City police and deputies alike bring adults to the Chambers County Detention Facility, 105 Alabama Avenue West, LaFayette, AL 36862. It has 136 beds for people awaiting court and people serving short sentences.

The sheriff's office is in the courthouse at 2 South LaFayette Street, 334-864-4333. Use the detention line, 334-864-4336, for custody questions, and the sheriff's line for records and general business.

Most people in Chambers live in or near three cities, and each has its own police force. Their phone numbers: - Valley Police Department, 334-756-5200 - Lanett Police Department, 334-644-2146

Valley and Lanett sit on the Georgia line next to West Point, so an arrest across the river would be a Georgia case, not a Chambers one. Deputies patrol Five Points, Cusseta, Fredonia and the rest of the countryside, and troopers work Interstate 85.

City officers may hold someone briefly at their station, but adults are booked into the county facility in LaFayette. Unsure which agency it was? Start with detention. Staff can tell you which agency brought the person in, and the city police can then explain their part of the case.

Chambers County has no online jail roster. Search by name on Chambers County on VINELink, then call the Chambers jail to confirm.

Type the name into Chambers County on VINELink, then save the booking number. Mail, deposits and calls all ask for it. Searching in Chambers?

Give a new arrest a few hours, because booking takes time. After that, the detention line can help if the name still doesn't show. VINELink texts free status alerts.

There's also a Chambers sheriff app for phones, on the Chambers app for iPhone and Chambers app for Android.

It happens a lot. Officers in Alabama may hand over a ticket with a hearing date for traffic and lesser charges and skip the booking entirely. Show up on that date, or a warrant can follow. A ticket from Valley or Lanett police means city court.

Rule 4.3 gives a judge 48 hours to check probable cause after an arrest made without a warrant. If that passes, the person is released on minimum bond. When someone is held on a warrant and the bond isn't paid, the first appearance comes within 72 hours. Domestic violence bail is delayed until a judge acts, but for no more than 24 hours.

Typical schedule ranges are $1,000 to $10,000 for a Class D felony and $300 to $3,000 for a Class B misdemeanor. Chambers has two court offices. The main one is the circuit clerk in LaFayette at 2 Lafayette Street South, Suite B-114, 334-864-4348. Expect it to be shut over the lunch hour. The Lanett annex is at 610 South Gilmer Avenue.

Bond can be paid in cash, through a licensed bonding company, with real estate, or by signature if a judge allows. A state fee of 3.5% with set floors and caps, plus $35, rides on top. Murder and other listed violent charges can be held without bail after a hearing. Our Chambers bond steps explain more. For listed violent cases, a LaFayette judge can keep someone jailed without bail under Aniah's Law once a hearing is held. Effective May 19, 2026, the state's Amendment 1 also allows a judge to refuse bail for attempted-murder charges plus for shooting a gun into a lived-in dwelling, car or building.

State cases start in District Court and move to Circuit Court once a felony is indicted, in LaFayette or at the Lanett annex. Valley, Lanett and LaFayette city cases go to municipal court. The Chambers court process page walks through the hearings in order.

Tell the judge at the first appearance if a lawyer is unaffordable. The court reviews income and may appoint one. Appointed attorneys are. Until then, the person should avoid talking about the case on jail calls, which are recorded.

A felony is the more serious kind, punishable by prison time past a year. A misdemeanor can mean up to a year locally. The clerk can show filings for free. Alacourt charges online. Charges often change after prosecutors review the file.

Ring 334-864-4336 and ask the supervisor to alert medical staff about prescriptions, chronic illness or injuries. Give drug names and doses if you have them. Save photos and notes about anything that happened during the arrest.

Video visits must be booked at least 24 hours early. Register with the jail's video service, select the Chambers jail, and wait for approval. Remote sessions work from a home laptop or cell, and the jail may also offer screens on site, so call to ask. Our visitation page and remote visit guide can help.

Calls are prepaid, and the person calls out to you. Fund an account for your number so calls can connect. Electronic messages cost $0.25 each. See calls and messages.

Automated payments carry a fee of no more than $3.00. Commissary deposits go through a separate store account, and the jail store may sell phone cards. Look at commissary and sending money for steps.

Put the legal name and booking number on mail. Chambers jail mail: our Chambers County guide. Property taken at booking goes back at release.

After bond, allow a few hours and call before driving to LaFayette. Staff must clear holds and return belongings first.

Terms over a year go to the state, not the county. At first, most people wait in the LaFayette jail until ADOC has room. Next, the state brings them to a reception prison for check-in. During classification, officers review gang ties, custody level and health and mental health needs. The final move is a prison that fits their needs.

Try the ADOC inmate search by name. Our Alabama state prison page has every state prison.

Both the sheriff 334-864-4333) and the clerk 334-864-4348) can say if a warrant exists. City warrants may sit with Valley, Lanett or LaFayette police. A defense lawyer can help set up a self-surrender.

Minors go through juvenile court, not the adult jail. Detention hearings happen within three days, weekends too. Ask the clerk's office for juvenile probation. Older teens charged with the gravest felonies may be prosecuted as adults.

A federal case usually begins after the Secret Service and IRS Criminal Investigation carry out an arrest. The federal court in Opelika hears Chambers County matters in the Middle District, Eastern Division: G.W. Andrews Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 701 Avenue A, Opelika, AL 36801. That Opelika office is not staffed every day; reach the clerk's office in Montgomery, 334-954-3600 first. An initial appearance happens quickly with a magistrate judge. Release isn't a set price in this system. Applying the federal Bail Reform Act, the federal judge leads a short hearing to sort out if they stay locked up. Pretrial services talks with them and writes a report to the court.

Search for them on Chambers County on VINELink first. Then try the Middle District's Marshals Service at 334-922-6960 (1 Church Street, Suite A-100, Montgomery, AL 36104). Some federal defendants stay in a local jail paid for by the Marshals during the case. Any federal prison term leads to a transfer to a federal prison run by the BOP, sometimes weeks later. The federal inmate locator lists their prison.

• Immigration officers learn about most arrests through booking prints deputies take. Then ICE might send a detainer (Form I-247A).
• Even with bond paid, the detainer stays active.
• The hold request asks the jail to hold the person up to 48 hours beyond the normal release. That's 48 hours in a row, measured from release time.
• Immigration officers often pick them up at the LaFayette jail within those 48 hours. If ICE never comes, that should mean the person goes free.
• Alabama reports to ICE's New Orleans enforcement office, located at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Only ICE picks which center they go to, and it can change.
• Look on the ICE locator with an A-number plus birth country. Don't know the A-number? You can also search by their full name plus home country and birth date.

The sheriff's office at 334-864-4333 takes press requests for mugshots not posted online. The federal government doesn't share booking photos with reporters or families. A release comes from the U.S. Marshals Service, who allow it only for an escapee or fugitive, to aid a capture or alert people, or if there is an immediate risk to the public. An ICE booking photo is released through ICE's FOIA form once ICE says yes.

Real jails never ask for gift cards or app transfers. Hang up on anyone who does, and call 334-864-4336 yourself.

Call the Chambers County Detention Facility at 334-864-4336 before you go or pay, and the clerk at 334-864-4348 for court.