SearchSystems Editorial

Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime 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 4, 2026.

About this guide

Wetumpka, Alabama, in Elmore County, has about 7,700 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 Wetumpka is kept and how it is seen.

This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.

Related guides: Wetumpka public records, Elmore County criminal records, Wetumpka arrest records, Wetumpka warrants, Wetumpka inmate search, Wetumpka court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.

Criminal Cases in the Elmore County Circuit Court

A criminal case from Wetumpka is filed in the Elmore 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 elmore.alacourt.gov (page title: Elmore County | Nineteenth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (334) 514-3116, 8935 U.S. Highway 231 N., Wetumpka, AL 36092, 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

The statewide criminal history kept by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is closed to the public in Alabama: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.

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 Wetumpka

The Elmore County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wetumpka (filed by the FBI as Wetumpka Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Wetumpka: 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 one more agency in Elmore County: Central Alabama Drug Task Force (other agency); it keeps the records of its own arrests.

The Prattville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Elmore County, so its arrests are not broken out for Elmore County here.

Together, the five agencies in Elmore County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,245 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 Wetumpka arrest records.

The Crimes Behind the Records: Wetumpka in 2025

The agency that reports for Wetumpka had 19 violent and 92 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.

The Sex Offender Registry for Wetumpka

Registered sex offenders living in Wetumpka 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 Elmore 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.

More Official Criminal Records Pages for Elmore County

The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Elmore County and Alabama. These criminal records pages from its Elmore County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:

Frequently Asked Questions

Are criminal records public in Wetumpka?

The court files of criminal cases in the Elmore 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 Wetumpka criminal cases online?

The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at elmore.alacourt.gov (page title: Elmore County | Nineteenth Circuit Court 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.

Is this the official Wetumpka 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.