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 on September 24, 2026.
Marengo County, Alabama, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Marengo County depends on where the incident happened: the Marengo County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the Alabama Public Records Law requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
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Which Agency Holds a Report from Marengo County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Marengo County that is the Marengo County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
The FBI's list also carries 17th Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force (other agency), with a records office of its own.
Reports from the Marengo County Sheriff's Office
The Marengo County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 6 violent and 22 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 31 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 295-4208. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, at marengosheriff.com/jailinfo.php (page title: Marengo County Sheriff's Office), phone (334) 295-4208, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Marengo County
The five cities the FBI lists in Marengo County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Demopolis: 57 violent and 275 property crimes reported for 2025; 469 arrests reported for 2025.
- Linden: 10 violent and 42 property crimes reported for 2025; 125 arrests reported for 2025.
- Thomaston: 0 arrests reported for 2024.
- Sweet Water: 0 arrests reported for 2022.
- Faunsdale.
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 Reports: Marengo County in 2025
The three agencies in Marengo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 73 violent and 339 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the three agencies in Marengo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 625 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the Alabama Public Records Law Requires
Under the Alabama Public Records Law the agency must answer a request within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline, and it may charge a reasonable fee for copies. The request goes to the agency that holds the report, in writing, and does not have to say why the report is wanted.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Marengo County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Marengo 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.
How long does an agency in Marengo County have to answer?
Under the Alabama Public Records Law, within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline. It may charge a reasonable fee for copies.
How do I get a report from the Marengo County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at (334) 295-4208. Under the Alabama Public Records Law the answer is due within a reasonable time; the statute sets no fixed deadline.
Is this the official Marengo 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.