Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Center Point, Alabama, in Jefferson County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Alabama the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Center Point is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Center Point public records, Jefferson County criminal records, Center Point arrest records, Center Point warrants, Center Point inmate search, Center Point court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Jefferson County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Center Point is filed in the Jefferson County Circuit Court or the District Court, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings in felony cases, and the court file, kept by the Circuit Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at jefferson.alacourt.gov (page title: Jefferson County, Birmingham Division | 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama), phone (205) 325-5355, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
The Alabama Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Alabama does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Jefferson County Circuit Court is the public record.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to ALEA. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at alea.gov/sbi/criminal-justice-services/criminal-records.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Center Point
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Trussville, Bessemer and 19 more cities keep the arrest records in and around Center Point: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places five campus police departments, one state agency and two other agencies in Jefferson County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
The Helena Police Department, the Sumiton Police Department, the Argo Police Department and one more are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Jefferson County, so their arrests are not broken out for Jefferson County here.
Together, the 21 agencies in Jefferson County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 17,082 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Center Point arrest records.
The District Attorney for Jefferson County
Charges in Jefferson County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Jefferson County Circuit Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at jccal.org/370/District-Attorneys-Office---Birmingham (page title: District Attorney's Office | Birmingham | Jefferson County, AL), phone 205-325-5252, 801 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N Suite 105 Birmingham, AL 35203, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Center Point
Registered sex offenders living in Center Point are listed on the Alabama Sex Offender Registry, run by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency at alea.gov/node/43. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Jefferson County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Alabama Public Records Law a county office must answer a request within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at jeffersoncounty.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Record RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Center Point?
The court files of criminal cases in the Jefferson County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Alabama Public Records Law.
Can I search Center Point criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at jefferson.alacourt.gov (page title: Jefferson County, Birmingham Division | 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama). Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
How do I get my own Alabama criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Who prosecutes crimes in Center Point?
The District Attorney, reached at 205-325-5252, which files its cases in the Jefferson County Circuit Court or the District Court.
Is this the official Center Point website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.