This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record.
Find the Right Records Office
For a Jefferson County booking record or photograph, begin with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Records Unit. Its administrative office is at 2200 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203. Call the Sheriff's Office at 205-325-5700 or Records at 205-325-5900. The official directory does not publish Records counter hours or a set booking-photo fee, so ask about availability, cost, office hours, and delivery before visiting or paying.
Jefferson County Jail Contacts
Birmingham:
809 Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-325-5670
Bessemer:
1822 Second Avenue North
Bessemer, AL 35020
205-481-4160
The correct office depends on the person's custody stage and the kind of record needed.
- For a Jefferson County mugshot or booking record, use the home-page search and records guide, then contact JCSO Records if the online inquiry does not answer the question.
- For an outstanding warrant question, contact the correct JCSO warrant division or court through the paths explained on Sheriff's Most Wanted.
- For a recent county arrest, search the official inmate inquiry by booking date and leave the current-custody filter clear to include released bookings.
- For current custody or a scheduled release field, check the inmate inquiry and confirm time-sensitive details with the Birmingham or Bessemer jail.
- For a city arrest, contact Birmingham, Hoover, or Vestavia Hills police first when the person may still be in municipal custody.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search or its public-record procedure.
- For federal prison or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator, since neither is covered by the county jail roster.