St. Clair County, Alabama Inmate Search

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office inmate roster lists everyone currently held at the county jail in Pell City, located at 100 18th St. North. The roster sorts by booking time descending, so the most recent bookings appear first. Alabama law requires the sheriff’s jail register to be open to public inspection, making this a genuinely public record. For anyone serving a state prison sentence rather than awaiting trial, the separate Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search covers state facilities including St. Clair Correctional Facility.

Looking for someone booked tonight? See St. Clair booking contacts for phone-first contact info.

Searching the St. Clair County jail roster

What fields can you actually search on the St. Clair County roster? The roster is searchable by last name, first name, and booking date. Charge information appears on each individual record once you locate the person. The default sort is booking time descending, which means the most recently booked names appear at the top of page one.

1. Go to Inmate Roster.
2. Enter the last name in the search field. A partial last name will return all matching records.
3. Narrow by first name if the last name is common.
4. Click the individual record to see booking date, charges listed at intake, and current hold status.
5. If no result appears, note the booking date range the roster covers — records for people who have been released or transferred will not appear.

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office also offers a mobile app at Stclairsheriff that includes roster access. Office hours for in-person inquiries run Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, but the online roster is available around the clock.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

Juvenile records do not appear on the St. Clair County public roster. People held on federal charges are processed through federal custody and will not appear on the county roster at all — the county jail holds people under state or local charges only. Cases originating in Moody or other incorporated cities in St. Clair County may involve municipal charges; those cases sometimes sit outside the county system and may need to be confirmed directly with the arresting city’s police department, such as the Moody Police Department.

The roster also does not show people who have already been transferred to a state prison facility. St. Clair Correctional Facility — the state prison located in the county — is an Alabama Department of Corrections facility, not a county jail, and its population appears only in the ADOC inmate search, not on the sheriff’s roster. A person sentenced and transferred to ADOC custody drops off the county roster entirely. Booking records are presumptively public under Alabama law, but a record that has been sealed or expunged will not appear. Recent bookings can take time to process through the system before they display — a name missing from the roster late at night may simply not have cleared intake yet.

If someone was just booked tonight

Call the (334) 676-6054 — that’s the confirmed line for the Saint Clair County Sheriff’s Office — and ask the deputy directly. That’s a hard night, and the phone is the fastest path right now.

When you reach a deputy, ask these three things specifically: Is this person currently in custody at the St. Clair County Jail? What charges are listed at booking? And where exactly are they being held — county jail in Pell City, or has there been any transfer? Getting those answers confirmed by voice is faster than waiting for the online roster to update. That part — the waiting — is the hard part.

Bond is set at first appearance, which typically happens within the first day or two after booking. Alabama uses money bail with judicial discretion, and for certain violent charges a judge may deny bail entirely after a hearing. Calling tonight confirms custody and timing; it won’t get you a bond amount yet, because that number doesn’t exist until the hearing. Visitation is not available the night of booking — that’s standard. Visiting hours begin the following day, and you’ll want to confirm the current schedule when you call. The St. Clair County Jail does not accept cash or money orders for commissary deposits; the lobby kiosk is the approved method for putting money on an account.

Tomorrow morning, call the St. Clair County Circuit Court Clerk to ask about case filing and first appearance scheduling. If you need an attorney and can’t afford one, the public defender’s office can be located through the state’s indigent defense locator. For a private attorney referral, the Alabama State Bar runs a referral service. Alabama left the national VINE notification network in 2024; custody status notifications now run through Alabama’s own victim notification system operated by the Attorney General’s office — not VINELink.

If someone isn’t on the St. Clair County roster

• Booking lag: A very recent arrest may not yet appear. The intake process takes time, especially overnight. Check again in a few hours before drawing conclusions.
• Released: The person may have posted bond or been released on recognizance and is no longer in custody. A released person drops off the active roster.
• Transferred to ADOC: If the person was sentenced and transferred to a state facility, search the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search by name or AIS number. St. Clair Correctional Facility is an ADOC facility and its population appears there, not on the county roster.
• Held in a neighboring county: Arrests near county lines sometimes result in booking in an adjacent county’s jail. Check Shelby, Talladega, Calhoun, or Jefferson County rosters depending on where the arrest occurred.
• Federal custody: Federal charges route to federal detention facilities entirely outside the county system. The county roster will never show a federal hold.
• Multi-state notification: To set up custody status alerts across multiple jurisdictions, VINELink offers a multi-state inmate alert and victim-notification subscription service that may help fill gaps that local portals often leave.

Booking lag is the most common explanation when a name is missing shortly after an arrest. If the roster still shows nothing after several hours and the person is not in ADOC custody, calling the Sheriff’s Office directly at (334) 676-6054 is the quickest way to resolve the question.

For inmates in other counties or states

The St. Clair County roster covers only the county jail. A nationwide records search may help surface custody records in other Alabama counties, other states, or federal facilities that the local roster cannot display. Coverage varies by jurisdiction and the tool is one source among several — not a guarantee of completeness.

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St. Clair County inmate lookup — resource comparison

Related St. Clair resources

St. Clair County arrest records ·
St. Clair County warrant search

Nearby counties:
Shelby County inmate search ·
Talladega County inmate search ·
Calhoun County inmate search ·
Jefferson County inmate search

Sources

Sources verified 2026-09-10:

• St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office — Inmate Roster
• St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office — Corrections
• Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search
• St. Clair Correctional Facility — Alabama Department of Corrections
• the statewide court records portal
• Alabama Professional Bail Bond Board
• Alabama Office of Indigent Defense Services
• the state bar lawyer directory
• St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office — Public Records Request

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