The Elmore County Jail is at 8955 US Highway 231, Wetumpka, AL 36092, right beside the Judicial Complex. The sheriff's main line is 334-567-5546, and sheriff's dispatch is 334-567-5227.

For questions about one inmate, the jail at 334-567-5441 is the best first call. Have the full legal name and birth date ready.

Elmore County sits just north of Montgomery, and its larger cities run their own police. These non-emergency numbers come from official city and county 911 sites: - Tallassee Police Department, 334-283-6586

Eclectic, Coosada, Deatsville and Elmore are smaller towns where deputies often answer calls. State troopers cover Interstate 85 and the main highways. That same 911 non-emergency line also helps when a town has no listed police number. A city may hold someone at its station briefly, but most adults end up in the Wetumpka jail.

Unsure who made the arrest? The sheriff's office at 334-567-5546 can check whether the person was booked.

Elmore County Inmate Search lists people in custody. Save the booking number for calls and deposits. Searching in Elmore?

Fresh Elmore bookings can lag several hours while booking is finished. If no one shows up, call the jail, then the city police department that may have the person. VINELink offers free release alerts.

The Elmore sheriff's free app is on the Elmore app for iPhone and on Elmore app for Android.

For minor offenses, a citation and court date are common, and the person is never jailed. City tickets go to that city's municipal court. Missing the date can turn into a warrant, so keep the paper.

A judge has two days to sign off on an arrest made without a warrant. Someone held on an unpaid warrant should be in front of a judge inside 72 hours. Domestic violence bail can be put off up to 24 hours.

The jail tells you the amount and any holds. The circuit clerk is in the Elmore County Judicial Complex, 8935 US Highway 231 North, Wetumpka, 334-514-3116, weekdays 8:00 to 4:30.

You can pay it whole, use a bail agent, pledge a lot or house, or request release on signature. Alabama adds 3.5% plus $35. Some serious violent charges allow a judge to deny bail after a hearing. See our Elmore bond guide. Aniah's Law allows the court to refuse bail in certain violent cases if a hearing is held first. As of May 19, 2026, voter-approved Amendment 1 now lets a judge withhold bail in attempted murder as well as for shooting into a lived-in home, garage or car.

The Judicial Complex houses District and Circuit Court. District Court takes misdemeanors and early felony steps; Circuit Court takes felony trials. Wetumpka, Millbrook and Tallassee city charges go to municipal courts. See the Elmore court process page.

The judge appoints one for anyone who qualifies, often at that first hearing. Families may hire private counsel at any point.

Felonies can bring state prison, and misdemeanors carry up to a year in jail. The Judicial Complex clerk can show records, and Alacourt has paid online access.

Call 334-567-5441 and report medicines, conditions or injuries to the shift supervisor. Give the doctor's name and the pharmacy if you can.

Video visits need account approval first, then a reservation at least a day out. Bring photo ID if visiting on site. Read our Elmore visitation page and home visit guide.

Calls are prepaid and outgoing only, with automated fees capped at $3.00. Tablets may be offered for messages; see tablets and phone accounts.

Funds may be added online or over the phone any hour. The money covers commissary snacks and hygiene items. Read about deposits.

Letters get the full name and booking number; belongings return at discharge. Elmore jail mail: our Elmore County guide. Ask about messages at email.

Once bond posts, staff check for holds and finish paperwork, which can take hours. Call 334-567-5441 before you drive over.

The local jail holds terms of a year or less; a longer sentence normally means state prison. They wait in the Wetumpka jail until ADOC picks them up. Next, ADOC moves them to an intake prison to be processed. Workers there review them by medical and mental health care, gang connections, and security risk. The next move is a prison that suits them. A number of state prisons are in Elmore County itself.

To follow the move, try the state inmate search. For each prison, see Alabama state prisons.

Elmore sheriff's dispatch 334-567-5227) and the Judicial Complex clerk 334-514-3116) can both check. A city case might sit with Millbrook, Wetumpka or Tallassee police instead. A lawyer can arrange surrender.

Juvenile probation is on the first floor of the Judicial Complex, 334-567-1151. Detained youth go to the Montgomery County Youth Facility. They go before a judge within three days.

Federal agents from agencies like the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service handle most federal arrests. Charges filed here land in the Northern Division of Alabama's Middle District, in Frank M. Johnson Jr. U.S. Courthouse Complex, One Church Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, 334-954-3600. The first hearing is held fast in front of a federal magistrate judge. Pretrial services interviews them and sends a report for the court. This court skips the bail price list. A magistrate judge chooses if they may go home at a hearing soon after arrest guided by the 1984 Bail Reform Act.

Try Elmore County Inmate Search; there the hold might appear. Otherwise phone the Middle District's Marshals office in Montgomery at 334-922-6960 (1 Church Street, Suite A-100, Montgomery, AL 36104). Until sentencing, the Marshals may hold them in local jails under contract. Following sentencing to prison, the person goes to BOP custody. Track them through the BOP locator after the move.

• ICE finds out about the arrest through the prints deputies send. ICE can then place a detainer at the jail.
• Making the bond won't clear it.
• ICE asks the jailers to keep the person for up to 48 hours after the local case ends. After the 48 hours end, the detainer expires.
• During those hours, ICE may send officers to collect them. When ICE stays away, that means release.
• ICE alone sets the next facility.
• Check the ICE locator with an A-number and home country. Without an A-number, use the exact name plus birth date and home country.
• To ask where they are, phone ICE's New Orleans field office at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.

Yes. Current Elmore mugshots are shown in the Elmore jail search with charges. A released person may drop off the Elmore list.

A journalist can seek an unreleased mugshot through the sheriff's office at 334-567-5546. Federal mugshots stay private. Rarely, the Marshals Service shares one: for a fugitive or escapee, to help a capture or to warn people or when there's an immediate safety need. Need an ICE mugshot? Send an ICE records request, then wait for approval.

Hang up on gift card or app demands. Call 334-567-5441 yourself.

The Elmore County Jail at 334-567-5441. Court: 334-514-3116.