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.
Perry County, Alabama, has about 7,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Perry County Sheriff's Office, two city agencies and one campus agency. 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 Perry 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: Perry County public records, Alabama arrest records, Alabama inmate search and Alabama criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Perry County
The Perry County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Perry County. It reported 0 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside two 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:
- Marion, 2,702 residents: 1 arrests reported for 2024.
- Uniontown, 1,952 residents: 5 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 FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Perry County: Marion Military Institute (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Perry 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.
- Uniontown: 5 for 2024, 8 for 2023, 9 for 2021 and 197 for 2019; 2020 and 2022 are missing months.
- Marion: 1 for 2024 and 13 for 2020; 2021, 2022 and 2023 are missing months.
- Perry County Sheriff's Office: 0 for 2024 and 0 for 2022; 2023 is missing months.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 6 arrests that year. The one of them with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 5 in 2024 against 8 in 2023.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Perry County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Perry 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 19 beds, and it ran at 95 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail (page title: Inmates | ISOMS Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Perry County
Whether someone was arrested in Perry County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: Alacourt, the statewide online index of Alabama trial court cases, sold by subscription, which shows whether charges were filed; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at perrycountyal.gov/i-want-to/contact/district-attorney, phone (334) 686-9061).
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 Perry 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 Perry County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Marion or Uniontown: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by Marion Military Institute: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, (334) 686-9061, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to ALEA.
Cities in Perry County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for every one of the two cities in Perry County: Marion and Uniontown.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Perry County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Perry County each year?
Uniontown reported 5 arrests to the FBI for 2024, and the three agencies with every month of 2024 on file reported 6 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Perry County?
Ask the Perry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail.
Where are people arrested in Perry County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Perry County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Perry 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 Perry County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Perry 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 Perry 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.