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 on September 24, 2026.
Lawrence County, Alabama, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and five city agencies. 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 Lawrence 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: Lawrence County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lawrence County
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lawrence County. It reported 183 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
The FBI lists five cities in Lawrence County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Moulton, 3,408 residents: 240 arrests reported for 2025.
- Town Creek, 1,055 residents: 54 arrests reported for 2025.
- Courtland, 593 residents: 149 arrests reported for 2025.
- North Courtland, 491 residents: 5 arrests reported for 2024.
- Hillsboro, 404 residents: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
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.
The Trinity Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lawrence County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lawrence County here.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Lawrence County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Moulton: 240 for 2025, 329 for 2024, 378 for 2023 and 387 for 2022.
- Lawrence County Sheriff's Office: 183 for 2024, 282 for 2023, 332 for 2022, 208 for 2021 and 326 for 2020.
- Town Creek: 54 for 2025, 6 for 2024 and 15 for 2021; 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- North Courtland: 5 for 2024, 24 for 2023 and 4 for 2022.
- Hillsboro: 0 for 2024, 0 for 2023 and 1 for 2022.
- Courtland: 149 for 2025, 54 for 2023 and 20 for 2021; 2022 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the five agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 523 arrests that year. The four of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 517 in 2024 against 684 in 2023, down 24 percent.
Courtland reported only part of 2024 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lawrence County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lawrence 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 2023 the jail held about 130 people, down from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 130 beds, and it ran at 100 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 Lawrence County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.lawrencecountyal.gov/jail-info/inmates (page title: Inmates | Lawrence County Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lawrence County
Whether someone was arrested in Lawrence County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Lawrence County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lawrence.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 974-2432); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at lawrencecountyal.org/district-attorney, phone 256-974-2446).
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 Lawrence County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Lawrence County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Moulton, Town Creek, Courtland, North Courtland or Hillsboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 256-974-2446, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lawrence County Circuit Court, through the court records page at lawrence.alacourt.gov, phone (256) 974-2432.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Lawrence County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the five cities in Lawrence County: Moulton, Town Creek, Courtland, North Courtland and Hillsboro.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Lawrence County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lawrence County each year?
Moulton reported 240 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in Lawrence County sent in full, the five with every month on file reported 523 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Lawrence County?
Ask the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.lawrencecountyal.gov.
Where are people arrested in Lawrence County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lawrence County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lawrence 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 Lawrence County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.