This is a private reference site, not a Dallas County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, approve visits, or pull official booking records. For those actions, contact the jail, sheriff, clerk, police department, corrections agency, or locator that controls the record.
Where to Call or Search
Use the channel that matches the person's custody status or record type. Dallas County does not publish an official adult jail roster online, so current county-jail checks usually begin by phone.
Dallas County Sheriff's DepartmentSheriff Michael L. Granthum
102 Church Street, Selma, AL 36702
Phone: (334) 874-2530
Fax: (334) 874-2563
Email: dallascoso@dallascounty-al.org
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Dispatch: (334) 874-2578, 24 hours Dallas County Jail
4805 US-80, Selma, AL 36786 (temporary facility)
Jail page phone: (334) 690-1200
Temporary county jail phone: (334) 690-1203
County directory jail listing: (334) 874-2585
Fax: (334) 690-1226
Email: dallascoso@dallascounty-al.org
Public hours listed by county: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Dallas County Circuit Clerk
Dallas County Courthouse
105 Lauderdale Street, P.O. Box 1148, Selma, AL 36701
Phone: (334) 874-2523
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed to the public every Wednesday Selma Police Department
1300 Alabama Avenue, Selma, AL 36703
Direct/non-emergency: (334) 876-1259
Report incidents 24/7: (334) 876-1220
Email: SPD@Selma-al.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
- For a person believed to be in Dallas County Jail, start with jail inmate records and call the temporary jail or Sheriff's Department.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots; Dallas County does not appear to post adult mugshots through an official online feed.
- For charges after booking, use court records after a jail arrest, Alacourt, or the Circuit Clerk.
- For facility-specific questions, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer, including the adult jail, juvenile detention, Perry Varner, and Selma Police holding channel.
- For a sentenced Alabama prisoner, use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search at doc.alabama.gov/InmateSearch.aspx.
- For custody notifications, use Alabama VINELink at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/AL.
- For a federal prisoner, use the BOP locator at bop.gov/inmateloc.
- For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov/odls.