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.
Marshall County, Alabama, has about 102,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office, six city agencies and two campus, state or other 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 Marshall 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: Marshall County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Marshall County
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Marshall County. It reported 1 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside six of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Albertville, 23,392 residents: 1,907 arrests reported for 2025.
- Boaz, 10,473 residents: 139 arrests reported for 2025.
- Guntersville, 9,242 residents: 528 arrests reported for 2025.
- Arab, 8,918 residents: 1,396 arrests reported for 2025.
- Grant, 1,062 residents: 33 arrests reported for 2025.
- Douglas, 788 residents: 80 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 Sardis City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Marshall County, so its arrests are not broken out for Marshall County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Marshall County: Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit (other); Snead State Community College (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Marshall 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.
- Albertville: 1,907 for 2025, 1,984 for 2024, 2,123 for 2023 and 938 for 2019; 2020, 2021 and 2022 are missing months.
- Arab: 1,396 for 2025, 1,133 for 2024, 1,077 for 2023, 961 for 2022, 817 for 2021 and 1,377 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Guntersville: 528 for 2025, 850 for 2024, 749 for 2023 and 751 for 2022.
- Boaz: 139 for 2025 and 802 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
- Grant: 33 for 2025, 33 for 2024, 40 for 2023, 15 for 2022 and 9 for 2021.
- Marshall County Sheriff's Office: 1 for 2025, 15 for 2024, 28 for 2023, 90 for 2022, 4 for 2021 and 22 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Douglas: 80 for 2024, 117 for 2023, 99 for 2021 and 164 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
Together, the six agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,004 arrests that year. The five of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 3,865 in 2025 against 4,015 in 2024, down 3.7 percent.
Through August 2026, the five agencies with every month so far on file reported 2,557 arrests, against 2,755 in the same months of 2025.
Douglas reported only part of 2025 (11 months) and is left out of the totals.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Marshall County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Marshall 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 330 people, up from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 193 beds, and it ran at 170 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at marshallso.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Marshall County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), phone 256-571-7851, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Marshall County
Whether someone was arrested in Marshall County, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Marshall County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at marshall.alacourt.gov, phone (800) 354-6154); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alabamaag.gov/about).
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 Marshall 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 Marshall County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 256-571-7851.
- An arrest in Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Grant or Douglas: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Marshall County Drug Enforcement Unit or Snead State Community College: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Marshall County Circuit Court, through the court records page at marshall.alacourt.gov, phone (800) 354-6154.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Marshall County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for six of the eight cities in Marshall County: Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Grant and Douglas. Cherokee Ridge and Union Grove 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 Marshall County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Marshall County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Albertville (23,392)
- Boaz (10,473)
- Arab (8,918)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Marshall County each year?
Albertville reported 1,907 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the six agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 4,004 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Marshall County?
Look on the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at marshallso.org, or call 256-571-7851. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Marshall County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Marshall County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Marshall 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 Marshall County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Marshall 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 Marshall 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.