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. 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 October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Greene County, Alabama, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest 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 Greene County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Greene County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 0 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Greene County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Eutaw, 2,655 residents: 35 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Greene County
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.
- Eutaw: 35 for 2025, 49 for 2024, 44 for 2023, 37 for 2022 and 119 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2024, 2 for 2023, 0 for 2022 and 2 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 49 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 49 in 2024 against 46 in 2023, up 6.5 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greene County 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 2019 the jail held about 62 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Greene County
For Greene County the place to look is the case index of the Greene County Circuit Court, kept by the Circuit Clerk, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at court.info/states/alabama/Greene (page title: COURT INFO | Greene County Courts -Alabama District and Circuit Courts), phone 205-372-3598, belongs to a lower court, not to the Greene County Circuit Court.
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 Greene County
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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Eutaw: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: in the Greene County Circuit Court it is kept by the Circuit Clerk. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county, at court.info/states/alabama/Greene, phone 205-372-3598, is a lower court's.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the four cities in Greene County: Eutaw. Forkland, Boligee and Union have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Greene County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
Eutaw reported 35 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Greene County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 49 between them.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Greene County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.