This is a private reference site, not a Clay County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible office directly.
Official Clay County Contacts
For a jail intake record, booking photograph, or current custody question, begin with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office or Clay County Detention Center. Administrative hours are posted as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and may change. The sheriff describes its non-emergency dispatch number as a 24-hour line.
Clay County Sheriff’s Office and Clay County Detention Center41771 Highway 77, Suite 2
Ashland, AL 36251
Administration: 256-252-4687
Dispatch / non-emergency: 256-354-2176
Jail information: 256-354-7713
Administrative hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., subject to change
Use the source that matches the question:
- For a mugshot, booking sheet, current roster entry, or date-bounded booking request, follow the official steps on the Clay County busted mugshots home page.
- For a warrant status, use the Most Wanted page’s official court and sheriff routes. A wanted list is not a full warrant database.
- For someone just arrested or later released, check the official current-inmate roster, then call the jail if the person is absent.
- For the filed charges and outcome, contact the Clay County Circuit Clerk. A booking allegation can be reduced, dismissed, or resolved differently in court.
- For a person serving an Alabama state-prison sentence, use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE detainee locator. Neither is a Clay County mugshot archive.