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 between September 26, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
St. Albans, Vermont, in Franklin County, has about 7,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Vermont the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the clerk of each division; the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center is open to anyone who asks. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from St. Albans is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: St. Albans public records, Franklin County criminal records, St. Albans arrest records, St. Albans warrants, St. Albans inmate search, St. Albans court records, Vermont arrest records and Vermont inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit
A criminal case from St. Albans is filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit or the Judicial Bureau, which takes traffic tickets and other civil violations, and the court file, kept by the clerk of each division, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at vtcourts.gov/court-locations/franklin-civil-division (page title: Franklin Civil Division | Vermont Judiciary), phone 802-524-7993, 17 Church Street, St. Albans, VT 05478, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
The Vermont Criminal History and Your Own Copy
Vermont is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name, through the Vermont Crime Information Center. The result is the repository record, what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in St. Albans
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for St. Albans (filed by the FBI as St. Albans Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around St. Albans: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Franklin County: the St. Albans State Police (state police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Franklin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,024 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in St. Albans arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: St. Albans in 2025
The agency that reports for St. Albans had 52 violent and 500 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State's Attorney for Franklin County
The State's Attorney decides which arrests in Franklin County become charges and files them in the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit or the Judicial Bureau; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at vtbar.org/gov-scott-appoints-bram-kranichfield-as-franklin-county-s... (page title: Gov. Scott Appoints Bram Kranichfield as Franklin County State’s Attorney | Vermont Bar Association), phone 802-223-2020, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for St. Albans
Registered sex offenders living in St. Albans are listed on the Vermont Sex Offender Registry, run by the Vermont Crime Information Center at vcic.vermont.gov/sor. Only some registrants, chosen by offense and risk, are listed online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the town police, the county sheriff or the Vermont State Police, whichever took the call.
Asking an Agency in Franklin County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Vermont Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 3 business days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying, and staff time after the first 30 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in St. Albans?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Vermont Crime Information Center: Vermont criminal conviction records are public and can be ordered online on anyone by name. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Vermont Public Records Act.
Can I search St. Albans criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at vtcourts.gov (page title: Franklin Civil Division | Vermont Judiciary). Statewide, Vermont Judiciary Public Portal is the courts' free statewide case search.
How do I get my own Vermont criminal history?
Through the same record request, run on yourself.
Who prosecutes crimes in St. Albans?
The State's Attorney, reached at 802-223-2020, which files its cases in the Vermont Superior Court, Franklin Unit or the Judicial Bureau.
Is this the official St. Albans website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.