date, charge, or case number when available.
- Ask for the booking and release record, including release date, release reason, and any destination or receiving agency.
- Send the request to the jail at jail@dadesheriff.com, call detention, or mail it to the jail custodian.
- If a court order controlled release, request the specific disposition or sentencing order from the Dade County Clerk.
- If the answer says transfer, continue with the named state, federal, county, or immigration system.
75 Case Avenue
Trenton, GA 30752
Mail: P.O. Box 920, Trenton, GA 30752
Detention: 706-657-2277
Office: 706-657-3233
Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; holidays excluded
Under the Georgia Open Records Act, available responsive records are generally produced within a reasonable time not exceeding three business days. If they cannot be produced in that period, the agency should provide a timetable. Charges may include permitted search, retrieval, redaction, copying, or media costs. The state's published model includes ten cents per letter or legal page where applicable and actual media cost.
Dade County Release Record Law
Georgia's open-records law favors access to agency records unless a legal exemption applies. The request must seek a record that exists. The sheriff can redact protected material, cite a withholding basis, and charge lawful production costs. Juvenile material, sealed records, restricted records, and sensitive data may not be released in the same form as an ordinary adult jail record.
Booking photographs have an extra rule. O.C.G.A. § 35-1-19 limits law-enforcement disclosure when a photo may be placed on a publication or website that demands payment or other value for removal. A request for the booking and release record can therefore yield text fields even when a requested photo is restricted. Ask the custodian to explain any denial or redaction.
Question: Does a restricted court record erase the jail release? Record restriction changes public access to qualifying material. The sheriff, court, and corrections systems may still retain records under their own duties and schedules.
Dade Release Court Record Limits
Dade County's Clerk of Superior Court does not perform broad misdemeanor or felony history searches for a person. That local rule makes a specific request far more effective. Ask for a known disposition, sentencing order, bond document, or case record tied to the booking. Individuals may also use public terminals for local searches with minimal staff help.
The clerk's criminal disposition policy lists copies at one dollar per page, plus certification fees of two dollars and fifty cents for the first certified page and fifty cents for each added certified page. More than fifteen minutes of work may bring a reasonable administrative charge. Those are court-copy charges, not the jail's release-record fees.
The Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit's Dade page identifies the local superior court path and court calendar resources. A case disposition can explain whether bond, dismissal, probation, or sentencing supported release even when no jail roster entry remains.
Dade County Release Support
The sheriff's local resources include Celebrate Recovery and A Hand Up. The county page describes Celebrate Recovery, A Hand Up Ministry, Hope House, Hope Connection, and a HopeLine at 1-888-912-6487. These are support resources, not release offices and not probation or parole agencies.
A person seeking help after a Dade County release can contact the resource directly while using the jail, court, or state agency for official status. Keeping those roles clear matters. A support provider can help with recovery or connection needs, while only the record-holding agency can confirm custody, a release type, or supervision.
Find Released Dade County Inmates
The correct lookup starts with custody type. Dade County does not publish a working current roster or recent-release feed. Its official jail resources page labels a current-inmate area as information coming soon. That means the absence of a name online proves nothing about release. Use a direct sequence that follows the person's path.
- For a recent county-jail booking, call or email Dade County Jail and ask for release date, reason, and destination.
- Check the specific court case when bond, dismissal, sentence credit, probation, or another order may explain the jail exit.
- If the person went to state prison, search GDC by name, ID, case number, age, and other identifiers.
- Use the Parole Board's parolee search for post-release parole and its TPM tool only for tentative parole review.
- Check Georgia VINE for custody alerts or a released status supplied by a participating agency.
- Use BOP or ICE tools only when facts point to federal or immigration custody.
- Submit an open-records request when phone, court, and locator results do not resolve the booking.
The county's 24-Hour Release List path begins with this same direct fallback because no official feed exists. For a named person, the booking number, date of birth, case number, and likely custody type make each search more precise.
GDC Search for Dade Releases
The Georgia Department of Corrections offender search applies to adult state offenders, not a person held only in Dade County Jail. Search by the best available identifiers, then compare the conviction county, sentence, status, and dates. A released state offender may have an actual release date. An active offender may show a current facility and sentence information instead.
| Search or result field | How it helps |
|---|---|
| Name | Starts the statewide match |
| GDC ID or case number | Separates similar names |
| Age and descriptors | Confirms identity |
| Current status and facility | Shows active state custody |
| Actual release date | Documents a past GDC release when present |
| Maximum sentence and case data | Gives sentence context |
| Conviction county and offense | Connects the record to a Dade case |
The official GDC form is shown below. GDC cautions that its information should be confirmed in writing with Inmate Records and Information, P.O. Box 1529, Forsyth, GA 31029, before it is assumed complete.
The form's statewide scope is why it is useful after a Dade jail transfer, but it should not replace a county request for a jail-only release.
Dade County Recent Release Gap
The official Dade jail resources page does not publish a current roster, a 24-hour release list, a 72-hour release list, a release filter, or a booking-photo feed. No Dade sheriff mobile app with those functions was found either. A newly released person's name cannot be confirmed by refreshing an online county list.
Discover Dade posts local arrest reports, but those posts document bookings and charges rather than official releases. The category also mixes reports from nearby counties. It can provide a lead about when a booking occurred, yet it cannot prove that Dade County custody ended. Confirmation must come from the jail, the relevant court record, VINE, or the agency that received a transfer.
Dade County Post-Release Supervision
Parole and probation are not the same. Parole is a conditional release from a state prison sentence controlled by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Probation is imposed by a court and may begin without a state prison release. The Board's parolee search can verify parole status. The inmate TPM lookup deals with people still in prison and shows a tentative review month, not a final release date.
- Parole
- Conditional community supervision following part of a state sentence.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision in the community.
- Discharge
- The formal end of custody or supervision in the controlling system.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another authority that can change the release destination.
A Dade County bond release, dismissal, or time-served release does not by itself create parole. Check the court disposition for probation and the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles for parole status.
Dade Release Alerts and Transfers
Georgia VINE provides custody-status checks and notifications based on participating agency feeds. It is most useful when registration occurs before release. A VINE result may show released status and a time supplied by the agency, but it is not a full historical release archive. Confirm the result with the jail, court, GDC, or another controlling office.
Federal searches follow a separate route. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. A past release date with no facility indicates that BOP custody ended, though supervision or custody elsewhere may remain. ICE's locator searches current immigration detention by A-number and country of birth or by biographical details. No result alone is not historical proof of release.
Dade Jail Immigration Transfers
The Dade County Sheriff's Office divisions page links quarterly immigration reports under the jail division. Reports identified for 2025 and 2026 reference Georgia's Criminal Alien Track and Report Act. Their local presence makes the destination field especially important when a Dade County release record shows an immigration hold or detainer.
Ask whether the person left for the community or was delivered to ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, another federal authority, GDC, or another county. If ICE received the person, its online locator addresses current detention rather than a full release history. A missing result can reflect timing or identifier issues, so the jail's transfer record remains the link between the local booking and the next system.
Where Dade Release Records Appear
Match the source to the custody event before treating a result as proof. A live roster normally speaks to current jail custody, while a release record explains a past jail exit. Dade has no populated live roster, so direct jail contact takes that role.
| System | Best use | What absence means |
|---|---|---|
| Dade County Jail | Recent local custody and release record | No online list is available |
| Dade court record | Bond, disposition, sentence, probation, or order | Search may require a specific case |
| GDC offender search | Active or released state offender | May never cover a jail-only booking |
| Parole Board | TPM or current parole status | Does not prove county release |
| Georgia VINE | Status alert from a participating feed | Confirm with the source agency |
| BOP or ICE | Federal or current immigration custody | Does not settle a county-only case |
Dade County Release Facility
Dade County Jail is the single local detention facility identified in the facility map. The sheriff operates this county jail at 75 Case Avenue in Trenton. A person can leave it for the community, on bond, after time served, by court order, or by transfer to GDC, another county, federal custody, or immigration custody.
Dade's compact facility map simplifies the first call, but not the final answer. Ask the jail for the destination as well as the date and reason. If a receiving agency is named, verify the next custody stage there. That last step is what separates a county jail exit from a confirmed community release.