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 September 30, 2026.
Lauderdale County, Alabama, has about 98,000 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 Lauderdale County 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: Lauderdale County public records, Lauderdale County arrest records, Lauderdale County warrants, Lauderdale County court records, Lauderdale County police reports, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Lauderdale County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Lauderdale County is filed in the Lauderdale 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 lauderdale.alacourt.gov (page title: Lauderdale County | Eleventh Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (256) 760-5728, 200 S Court St, Florence, AL 35630, 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 Lauderdale County
The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Florence, Rogersville, Killen, Lexington and St. Florian keep the arrest records in Lauderdale County: 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 Lauderdale County: the University of North Alabama (campus police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the four agencies in Lauderdale County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,752 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 Lauderdale County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Lauderdale County in 2025
The four agencies in Lauderdale County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 348 violent and 1,229 property crimes to the FBI that year; the same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,577 crimes in 2025 against 1,573 in 2024. Each reported crime is a report on file with the agency that took it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The full crime section, agency by agency, is on the Lauderdale County public records guide.
The Sex Offender Registry for Lauderdale County
Registered sex offenders living in Lauderdale County 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Lauderdale County and Alabama. These criminal records pages from its Lauderdale County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Sex Offender Registry (alea.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Lauderdale County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lauderdale.alacourt.gov (page title: Lauderdale County | Eleventh 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 Lauderdale 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.