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Questions about an official Jefferson County criminal record belong with the agency that holds it. We are a private reference publisher, not a records office. The contacts below route court files, state criminal history, sheriff reports, jail entries, police reports, and expungement documents to their proper government custodians.

This Is Not a Government Office. We cannot retrieve or correct a criminal record, conduct an official check, or accept an expungement filing. Contact the responsible public office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use these Jefferson County and Alabama routes for the most requested record types:

  • Court files: review criminal court case records, then call the Birmingham Circuit Clerk at 205-325-5355 or the Bessemer Circuit Clerk at 205-497-8510
  • Personal Alabama CHRI: use the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Criminal Records Identification Unit and Form 46
  • Sheriff reports and county booking records: call the Jefferson County Sheriff's Records Unit at 205-325-5900
  • Jail status: call Birmingham Jail at 205-325-5670 or Bessemer Jail at 205-481-4160
  • City police reports: contact Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, or the other department that created the report
  • Expungement: file through the Circuit Court division where the Jefferson County charge arose

The primary county law-enforcement contact is the Jefferson County Sheriff's Records Unit, 2200 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203, 205-325-5900. For court documents, use the correct Birmingham or Bessemer clerk instead.