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.
Lawrence County, Alabama, has about 34,000 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 Lawrence 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, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Lawrence County public records, Lawrence County arrest records, Lawrence County warrants, Lawrence County inmate search, Lawrence County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Lawrence County Circuit Court
A criminal case from Lawrence County is filed in the Lawrence 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 lawrence.alacourt.gov (page title: Lawrence County | Thirty-Sixth Circuit Court of Alabama), phone (256) 974-2432, 14451, 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 Lawrence County
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Moulton, Town Creek, Courtland, North Courtland and Hillsboro keep the arrest records in Lawrence 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 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.
Together, the five agencies in Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 523 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 Lawrence County arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Lawrence County in 2024
The four agencies in Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 9 violent and 73 property crimes to the FBI that year; the three of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 75 crimes in 2024 against 126 in 2023. 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 Lawrence County public records guide.
The District Attorney for Lawrence County
Charges in Lawrence County are filed by the District Attorney, which reviews the arrests of every agency in the county and brings the cases in the Lawrence County Circuit Court or the District Court.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at lawrencecountyal.org/district-attorney (page title: District Attorney | Lawrence County Commission), phone 256-974-2446, 14451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Lawrence County
Registered sex offenders living in Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Lawrence County and Alabama. These criminal records pages from its Lawrence County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- National Sex Offender Registry (alea.gov)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal 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.
Can I search Lawrence County criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at lawrence.alacourt.gov (page title: Lawrence County | Thirty-Sixth 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.
Who prosecutes crimes in Lawrence County?
The District Attorney, reached at 256-974-2446, which files its cases in the Lawrence County Circuit Court or the District Court.
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.