This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for an authoritative answer.
Shelby Records and Custody Contacts
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office controls sheriff booking material. Call the Records Unit before sending a request because no fixed booking-photo fee, response deadline, or walk-in records hours were verified. Jail staff receive and release people around the clock, but administrative records service does not operate on that same schedule.
Shelby County Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 1095
Columbiana, AL 35051
Main: 205-670-6000
Records Unit: 205-669-3854
Main office: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Shelby County Jail
380 McDow Road
Columbiana, AL 35051
Jail/Booking: 205-670-6066
Intake and release operate 24/7.
Use the source that matches the person's custody state or the kind of record needed:
- For a Shelby booking photo, recent arrival, current inmate, or recent release, start with the county booking and roster paths, then call Jail/Booking if timing is urgent.
- For an active warrant or wanted listing, use Most Wanted Fugitives and confirm legal status through the issuing court or counsel.
- For an Alabaster, Pelham, or Columbiana incident report, contact the police department that made the report; request the jail-intake photo from the sheriff.
- For a later case result, search Alabama trial-court records or contact the Shelby County Circuit Clerk with the case number.
- For a person in current state-prison custody, use the Alabama Department of Corrections offender search or its public-record form.
- For federal prison custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.