The sheriff's line rings day and night at 205-921-7433.

• Marion County Sheriff's Office, for Hamilton-area county roads, Brilliant, Bear Creek and I-22: 205-921-7433

For a Hamilton city arrest, call the jail at 205-921-7433. Every agency in Marion books adults into the Industrial Drive jail.

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Phone 205-921-7433. Spell the name for the Hamilton staff and give a birth date. Ask: Are they booked? Released already? At a hospital? Wanted by Mississippi or a nearby county like Franklin, Lamar or Winston?

If the charge was minor or a traffic matter, the officer may have written a citation with a court date and released them on the spot. They won't appear on Marion's roster. Ask them for the ticket; skipping that date leads to a warrant. Winfield City Court is 205-487-4337, and another listing for the court gives 205-487-4337 as well.

Hamilton judges get 48 hours to find probable cause for a warrantless arrest. If they don't, Industrial Drive has to free the person on Marion's lowest schedule amount, or with a signed promise, unless the charge is a no-bail type.

Warrant holds who can't pay go before the Marion court within three days. A domestic violence case can delay bail by a day while a judge sets it.

The amount on the Marion warrant comes from Alabama's bond schedule, and a judge can change it. A Hamilton Class C felony such as possession of a forged instrument lists $2,500 to $15,000 on that chart.

Ways to post: cash for every dollar, refunded by Marion when all court dates are kept, a licensed bondsman, whose premium is kept, property, or a signature bond. Under Aniah's Law, a judge may refuse bail for listed violent crimes after a hearing. Amendment 1 lets courts deny bail for attempted murder or firing into an occupied vehicle or dwelling. That change went live May 19, 2026. Read our Marion bail instructions.

Check which courthouse has the case first. - Hamilton circuit clerk: 132 Military Street South, 2nd Floor, Hamilton, 205-921-7451 or 205-921-4301

Bring photo ID. Alabama's charges come on top of the bond: a $35 filing fee and 3.5% of its face value, which cannot drop below $100 for a Marion misdemeanor or $150 when the charge is a felony.

Marion is in the 25th Judicial Circuit with Winston County. In Marion, district judges take traffic, misdemeanor and preliminary felony matters, while circuit judges try indicted felonies. The 25th Circuit district attorney in Hamilton is 205-921-7403.

Town courts: Hamilton 205-921-9027, Guin either 205-468-3835 or 205-468-2242, Hackleburg 205-935-3133, Winfield 205-487-4337. See the Marion criminal process.

Hamilton judges name a lawyer when the defendant has no money; the person asks at the first appearance.

Industrial Drive records calls and video visits, so the case is for lawyer conversations only.

The roster may abbreviate them. Ask the jail or the Hamilton clerk for full charge names and the case number. In Alabama, felonies can bring prison; Marion misdemeanors are capped at a year. Read files free at either clerk's counter, or on Alacourt for a fee.

Call 205-921-7433 for the Hamilton supervisor. Share the illness, medicines and pharmacy. The jail's medical staff decide on treatment and send emergencies to a hospital. If you're afraid they may hurt themselves, say so.

Sign up online for video visits, or call 205-921-7433 to ask. Marion families can visit from a home phone or computer, or use the jail's on-site screens after approval. Hamilton's slots change, so look online or call for current times. Guides: Marion visitation, remote visits.

Without a prepaid phone account in your name, Hamilton calls won't go through, so set one up and fund it. Deposits for commissary and messages are made online or by phone, with small fees.

Marion guides: phone accounts, money, messages, tablets, commissary.

The inmate ID and full name go on every envelope, and cash is not allowed. See our Marion mail guide. Property is returned at release; ask the jail if family may collect keys sooner.

Terms over a year are served under the Alabama Department of Corrections. The person usually waits in the Hamilton jail for a state transfer. Then, they go to an intake unit for check-in. At intake, officers check how much security they need, physical and mental health and gang connections. Once that's done, ADOC sends them to the prison that suits them best.

Try the state inmate search by name. The Alabama prison guide has prison addresses.

Hamilton deputies take that question at 205-921-7433, day or night. The sheriff's Most Wanted list shows faces. Elsewhere in the state, ALEA's fugitive page shows active fugitives. Marion dockets can be researched through Alacourt Access, each name costing $9.99. Surrender happens at 842 Industrial Drive, Hamilton, AL 35570. With a lawyer and bail ready, release can follow booking quickly. The clerk sits at 132 Military Street South, Hamilton, AL 35570, and the main number is 205-921-7451. Bring a photo ID and the case number if you have one. Our local court page describes each court.

Juvenile cases are confidential, so the adult roster won't show them. The district judge in Hamilton sits as juvenile court, and Juvenile Probation, on the courthouse 3rd floor at 205-921-4562, screens each referral and picks one of three paths for the Marion youth: back home with a parent, an informal plan, or a petition in court. Ask the officer where the youth is held and when the hearing is.

Because Marion lacks its own youth lockup, any child who must be held is driven to a regional center, and the Hamilton juvenile judge holds a detention hearing inside 72 hours.

Most federal arrests come from agencies like IRS Criminal Investigation, the ATF and the Marshals. Federal cases from Marion County are heard in the Northern District, Western Division, meeting in Tuscaloosa: Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse, 2005 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, 205-561-1670. That Tuscaloosa courthouse isn't staffed daily; phone the clerk's office in Birmingham, 205-278-1700. As of December 2024, Marion County cases go to Tuscaloosa instead of Jasper. The first appearance happens within a day or two in front of a U.S. magistrate judge. Pretrial services first talks with them and reports for the court. Release isn't a fixed amount in this system. Following the Bail Reform Act of 1984, a judge runs a hearing soon after arrest to sort out whether they can leave.

Many federal defendants sit in the Hamilton jail contracted by the Marshals before trial. Search for them on Marion County Inmate Search; the listing may name the Marshals. If not, call the Northern District's U.S. Marshals in Birmingham at 205-829-6611, whose Birmingham desk sits at 1729 5th Avenue North, Room 240, Birmingham, AL 35203. After sentencing to prison, the person transfers to BOP custody. Track them on the BOP inmate locator by register number.

• Immigration officers learn about the arrest by way of the prints deputies send. ICE sometimes lodges a detainer on Form I-247A.
• Even after bail is posted, the ICE hold stays active.
• The hold request asks the Hamilton jail to keep the person for as long as 48 hours after the normal release. Weekends and holidays count toward that limit.
• During the hold, ICE often sends officers to take custody. If ICE never shows, staff must release them.
• The next stop is up to ICE.
• To learn their location, reach ICE's New Orleans field office for Alabama: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Check the ICE Online Detainee Locator by entering the A-number and home country. The locator works too by the person's full name, home country and birth date if the A-number is unknown.

Yes. The Marion jail search puts Marion mugshots beside each person held. For photo questions, call the jail through the Marion County Sheriff's Office, 842 Industrial Drive, Hamilton, AL 35570, at 205-921-7433.

ICE shares booking photos only through ICE's FOIA form, if approved. Journalists can request a booking photo that is not public by calling the sheriff's office at 205-921-7433. Federal agencies do not release mugshots to the public or media. Marshals policy limits release to three situations: for a wanted fugitive, to aid the search or to alert the community or for urgent community safety.

Don't. Marion deputies and court staff don't collect bail that way. Hang up, phone 205-921-7433 yourself, and pay only a Marion clerk, Hamilton's approved inmate deposit system, or a licensed bondsman you located independently.

Call the Marion County Jail at 205-921-7433 for custody, bond and visits. Court questions go to the Hamilton clerk at 205-921-7451.