This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visits, or obtain official booking records. Those requests must go to the sheriff, jail, court, corrections agency, or locator that holds the record.
Where to Ask
For current Sumter County Jail custody questions, start with the Sheriff's Office because no official county-hosted online jail roster was found in the research materials. The official county page names Sheriff Brian S. Harris, and the Alabama Secretary of State directory lists Sheriff Brian Harris at the jail address below.
Sumter County Jail and Sheriff's Office
118 Hospital Drive
Livingston, AL 35470
Mail: P.O. Box 773, Livingston, AL 35470-9790
Phone: (205) 652-7984
Hours: No public lobby or records hours were located in official county sources. Call before visiting.
Sumter County Circuit Clerk
Devon A. James, Circuit Clerk
Sumter County Courthouse
Livingston, AL 35470
Phone: (205) 652-2291
Use this office for court filings, case numbers, court dates, and charges after a case is filed.
Alabama public-records requests may cite Code of Alabama Section 36-12-40 when asking to inspect or copy public writings, subject to lawful exceptions. For jail-prisoner records, ask the Sheriff's Office how it handles inspection, copies, fees, timing, and redactions.
- For a person who may be in Sumter County Jail, use the jail inmate records page and then call the Sheriff's Office.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page and ask the sheriff about records-request steps.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest or contact the Circuit Clerk.
- For a specific local facility, use the Sumter County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Alabama state prisoner, search the ADOC inmate locator.
- For federal, immigration, or notification searches, use the BOP inmate locator, ICE ODLS, or VINELink.