This is a private reference site, not the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court, or any government agency. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. For those actions, contact the office that maintains the record or custody file.
Official Offices for Jail and Court Questions
Use the contacts below when you need current Cherokee County custody, jail, dispatch, or court-record information.
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office / Cherokee County Detention Center110 Cedar Bluff Road
Centre, AL 35960
Detention Center: (256) 927-6435
Sheriff 24-hour / non-emergency: (256) 927-3365
Dispatch: (256) 927-3939
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Cherokee County Circuit Clerk
373 East Main Street, Suite 102
Centre, AL 35960
Phone: (256) 927-3637
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., excluding 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
The sheriff's online contact form and email channel should not be used for urgent matters or confidential information. The official sheriff site warns that email is not monitored 24 hours a day and is not secure for sensitive personal details.
- For someone held at the county jail, start with jail inmate records or call the Cherokee County Detention Center.
- For booking photographs, roster profile fields, and release-list context, use jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, case filings, warrants after service, or courthouse records, review court records after a jail arrest and contact the Circuit Clerk when needed.
- For facility-specific rules, use the Cherokee County Detention Center page or the jail phone number above.
- For a sentenced Alabama state prisoner, use Alabama Department of Corrections resources rather than the county roster.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration custody, check the official Federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator instead of relying on a county jail page.