Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones the agency reported to the FBI, through 2025. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Hartselle, Alabama, in Morgan County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and its arrests are reported to the FBI by an agency of its own. An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Morgan County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts the agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Hartselle public records, Morgan County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Hartselle
The FBI lists Hartselle with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Hartselle Police Department. It reported 610 arrests for 2025. A city is listed separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
Outside the city, the Morgan County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 458 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Morgan County: District Attorney at 8th Circuit (other); Calhoun Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Hartselle Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Hartselle: 610 for 2025, 734 for 2024, 715 for 2023 and 450 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
Hartselle's 610 arrests in 2025 were down 17 percent from 734 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Hartselle reported 351 arrests, against 402 in the same months of 2025.
Across Morgan County, the seven agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,947 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hartselle Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hartselle is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 620 people, up from about 600 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 940 beds, and it ran at 66 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hartselle
For Hartselle the place to look is the case index of the Morgan County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at morgan.alacourt.gov, phone (800) 354-6154).
Statewide, Alacourt is the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription.
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's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Hartselle
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
- An arrest by the Hartselle police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at hartselle.org/191/Police-Reports (page title: Police Reports | Hartselle, AL), phone 256-773-8264, 150 Chestnut Street NW, Hartselle, AL 35640, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Morgan County Circuit Court, through the court records page at morgan.alacourt.gov, phone (800) 354-6154.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Morgan County guide covers every agency in the county: Morgan County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Hartselle each year?
Hartselle reported 610 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
Where are people arrested in Hartselle booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hartselle?
The court files of criminal cases in the Morgan 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.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Hartselle?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hartselle police for its own arrests, the Morgan County Sheriff's Office for the sheriff's. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Hartselle 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.