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.
Attala County, Mississippi, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A DUI arrest in Attala County starts two cases, a criminal case in the Justice Court or a municipal court and a license case before the Department of Public Safety, and leaves three records. This guide follows the arrest from the roadside to the court file and the driving record.
This guide covers the law, the arrest, booking, the court case, the license case, the records and common questions.
Related guides: Attala County public records, Attala County arrest records, Attala County warrants, Attala County inmate search, Attala County criminal records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
The DUI Law in Mississippi
Drunk driving is charged as DUI in Mississippi, at a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or more.
Driving in Mississippi is consent to a breath or blood test when an officer has cause to suspect DUI; the license case that follows a refusal or a failed test is run by the Department of Public Safety, separately from the criminal case.
Who Makes DUI Arrests in Attala County
The Attala County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kosciusko make the DUI arrests in Attala County.
Together, the two agencies in Attala County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 783 arrests to the FBI that year, all offenses together; the FBI's count for Attala County does not break DUI out.
Booking After a DUI Arrest in Attala County
A driver arrested for DUI and kept in custody goes to the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest. The jail, run by the Attala County Sheriff's Office, held about 23 people on an average day in 2016 by the Vera Institute of Justice's count and has a jail page SearchSystems verified at attalacounty.net/sheriff, phone 662-289-5556. The Attala County inmate search guide covers the jail in full.
The Court Case
A DUI charge from Attala County is heard in the Justice Court or a municipal court; the District Attorney or, in a municipal court, the city's own prosecutor brings it.
The District Attorney's page SearchSystems verified is at county-government-offices.cmac.ws, phone 662-289-6552.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at attalacounty.net/courts, phone 662-289-2921.
Mississippi has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The License Case
A DUI arrest starts two cases: the criminal one above and an administrative one over the license, run by the Department of Public Safety. The driving record, kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau, carries the result of both.
The Records a DUI Leaves
- The arrest report: from the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
- The court file: from the Justice Court or a municipal court, kept by the Circuit Clerk for criminal and civil cases and the Chancery Clerk for divorces, estates and land records.
- The driving record: from the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Driver Service Bureau.
More on each: Attala County arrest records, Attala County police reports and Attala County court records.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the DUI limit in Mississippi?
0.08 percent blood alcohol.
Where is a DUI case from Attala County heard?
In the Justice Court or a municipal court. The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at attalacounty.net/courts.
Where is a person arrested for DUI in Attala County held?
At the county jail, run by the Attala County Sheriff's Office, if kept in custody.
Who handles the license after a DUI arrest in Mississippi?
The Department of Public Safety, in an administrative case separate from the court case.
Is this the official Attala 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.