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.
Lanett, Alabama, in Chambers County, has about 6,700 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 Chambers 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: Lanett public records, Chambers County arrest records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Lanett
The FBI lists Lanett with an arrest reporting agency of its own, filed as Lanett Police Department. It reported 199 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 Chambers County Sheriff's Office is the county agency. It reported 524 arrests for 2025.
How Many Arrests Lanett 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.
- Lanett: 199 for 2025, 309 for 2024, 373 for 2023, 419 for 2022, 526 for 2021 and 1,180 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
Lanett's 199 arrests in 2025 were down 36 percent from 309 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Lanett reported 147 arrests, against 147 in the same months of 2025.
Across Chambers County, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,605 arrests between them.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lanett Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Lanett and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 2 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 136 beds, and it ran at 108 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Chambers County Sheriff's Office at chamberscountyal.gov/departments/sheriffs-department/detention-faci... (page title: Detention Facility), phone (334) 864-4336, 105 Alabama Ave W LaFayette, AL 36862, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lanett
Whether someone was arrested in Lanett, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Chambers County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at chambers.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 864-4348); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at chamberscountyal.gov/departments/district-attorney, phone (334) 864-4316).
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 Lanett
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 Lanett police: the police department's page SearchSystems verified at cityoflanett.com/departments/police (page title: City of Lanett Alabama | Police), phone 334.644.2146, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Chambers County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 864-4336.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (334) 864-4316, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Chambers County Circuit Court, through the court records page at chambers.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 864-4348.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
The Chambers County guide covers every agency in the county: Chambers County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lanett each year?
Lanett reported 199 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lanett?
Ask the Chambers County Sheriff's Office at (334) 864-4336; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at chamberscountyal.gov.
Where are people arrested in Lanett booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Chambers County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lanett?
The court files of criminal cases in the Chambers 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 Lanett?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lanett police for its own arrests, the Chambers 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 Lanett 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.