At night, try dispatch at 205-755-1120, which can transfer you to the jail.

Not sure who made the arrest? Call the jail at 205-755-1053. If you can't get through, sheriff's dispatch at 205-755-1120 can connect you.

Chilton roster shows charges, bond and visit eligibility. Note the booking number. Searching in Chilton?

If nothing appears, give booking a few hours and look again, then call 205-755-1053. VINELink provides free alerts about release or transfer.

Chilton also has a sheriff app: Chilton app for iPhone, Chilton app for Android.

For traffic and smaller charges, an officer may write a citation with a court date. That person won't show on the roster. Missing the date on the ticket can lead to a warrant, so put it on the calendar.

After a warrantless arrest, a judge must review probable cause within 48 hours, or minimum bond kicks in. Warrant arrests that can't post bond see a judge within 72 hours. On domestic violence charges, nobody bonds out until a judge rules or a full day passes.

It depends on the type: - Cash bonds are paid at the circuit clerk's office, third floor of the courthouse, 500 2nd Avenue North, Clanton, on weekdays. Questions go to 205-755-4275. - Property bonds can be posted at the jail. - Bonding companies must be approved by the sheriff's department.

The Alabama schedule lists a Class B felony at $5,000 to $30,000. Each bond also carries Alabama's 3.5% court fee and a $35 charge. A judge may refuse bail outright on a few violent crimes. Read our Chilton bond walkthrough. Because of Aniah's Law, a Clanton judge can deny bail for some violent crimes once a hearing is held. Since May 19, 2026, Amendment 1 lets the court withhold bail for attempted-murder charges and also for firing a gun into a lived-in apartment or vehicle.

Cases are heard at the Clanton courthouse, in District Court and then Circuit Court for indicted felonies. The circuit clerk is 205-755-1551. Clanton city charges may go to municipal court. The Chilton court process page has the full order of hearings.

If money's short, ask the judge for appointed counsel at the first appearance. The judge looks at income and decides. Talk about the case only with the lawyer, never on jail phones.

Felony convictions can mean prison beyond a year. Misdemeanors stay within a year. Court files are free to view at the clerk. Alacourt online costs money.

Call 205-755-1053, tell the supervisor about medicines or illness, and ask that medical staff be informed. Have the pharmacy name ready so prescriptions can be checked. Photograph any injury from the arrest.

Visits are by video. Book each video visit a full day early. Visitors must be over 18, not on felony probation, and carry a valid government photo ID. Create an account with the video service and wait for approval. Remote visits from home may be possible too. See our Chilton visitation page and remote visit tips.

Ask the jail how calls are set up. Inmates call out on a prepaid account, and calls are recorded. Electronic messages cost $0.25 each. More help: phone accounts and messages.

Commissary money goes into a separate store account that pays for snacks, hygiene items and more. Ask the jail which deposit options it takes. See commissary and sending money.

Address mail with the legal name and booking number. Chilton jail mail: our Chilton County guide. Items from booking are returned at release.

Paperwork still takes time after bond posts. Call before you drive.

A person given more than twelve months most often goes to a state prison run by ADOC. They often wait in the Clanton jail until ADOC picks them up. After that, the state brings them to an intake unit for check-in. ADOC staff sort them after checking how much security they need, health and mental health needs, and gang ties. Their next move is the prison that matches them.

Use the state inmate search by name. Our Alabama prison guide lists each prison.

Yes. Clanton deputies at 205-755-4698 can confirm one, and the Most Wanted page opens after a short disclaimer. Outside the county, ALEA's fugitive search is searchable by name. Older cases appear on Alacourt Access, with $9.99 name lookups. Anyone surrendering should first ring 205-755-1053 and report to the Sheriff's Office, 53 Robert Threlkeld Parkway, Clanton, AL 35045, ideally with a lawyer and bail money lined up. Court clerks handle resets at 500 2nd Avenue North, Clanton, AL 35045, with copies and dates handled at 205-755-1551. Read the court explainer before a first appearance.

Youth are held apart from adults and go through juvenile court. Within three days of being held, a child gets a hearing. The clerk's office knows the juvenile docket. Some 16- and 17-year-olds facing very serious felonies can be tried as adults.

Officers from the DEA or the U.S. Marshals Service handle federal arrests, often alongside state troopers. Chilton County belongs to the Middle District's Northern Division; cases are held in Montgomery: Frank M. Johnson Jr. U.S. Courthouse Complex, One Church Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, 334-954-3600. Often the next weekday, they see a magistrate judge who explains the charges. The Bail Reform Act controls federal bail. Rather than a bail schedule, a magistrate judge sets a release hearing about release or detention. Pretrial services first interviews the defendant and reports to the court.

While it's open, the Marshals Service can place the person in the Clanton jail through a contract. Start on Chilton County Inmate Search; the listing may name the Marshals. The district's Marshals staff in Montgomery can say where they are: 334-922-6960, 1 Church Street, Suite A-100, Montgomery, AL 36104. After a federal sentence, they go into the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), often weeks later. Locate them through the BOP inmate locator.

• ICE learns about most arrests through fingerprints staff send. If ICE is interested, it may lodge a detainer with jail staff.
• This request tells the jail to detain the person no longer than 48 hours beyond the normal release. A holiday doesn't pause the count.
• A paid bond doesn't end the detainer.
• Immigration officers usually collect them at the Clanton jail within that window. If nobody comes, the sheriff must free them.
• ICE itself decides the detention center.
• ICE's detainee locator searches for people with an A-number plus country of birth. Don't know the A-number? It's also possible to search with their full name, along with date of birth and birth country.
• To ask where they are, contact the New Orleans field office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.

Yes. Mugshots taken at the Chilton jail post in the Chilton booking roster. A released person may drop off the Chilton list.

For an ICE booking photo, send a FOIA request to ICE; approval is up to ICE. Unposted booking photos go to the sheriff's office; journalists can phone 205-755-4698. Federal booking photos are not released to the press or public. Marshals policy limits release to three cases: for a fugitive or escapee, when it's required right away to protect the public or if release would help make an arrest or warn people.

Hang up on callers who want gift cards or app payments, and call 205-755-1053.

Call the Chilton County Jail at 205-755-1053. Cash bond questions go to 205-755-4275.