How to Send Money to Lowndes County Sheriff, MS (GA)

The only written fee from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office is $0.10 per page for letter- or legal-sized document copies. This comes from open records request paperwork, so it applies if you need copies or records. It doesn't tell you how to send money to someone in custody or which deposit options the facility accepts.

The same paperwork explains how administrative charges work for records requests. The Sheriff's Office calculates labor fees using the hourly rate of the lowest-paid employee qualified to handle the request, and they don't charge for the first 15 minutes. This is strictly about records search and retrieval costs, not inmate account deposits.

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• ✓ If you are requesting paperwork from the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, plan for copy costs of $0.10 per page (letter or legal size).
• ✓ If your request requires staff time to search or retrieve records, ask whether an administrative fee applies, and remember the first 15 minutes are not charged under the written policy.
• ✓ Confirm whether your payment is for records and copies or for an inmate account deposit, since the documented fees described here apply to open records requests.

When you call the facility, make sure you're asking about the right thing. "Records request" fees and "inmate money" procedures are separate. You can verify the copy charge is still $0.10 per page for letter or legal sized documents, and confirm whether the administrative-fee approach (based on the hourly rate of the lowest-paid qualified employee, first 15 minutes free) still applies to open records work. Then ask whether any of those fees relate to your actual transaction. If your goal is funding an inmate account rather than requesting documents, they likely don't apply at all.

1. Contact the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office: Tell them you need the current, approved way to send money to someone in custody.
2. Ask what payment methods are accepted: Confirm whether they use an online service, lobby kiosk, money order, cashier’s check, or other options.
3. Confirm the fee schedule: Ask about deposit fees (if any), limits, refund rules, and what gets rejected.
4. Get the exact information you must include: Ask what identifiers are required (full name, booking number, inmate ID) and where payments must be sent or completed.