The Marshall County Detention Center sits at 423 Blount Avenue, Guntersville, AL 35976, with the sheriff's office. Its phones run through the sheriff at 256-582-2034, staffed 24 hours.

Albertville, Arab, Boaz and Guntersville have their own police, and a person may sit in a city holding cell briefly before the ride to Blount Avenue.

• Marshall County Sheriff's Office: 256-582-2034

For Arab, Boaz, Grant and Douglas arrests, the sheriff's line can tell you which agency made the stop. That agency's court decides any city charge.

Type a surname into Marshall County Inmate Search. It shows who's on Blount Avenue now. Write down the Marshall jail ID, needed for deposits, mail and bonds.

Want Marshall news on a phone? The Marshall sheriff app is on the Marshall app for iPhone and Marshall app for Android.

Possibly. A Boaz or Albertville arrest may sit at the city station before transport. Booking at Guntersville then adds prints, photos, medical intake and warrant checks before the roster updates.

Call 256-582-2034 and give Marshall staff the legal name and date of birth. If they're not there, call the arresting city police. Find out from Marshall staff whether booking finished, whether bond already freed them, whether a hospital trip happened, or whether DeKalb or Etowah has a hold.

For city tickets and minor misdemeanors, Albertville, Boaz, Arab and Guntersville officers often cite people into that city's court and let them go. Cited people won't show on the Blount Avenue roster. Check the court named on the ticket: Arab 256-586-3540, Boaz 256-593-6476, Albertville 256-891-8291, Grant 256-728-2007, Guntersville 256-571-7579. Missing that date brings a warrant.

Guntersville and Albertville judges must review warrantless arrests within two days. Without that ruling, the detention center has to release on the schedule's floor or a signature bond, unless Alabama allows bail to be denied for that charge.

Someone on a Marshall warrant who can't afford the bond sees a judge in three days. On Sand Mountain, a domestic violence bond is set only by a judge, which may take a day.

The amount on a Marshall warrant comes from Alabama's bond schedule, though a judge may change it. A Guntersville Class B felony such as second-degree theft lists $5,000 to $30,000 there.

Families can pay cash, use a licensed bondsman (premium kept), pledge property, or ask for a signature bond. For Marshall murder cases and other Aniah's Law offenses, prosecutors may ask the court to keep the person jailed with no bond. The voter-approved Amendment 1 now lets a judge hold someone without bail for attempted murder and shooting into a lived-in building or car. This rule started May 19, 2026. Our Marshall bail guide has details.

1. Pay the full amount at a circuit clerk office, weekdays 8:00 to 4:30: - Guntersville: 424 Blount Avenue, Suite 201, 256-571-7785 - Albertville: 133 South Emmett Street, 256-878-4521

2. Take the receipt to the sheriff at the detention center. The sheriff also charges a $35 bond transmittal fee, payable in exact cash only, no checks.

Alabama's 3.5% court charge (at least $100 for a Marshall misdemeanor, $150 for a felony) also applies. Bondsmen and property bonds are other routes.

Marshall District and Circuit Court sit in both Guntersville and Albertville. The 27th Circuit district attorney is at 424 Blount Avenue, Suite 208, Guntersville, 256-582-8113.

Guntersville Municipal Court's office is at 325 Gunter Avenue, with court on Wednesdays at Town Hall, 256-571-7579. Albertville Municipal Court is at 116 Sand Mountain Drive SW, 256-891-8291. See the Marshall court page.

At the first hearing, the person tells the Guntersville or Albertville judge they can't pay. A local lawyer is assigned at state cost.

Blount Avenue calls and video visits are recorded. The case belongs in talks with the lawyer, not on the jail phone.

Ask the detention center or either clerk for the charge names and case number. In Alabama, a felony can bring prison, and misdemeanors stay under a year in a local jail. Guntersville and Albertville clerks let the public view Marshall files without charge; Alacourt online is paid.

Call 256-582-2034 and ask for the detention supervisor. Describe the condition, medicines and pharmacy. Medical staff decide care, and emergencies go to a Guntersville or Albertville hospital. Report any suicide worry to the Marshall supervisor at once.

Video visits last 30 minutes, and video messages are offered too, once you sign up. Visit from home on a phone or tablet, or use the on-site screens at Blount Avenue. Times vary, so check online or phone the jail for the current Marshall schedule. See Marshall visitation and remote visits.

The commissary sells prepaid calling cards, and you can also fund a phone account for your number. Two online services take deposits for commissary and calls, each with a small fee.

Guntersville guides: Marshall phone accounts, inmate deposits, e-messages, jail tablets, Blount Avenue commissary.

Marshall letters must show the jail ID and the inmate's full name; mailed cash is refused. See our Marshall mail guide. Belongings go home at release; ask whether family may pick up a car key sooner.

Once the clerk's receipt and the $35 cash fee reach the jail, release can still take a couple of hours. Call ahead.

Terms of more than a year are served by ADOC. Before that, the person waits in the Guntersville jail while the state has room. Next, they go to an intake prison for processing. There, officers review security risk, gang connections, and medical and mental health needs. Their next stop is a prison that matches their rating.

To follow the move, check the ADOC inmate search. For prison details, read Alabama prison pages.

Call the sheriff at 256-582-2034, or the city police where the warrant may be. A lawyer can arrange a surrender with the two-stop bond lined up.

A Marshall district judge sits as juvenile judge, and Marshall County Juvenile Probation, 256-891-9544, handles intake. The intake officer can release the child to a parent, arrange an informal adjustment, or file a delinquency petition. Minors aren't on the adult roster. Marshall youths kept in detention see the juvenile judge within three days; prosecutors may seek adult court for the gravest cases involving 16- or 17-year-olds.

Agents from groups such as the DEA, the Secret Service, and IRS Criminal Investigation handle most federal arrests. Federal cases from Marshall County go to the Northern District, Northeastern Division, at the Huntsville courthouse: 660 Gallatin Street SW, Huntsville, AL 35801, 256-534-6495. Marshall County has been in the Northeastern Division since December 2024, when federal court stopped meeting in Gadsden. Soon after, the defendant sees a federal magistrate judge for the first hearing. Federal bail law (the Bail Reform Act) guides federal bail. Instead of a bail table, a magistrate judge sets a release hearing on detention or release. The court reads a report from a pretrial officer on risk.

Some federal detainees sit in the Guntersville jail rented by the Marshals before trial. Search Marshall County Inmate Search first, where the hold can be listed. Or call the Northern District's Marshals Service at 205-829-6611 (1729 5th Avenue North, Room 240, Birmingham, AL 35203). After a federal sentence, the person moves to BOP custody. Track them through the federal inmate locator after the move.

• Immigration officers find out about an arrest from booking prints the jail share. ICE may then issue a detainer at the jail.
• Instead of going home, the person can stay for at most 48 more hours so ICE can come. Holidays don't extend it; the limit is still 48 hours.
• Even after bond is posted, the detainer stays on file.
• Inside those hours, ICE may send officers to take custody. If the window passes, the sheriff must release them.
• To ask where they are, reach ICE's New Orleans field office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Search the ICE detainee locator with the A-number and country of birth. If you don't have the A-number, enter the person's full name plus birth country and birth date.
• The agency decides which center they go to.

Yes. Mugshots taken at the Marshall jail post in the Marshall County jail roster.

ICE's online FOIA request is the way to ask for an ICE booking photo; ICE decides. Journalists can request a mugshot that isn't posted by phoning the sheriff's office on 256-582-2034. Federal booking photos aren't given with the press or public. Mugshots taken by the Marshals are released only in rare cases: for a fugitive or escapee, when it is required at once to protect the public or to help the search or to warn the public.

It isn't. Marshall bonds are paid at a clerk's window, then at the jail with exact cash. No real Marshall official asks you for gift cards, wire transfers or app money. End the call; dial 256-582-2034.

Call the Marshall County Detention Center through the sheriff at 256-582-2034 for custody and bond. Clerk questions go to Guntersville 256-571-7785 or Albertville 256-878-4521. Bring exact cash for the $35 fee.