Walker County Jail Inmate Bail & Bonds

Jasper is home to both adult lockups in this county:

• Walker County Jail, 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-302-6464. Deputies, state troopers and most small-town officers book people here.
• Jasper Police Department Jail, 1610 Alabama Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-221-8145. Jasper officers use this 10-bed city jail, which has staff on duty around the clock.

The ticket, the warrant or the officer's card shows which badge made the arrest. Someone charged by both the city and the state may spend time in each building. If one desk says the name is unknown, phone the second one right away. Keep the legal name, spelled exactly like the driver's license, plus the birth date, close by while you dial.

Usually, yes. Desk staff can read the charges and the bond attached to each. The 2nd Avenue jail, 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, answers through the Sheriff's Office at 205-302-6464. A Jasper police arrest goes through the city jail at 205-221-8145. Good questions to ask:

• Which charges were booked?
• How much bond, and which type, goes with each one?
• Does the record carry a hold or a "no bond" mark?
• Where can the money be taken today, and in what form?

Write the answers on paper. A figure that seems strange can be checked against the judge's order by the Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, on weekdays.

A judge or a magistrate picks the bail figure; jailers in Jasper do not. Sometimes the amount is printed right on the warrant; other times a Jasper judge sets it at the first hearing. Booking officers can repeat that dollar figure, yet only a judge may move it. Judges start from the Rule 7.2 ranges, then think about the charge, earlier convictions, family and work ties here, and safety.

Rule 4.3 sets clocks, too. Following an arrest with no warrant, a Jasper judge must rule on probable cause inside 48 hours. Someone jailed on a warrant and short of the bond money goes before a judge within 72 hours. Family violence arrests can see release held for up to 24 hours while terms are written. Our Alabama bail laws page goes deeper.

Alabama hands its judges a range per offense class. Treat each range as a starting line; a judge in Jasper may set more or less with a reason:

• Class C misdemeanor: $300 to $1,000
• Class B misdemeanor: $300 to $3,000
• Class A misdemeanor: $300 to $6,000
• DUI: $1,000 to $7,500
• 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
• Drug manufacturing or trafficking: $5,000 to $1,500,000

Every charge gets its own figure, and the figures stack, so two counts can double what you owe. The complete Rule 7.2 schedule lists every category. Before handing over money, have the Sheriff's Office, 205-302-6464, read you the amount on the actual order.

A release order can allow one or more of these:

• Cash bond: the family pays every dollar to the clerk, and Jasper can refund it once the case wraps up.
• Bonding company: a licensed bondsman vouches that the person will appear, and keeps the fee you pay.
• Property bond: Alabama land, worth more than any loans on it, stands behind the bond.
• Signature bond: for some minor charges, a magistrate accepts the defendant's signature as the guarantee.

Money never erases the rest of the order, like a rule to stay away from a certain house or person. The Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, can say which choices the judge allowed in this case.

Look for the Circuit Clerk upstairs, on the second floor of the Walker County Courthouse, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268. Hours run Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m. Carry a photo ID, and bring the booking number and case number when you have them.

Plenty of Walker arrests come late on a Friday or Saturday. When the courthouse doors are locked, ring the jail desk at 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-302-6464, and ask how posting works after hours there. Courts differ on which payments they take, so check with the clerk before driving in, and hold on to every receipt.

City charges carry their own bond, separate from anything the state filed. Jasper Municipal Court sits inside Jasper City Hall, 400 19th Street West, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-221-4254. Sessions are usually held on the first floor on Thursdays, beginning at 1:30 p.m.

The front desk of the Jasper Police Department Jail, 1610 Alabama Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-221-8145, may accept a city bond in cash, money order or cashier's check; phone first about desk hours. Sumiton, Dora, Cordova, Carbon Hill, Parrish, Oakman and Sipsey hold town courts of their own, so read the court name on the ticket. Charges from Nauvoo, Kansas and Eldridge are heard in the county's District Court.

When the family cannot raise the full amount, a bondsman can bridge the gap. The company posts the bond and charges a premium for doing it. That premium is what the company earns, so it is kept even when every Jasper hearing is attended. Some companies also want collateral, maybe a truck title, along with a cousin, parent or friend who co-signs and becomes responsible when hearings are skipped.

Stick with a company that Alabama licenses and the Jasper jail recognizes. A license check is available from the Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board. Ask for the price, the collateral terms and the missed-hearing rules on paper before signing, and save that copy until the last court date has passed.

Often it can. Alabama law allows real estate inside the state to back a bond, as long as its value is greater than the debts against it, like a mortgage. Whoever owns it signs a lien, giving the court a claim on that land until the case ends. Skipping a hearing could put the property in danger.

Judges in Jasper may add local requirements for property bonds. Before pulling deeds together, phone the Circuit Clerk at 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268. Ask whether property in another county counts, what proof of value and ownership the office wants, and whether all owners need to sign. Land bonds usually take longer to finish than cash.

Covering one bond is sometimes only part of the job. Other things can keep a person on 2nd Avenue:

• another charge that carries its own bond
• a warrant or hold from Jefferson, Winston, Fayette or another county
• a probation or parole issue
• an ICE detainer or a federal order
• release papers that staff are still working through

Before paying, ask the jail desk at 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-302-6464, to name every hold showing on the record. Once the money is in, release still takes some paperwork time, so wait for staff to finish their checks.

Yes. Aniah's Law lets the District Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit request a hearing aimed at denying bail outright for certain violent charges, including murder and first-degree robbery. At that hearing, the defense lawyer can argue against it. An amendment Alabama voters passed on May 19, 2026 widened the list to attempted murder and shooting into a home, car or other place where people are.

Capital murder can also mean no bail. A "no bond" line on the jail record means waiting for the judge's ruling. The Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, can share the hearing date, and our state bail rules page explains the law in more depth.

Lowering bail is a judge's call. The defense lawyer files it as a written motion. Rule 7.4 allows the Jasper judge to adjust the dollar figure or other terms for good cause, once the 14th Circuit prosecutor has answered. Anyone still waiting for trial after 90 days is entitled to a release review in Circuit Court.

You can help by handing the lawyer pay stubs, a Walker lease or power bill, school records, notes on health needs and a plan for rides to the courthouse. There is no promise the bond drops. For the case file, phone the Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268.

The state can. At the first court date, the accused can say that hiring counsel is out of reach. Because the county has no public defender's office, Jasper judges assign private lawyers whose fees the state covers. A sworn money form follows, listing pay, bills, property and children. Rule 6.3 lets the court revisit that if finances change, and a person already bonded out may still qualify.

The Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, can walk you through the application. The state Office of Indigent Defense Services, 100 North Union Street, Suite 680, Montgomery, AL 36104, 334-242-7059, supports appointed counsel statewide, while the Jasper judge makes each appointment.

A skipped Jasper hearing endangers the bond, and a fresh warrant may follow. The judge may declare the bond forfeited. Under Rule 7.6, notice goes out first, giving a chance to explain what happened, so pass any letter like that to the lawyer the day it arrives.

Phone the Circuit Clerk at 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, as soon as you realize a date was missed, and check upcoming settings on the Walker County court website. Walking into the 2nd Avenue jail, 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, with a lawyer arranging it, is safer than being picked up on the roadside.

Once the case closes, and as long as the person made every appearance, cash bond can come back. Rule 7.6(e) has the judge release the bond and order the deposit returned. Fines, court costs and fees may come out of it first, so the refund can be less than the original payment.

A bondsman's premium is a separate payment the company keeps. Hold the original receipt somewhere safe, and update the clerk's office whenever your mailing address changes. Refund questions belong with the Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268; have the case number handy.

Federal holds sit outside the state bond system, and the Rule 7.2 ranges do not apply. Walker federal cases now go to Tuscaloosa, to the Northern District of Alabama court inside Tuscaloosa's Richard Shelby Federal Building and Courthouse, 2005 University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, 205-561-1670. Federal court stopped meeting in Jasper after December 2024.

• Agents from a federal agency make the arrest.
• A magistrate judge holds an early hearing within days.
• A pretrial officer asks about jobs, family and past cases.
• Using the Bail Reform Act, that judge picks release with conditions or detention.

Before sentencing, custody is handled by the U.S. Marshals Service, 1729 5th Avenue North, Room 240, Birmingham, AL 35203, 205-829-6611. After a prison term begins, check the federal inmate locator.

It does not. A detainer from immigration officers outlasts a paid state bond. Using Form I-247A, ICE asks the 2nd Avenue jail to warn ICE before release and keep the inmate up to 48 extra hours for pickup. If those hours pass and no ICE officer shows up, the state case alone governs release.

ICE work for this part of Alabama runs through the New Orleans Field Office, 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360. Once ICE moves the person, the ICE detainee locator can find them by A-number plus birth country. Every page of the detainer deserves a careful read by an immigration attorney.

Kids under 18 skip the adult bond process and stay off the adult jail search. Their cases go to a District Judge sitting as juvenile court in Jasper. Juvenile probation looks at each case first and may let the child go home with a parent, handle it without a petition, or file one. Walker runs no youth lockup, so any child ordered held is placed in a center outside the county, and that child sees a judge within 72 hours.

Parents should call the Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, and ask for juvenile court; that office can share the child's placement and the next setting. Alabama sends some 16- and 17-year-olds with the gravest charges to adult court, and those teens may be held on 2nd Avenue.

Crooks watch for fresh arrests and phone the family, sometimes knowing the jailed person's name. They insist the bond must be paid this minute with gift cards, a wire or an app. Real bond payments in Jasper go to the clerk, the jail desk or a licensed bondsman the family chose on its own.

A rushed demand is the giveaway, so hang up. Then dial the jail desk yourself, 2001 2nd Avenue, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-302-6464, or the Circuit Clerk, 1803 3rd Avenue, Suite 205, Jasper, AL 35501, 205-384-7268, and confirm the amount. Keep card numbers away from surprise callers, and never mail cash to Jasper or anywhere else.