Monroe County Detention Facility Inmate Bail & Bonds

1. Is my relative booked at the Monroeville jail?

Check Monroe County Inmate Search first. Next, phone the jail at 251-575-2635. Sheriff Thomas Boatwright's office sits in Room 136 of the courthouse at 65 North Alabama Avenue, 251-575-2963. Ask whether some other agency wants the person kept.

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2. Can a Monroe bond be posted after hours?

Call the jail at 251-575-2635 before you drive over and ask whether staff can take a bond at that hour and in what form. If the jail cannot take it, a bail agent licensed in Alabama can post a surety bond.

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3. Which Monroeville office takes bonds on weekdays?

On weekdays, go to the circuit clerk in Room 220 of the Monroe County Courthouse, 65 North Alabama Avenue, or call 251-743-2283 to reach the clerk and magistrate. Bring ID plus the prisoner's name and Monroe booking or case number.

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4. What money does the Monroe clerk accept?

Ask the Monroe clerk at 251-743-2283 which forms of payment fit your bond, whether a personal check is refused, and whether a card adds a fee. Monroe payers often use cash, cashier's checks or money orders.

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5. Who picks a Monroe County bond figure?

A Monroe judge or magistrate sets it, and jail staff follow that order. Alabama's Rule 7.2 chart starts a Class B misdemeanor at $300 to $3,000 and a Class D felony at $1,000 to $10,000, and a judge may set more or less.

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6. May Monroe property owners pledge real estate?

Yes, real estate can stand in for cash. Code section 15-13-152 says the signer must own Alabama property, and only the value left after loans and the homestead exemption counts. Ask the Monroe clerk at 251-743-2283 if the land must sit inside the county. Plan on every owner on the deed signing, and on a slower approval than cash.

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7. What should I ask a Monroe bondsman?

Use a bondsman licensed in Alabama, and get the Monroe fee, any pledge and the rules for a missed date in writing. That fee is never refunded. A real agent works with the arrested person, not around them.

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8. What about a Monroeville city arrest?

Monroeville city charges go to Monroeville Municipal Court, 49 South Mount Pleasant Avenue, 251-575-2081. Monroeville Police, 251-575-3246, can say whether the city set its own bond or sent the case to the county. A city bond and a county bond are paid in different places.

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9. Who can cut a Monroe bond?

Only a Monroe judge can change a bond, most often after the defense lawyer files a request. If the person has no lawyer, the clerk at 251-743-2283 can explain how to ask for an appointed one.

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10. Why would the Monroe roster list no bond?

Aniah's Law lets a Monroe Circuit judge refuse bond after a hearing on some violent felonies, and Amendment 1 (May 19, 2026) widened it to attempted murder and to gunfire aimed at an occupied Monroe home or vehicle. Holds from probation officers, the parole board or an outside county can also keep someone in Monroeville. Request the written order from the jail.

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11. When does the Monroe jail release someone after payment?

Once the bond is approved, Monroe jail staff finish the release papers. A second case or hold can slow things down, so ask at 251-575-2635 about holds before paying.

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12. What happens after a missed Monroe court date?

Expect a warrant and a forfeited bond. Reach the Monroe clerk before day's end, find the next date on Alacourt, and get a lawyer involved.

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13. Is Monroe cash bond money refunded?

Cash posted with the Monroe clerk comes back after the case closes, with any fines, costs or restitution taken out first. A bondsman keeps the fee. File the Monroe receipt somewhere safe, along with the case number.

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14. Where are Monroe County teens taken?

Monroe has no youth jail, so a held child goes to a contracted regional center. Ask about Monroe placements through the clerk's office at 65 North Alabama Avenue, Room 220, Monroeville, AL 36460. The clerk at 251-743-2283 can reach juvenile staff about the place and the hearing date. Monroe juvenile files are confidential and never show on the jail roster.

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15. What do Monroe bond scams sound like?

Monroeville jail and clerk staff never want bond money sent through gift cards, phone apps or wires. Look up and dial 251-575-2635 or 251-743-2283 yourself.

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16. Which Monroeville offices on North Alabama Avenue handle a Monroe County bond?

Monroeville is home to the county jail, Sheriff's Office and circuit clerk, and the city of Monroeville keeps its own court:

• Monroe County Detention Facility: Monroeville, jail line 251-575-2635
• Sheriff's Office: 65 North Alabama Avenue, Room 136, 251-575-2963; Sheriff Thomas Boatwright
• Circuit Clerk: 65 North Alabama Avenue, Room 220, 251-743-2283
• Monroeville Municipal Court: 49 South Mount Pleasant Avenue, 251-575-2081
• District Attorney, 35th Circuit: 251-575-2067
• State Probation and Parole, Monroeville: 251-743-2637

Frisco City Town Hall answers at 251-267-3439, and Excel Police at 251-765-2558.

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17. What bond bands guide a Monroe County judge?

Monroe judges start from this state chart but are free to move off it:

• Class C misdemeanor: $300 to $1,000
• Class B misdemeanor: $300 to $3,000
• Class A misdemeanor: $300 to $6,000
• Class D felony: $1,000 to $10,000
• Class C felony: $2,500 to $15,000
• Class B felony: $5,000 to $30,000
• Class A felony: $10,000 to $60,000

Every Monroe bond band is printed in the Alabama Rule 7.2 bail schedule (https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/library/rules/cr7_2.pdf).

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18. What changes when a Monroe County arrest is federal?

The Monroeville bond steps drop away. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama takes the case in Mobile, and the clerk at the federal courthouse in Mobile, 155 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602, 251-690-2371 keeps the file. The steps:

• Federal agents make the arrest in Monroe County.
• A Mobile magistrate judge holds the first hearing.
• Pretrial officers check work, home and criminal history.
• The federal prosecutor can seek detention.
• Any Monroe defendant let out follows federal release rules.

Until sentencing, the U.S. Marshals keep custody: U.S. Marshals Service, 155 St. Joseph Street, Suite 201, Mobile, AL 36602, 251-499-6620.

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19. How do Monroe County families track down a prisoner?

All of these lookups are free:

• BOP: the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator (https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/) once a federal sentence begins; earlier, 251-499-6620.
• ADOC: the Alabama Department of Corrections Inmate Search (https://www.doc.alabama.gov/inmate/inmate-search/), by name or AIS number.
• County: Monroe County Inmate Search for the Monroeville jail.

More links are on our Monroe County inmate search page.

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20. Can ICE keep someone in the Monroe County jail?

Just briefly. A detainer asks the Monroeville jail to hold a person up to two working days past the point Monroe charges would free them. Any local bond is still owed.

The ICE New Orleans Field Office, 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360 covers Monroe County. ICE's short-hold jails in Alabama:

• Baldwin County Correctional Center, Bay Minette, Alabama
• Etowah County Jail, Gadsden, Alabama
• Pickens County Detention Center, Carrollton, Alabama

A longer hold usually means a transfer out of Monroe County. Search the ICE Online Detainee Locator System (https://locator.ice.gov/odls/) with the A-number and birth country.

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21. How do I get VINE alerts on a Monroe County prisoner?

VINE costs nothing:

• Open VINELink (https://vinelink.vineapps.com/) and pick Alabama.
• Type the name or Monroeville booking number.
• Choose the matching record.
• Ask VINE to call, text or email after a Monroe release or transfer.

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22. Where can I check Monroe County warrants and cases?

Try these public tools:

• Alacourt: Alacourt Access public search (https://pa.alacourt.com/). Choose Monroe; each name search runs $9.99 per case.
• Clerk site: monroe.alacourt.gov for the Monroeville clerk's office.
• City warrants: Monroeville Municipal Court, 251-575-2081, or Town Hall for a Frisco City charge, 251-267-3439.

Turning yourself in at the Monroeville jail with a lawyer is often calmer than a roadside arrest.

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23. Who in Monroeville can confirm a bond before I pay?

A quick call can spare you a wasted trip to the courthouse:

• Monroeville Municipal Court, 251-575-2081, for a city charge.
• The circuit clerk, 251-743-2283, for a state charge.
• The jail, 251-575-2635, for holds and release timing.

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