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 September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Lowndes County, Alabama, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office and two 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 Lowndes 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: Lowndes County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Lowndes County
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Lowndes County. It reported 1 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists two cities in Lowndes County with a reporting agency of their own, with the Census population and what each reported:
- Fort Deposit, 1,122 residents: 6 arrests reported for 2023.
- White Hall, 751 residents.
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 Lowndes 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.
- Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2025, 3 for 2024, 26 for 2022, 66 for 2021 and 42 for 2019; 2020 and 2023 are missing months.
- Fort Deposit: 6 for 2023, 12 for 2022 and 5 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 38 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2022 and 2021 complete reported 38 in 2022 against 71 in 2021, down 46 percent.
White Hall reported only part of 2022 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Lowndes County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lowndes 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 18 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 118 beds, and it ran at 15 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 Lowndes County Sheriff's Office at lowndescountysheriff.com (page title: About Lowndes County Sheriff and Detention Facility, Alabama), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Lowndes County
For Lowndes County the place to look is the case index of the Lowndes County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at lowndes.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 548-2252).
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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Fort Deposit or White Hall: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Lowndes County Circuit Court, through the court records page at lowndes.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 548-2252.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Lowndes County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the seven cities in Lowndes County: Fort Deposit and White Hall. Mosses, Hayneville, Gordonville, Lowndesboro and Benton 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 Lowndes County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Lowndes County each year?
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office reported 1 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2022, the latest year most of the agencies in Lowndes County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 38 between them.
Where are people arrested in Lowndes County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Lowndes County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Lowndes 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 Lowndes County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Lowndes 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 Lowndes 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.