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 September 30, 2026.
Montgomery County, Alabama, has about 226,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and eight 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 Montgomery 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: Montgomery County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Montgomery County. It reported 720 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Montgomery County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Montgomery, 195,818 residents: 424 arrests reported for 2025.
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 FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Montgomery County: Alabama Department of Mental Health, the State Fire Marshal and the Department of Conservation, Montgomery (state agency); Trenholm State Community College, Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama State University and Faulkner University (campus police); Montgomery Airport (other).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Montgomery 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.
- Montgomery County Sheriff's Office: 720 for 2025, 999 for 2024, 1,173 for 2023, 707 for 2022 and 405 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
- Montgomery: 424 for 2025 and 1,892 for 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,144 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 720 in 2025 against 999 in 2024, down 28 percent.
Through August 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 1,095 arrests, against 787 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Montgomery County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Montgomery 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 740 people, up from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,290 beds, and it ran at 57 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Montgomery County
Whether someone was arrested in Montgomery County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Montgomery County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at montgomery.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 832-1260); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at alabamaag.gov/victim-assistance-link/alabama-office-of-prosecution-..., phone (334) 242-4191).
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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Montgomery: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Alabama Department of Mental Health, Trenholm State Community College or Montgomery Airport: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (334) 242-4191, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Montgomery County Circuit Court, through the court records page at montgomery.alacourt.gov, phone (334) 832-1260.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at montgomeryal.gov (page title: Request for Public Records | City of Montgomery, AL).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Montgomery County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the two cities in Montgomery County: Montgomery. Pike Road has 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 Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Montgomery County each year?
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reported 720 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,144 between them.
Where are people arrested in Montgomery County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Montgomery County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Montgomery 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 Montgomery County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Montgomery 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at montgomeryal.gov.
Is this the official Montgomery 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.