Dale County Inmate Roster Access
The researched official sources did not locate a working public Dale County web jail roster. The Dale County Commission site lists the Sheriff's Department and Jail as county departments, but detailed official sheriff and jail pages were not accessible during research. The most specific official inmate-information channel found was the Dale County Sheriff's Office mobile app listing, which advertises "Inmate Information" as an app feature.
That means Dale County inmate records should be checked through several official channels. The sheriff app is the county-facing inmate channel named in official app-store listings. The Circuit Clerk and Alacourt records can help identify criminal charges, court dates, and bond-related court events, but those systems do not replace a jail custody roster. ADOC covers state-prison custody after sentence, and the federal Bureau of Prisons covers federal custody.
The Dale County job listings and county contact page gives county government contact context for the Sheriff's Department and Jail when a direct roster page is not available.
For local jail questions not answered through the app, the county department route is the official fallback rather than an unofficial inmate-listing website.
Dale County Inmate App
The Apple App Store listing names the app as "Dale County Sheriff's Office" and lists Dale County Sheriff's Office AL as the seller and developer. The Google Play listing describes the app as an interactive tool for communication with residents. It lists Submit a Tip, Inmate Information, public-safety news, and other interactive features.
The inmate feature is important because no official web jail roster was found. The app-store descriptions do not verify the exact fields inside an inmate profile, so fields such as mugshot, booking number, charges, bond, housing unit, and release date should be confirmed in the app or by the Sheriff's Department before being used for legal, bond, or visitation decisions. The app listing also says it is not for emergencies and that emergency users should call 911.
The app also helps explain why Dale County inmate search instructions should not point readers to private jail-roster pages. Google Play identifies OCV, LLC as the developer and describes the app as a communication tool for residents, while Apple identifies Dale County Sheriff's Office AL as the seller and developer. Those store listings are official app-store channels, but they are still not a substitute for direct confirmation from jail staff when release timing, bond status, transport, or court appearance details matter.
- Open the Dale County Sheriff's Office app listing from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
- Install the official app published for the Dale County Sheriff's Office, not a third-party jail search app.
- Use the app's Inmate Information feature if available on the current version.
- Compare any custody result with court case records if charges, bond, or court dates matter.
- Call the sheriff or jail through official county channels when the app does not show the record or when timing is urgent.
Dale County Inmate Search Fields
The official app listing confirms the existence of an inmate-information feature but does not expose the live search form fields. For statewide sentenced custody, ADOC provides the documented public search form. That distinction should stay clear: ADOC is for Alabama Department of Corrections inmates, not a live Dale County jail roster for recent arrests or pretrial detainees.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale sheriff app inmate search | App feature | Not verified | Store listings advertise Inmate Information, but live fields were not captured. |
| AIS number | Text | Optional if searching by name | Alabama Institutional Serial number for exact ADOC state-prison lookup. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Used for ADOC name searches when AIS number is unknown. |
| Last Name | Text | Optional | Most useful ADOC name field for sentenced state-prison custody. |
| Search | Button | Yes | Runs the current ADOC inmate lookup. |
Note: The ADOC search says historical data is not available online at this time, so it should not be used as a past Dale County jail booking archive.
Dale County Inmate Profile Fields
Because the sheriff app was not installed during research, the exact Dale County inmate profile fields were not verified. A cautious field inventory should therefore say what may need confirmation instead of pretending a live profile was reviewed. Court records can fill some gaps, but court files and jail custody files are different records.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | App listings imply inmate information by person, but the exact name display was not verified. |
| Mugshot | Not verified from the store listing and should not be promised. |
| Booking number or date | Useful for jail identification if displayed, but not confirmed in the app capture. |
| Charges | May be shown in jail information; court-file charges should be checked through Alacourt or the Circuit Clerk. |
| Bond | Bond can be a jail or court field; confirm with the issuing court or sheriff before acting. |
| Holding location | May identify local custody, transfer, or release if the app provides it. |
| Release status | Timing can change quickly and should be verified through official custody channels. |
Dale County State Inmate Search
The ADOC inmate search is the official Alabama Department of Corrections lookup for currently incarcerated state-prison inmates. It is useful after a Dale County criminal case results in a state-prison sentence, but it does not replace the sheriff's local jail information for a recent arrest, pretrial hold, or short local custody stay.
The ADOC inmate search is the documented state-prison lookup channel for Dale County inmate records after transfer to state custody.
Use ADOC when the question is whether a person is in Alabama state prison, and use Dale County sheriff or court channels when the question is a local arrest or court setting.
The Alabama Department of Corrections homepage is the broader state source for facilities, inmate services, and prison information.
That broader ADOC source helps separate state corrections information from Dale County jail custody and Circuit Court case records.
Dale County Federal Inmates
Federal inmates are searched outside Dale County and outside ADOC. A person arrested on a federal warrant, sentenced in federal court, or transferred to federal custody may be listed through the Bureau of Prisons rather than through local jail or state-prison tools. Federal court records may also be searched through PACER when the case is in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is the official federal custody search source.
A federal locator result should not be read as a Dale County jail booking; it means custody or release information is being tracked by the federal prison system.
Dale County Jail Contact
The official research did not locate a verified jail facility page with a direct jail number, capacity, public lobby hours, or visitation schedule. The official county contact block is therefore the safest published fallback for department routing. For court dates, bond events, and case charges, the Circuit Clerk and Alacourt systems are separate official channels.
Use the county contact route for non-emergency department routing, not for emergency reporting. The sheriff app listing itself says the app is not intended for emergencies. For custody records, the key question is whether the person is still in local custody, has bonded out, has been transferred, or has moved into ADOC or federal custody. Those changes can happen faster than a public-facing search result updates.
Dale County Commission
202 South AL-123
Ozark, AL 36360
(334) 774-6262
admin@dalecountyal.gov
Monday-Thursday, 6:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Dale County Circuit Clerk
P.O. Box 1350
Ozark, AL 36361
(334) 774-5003
delores.woodham@alacourt.gov
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday
Dale County Booking Records
A Dale County arrest normally moves through booking before a person appears in the court record as a defendant with charges, court dates, and bond information. Booking can include identification, property inventory, charge entry, hold review, and release or detention decisions. If the case is new, the sheriff's custody information may update before the public court file shows a full case-action summary.
Court charge records begin to appear as complaints, warrants, indictments, citations, or other charging documents. A person can have a court charge without remaining in jail, and a person can be in custody while some court details are still pending. For the court side of a case, the Dale County arrest records and court charges page explains the charging path after booking.
The same arrest can create several records with different custodians. The sheriff or jail handles booking and custody data. The Circuit Clerk handles state court filings, hearings, docket entries, fines, and case-action summaries. ALEA handles state criminal-history and driver-license consequences where applicable. ADOC begins to matter only if the person is sentenced to state prison, and BOP begins to matter only for federal custody.
The Dale Probate adoption page is a reminder that some court-adjacent records have strict access limits rather than ordinary public lookup.
That same caution applies when a booking or criminal file involves minors, sealed records, or other protected information.
Dale County Jail Visitation
No official Dale County jail visitation, mail, commissary, tablet, phone, or money-deposit page was found in the researched sources. The page should not import dress codes, mail formats, provider names, or deposit fees from private jail sites or other counties. Confirm all jail-service details with the Sheriff's Department or Jail before traveling, mailing funds, or scheduling a visit.
That research gap is important for families. Many counties use outside video, phone, commissary, and money vendors, but Dale County's official sources did not identify one for this build. A visitor should verify the current schedule, identification rules, dress rules, approved mail format, and deposit method directly before acting. Attorney visits, medical holds, protective custody, and transport status can also change ordinary visit access.
| Facility / Channel | Schedule | Source Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dale County Jail in-person visitation | Not located in official sources | Call Sheriff's Department/Jail before visiting. |
| Video visitation | Not located in official sources | No official provider found. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in official sources | Attorneys should call the jail, sheriff, or court. |
| Not located in official sources | Do not use third-party mail rules without verification. | |
| Commissary and money deposits | Not located in official sources | No official county provider found. |
| Phone calls and tablets | Not located in official sources | No official provider found. |
Dale County Inmate Limits
Inmate and booking information can overlap with records that are not broadly public. Juvenile law-enforcement records are protected under Alabama law. Mental-health commitment records are also sensitive, and Dale Probate lists involuntary civil commitments as a Probate Court area. A booking, hold, or transfer connected to those categories may not be searchable in the same way as an ordinary adult criminal case.
The Dale Probate involuntary-civil-commitment page is an official example of a record area that should be handled with privacy caution.
For Dale County inmate records, that means a missing public result may reflect custody status, timing, transfer, or a legal restriction rather than a simple data error.