Lee County Jail Roster Search
Sheriff Jay Jones and the Lee County Sheriff's Office maintain the official public inmate list for county jail custody. It is a live source with a text filter, inmate cards, names, photos, and profile links. The Sheriff's official site also links recent arrests, victim notification, sex-offender resources, tips, reports, fingerprints, and corrections information.
The Sheriff's home page is the central local custody route, but the inmate list itself is the direct source for current roster cards.
The county roster does not cover every correctional system. A person transferred to an Alabama state prison belongs in the Alabama Department of Corrections search. Federal custody uses a federal locator, not the Lee County roster. A municipal arrest may first require a city agency or court contact. Once a criminal case is filed, Circuit Clerk Mary B. Roberson maintains the court file at the T.K. Davis Justice Center. The local jail list should not be read as a historical incarceration database or court docket.
Use the Lee County Inmate Roster
Open the Lee County inmate search. The visible control is labeled “Type to Search.” It filters the roster cards by the typed text. No separate official fields for birth date, booking number, charge, or agency were visible in the inspected search form.
The roster image reflects the official current-custody source and should be checked again each time because people enter and leave custody.
- Open the Sheriff's inmate list and review the current cards before typing a name.
- Enter all or part of the person's name in the “Type to Search” box.
- Compare the full displayed name and photo carefully. Similar names can belong to different people.
- Open the individual profile link for any additional content that the live browser renders.
- Call the Sheriff's Office if the person cannot be found or if custody status must be confirmed before travel.
A recently arrested person may not appear at once, and a person can leave the roster after release or transfer. Check the separate recent-arrests list when the issue is a new arrest rather than current custody. For the filed court charge and its outcome, use the court case record.
Name searches need care. The Sheriff's cards use a surname-first display, and the research inspection found middle names in several entries. Search a distinctive part of the name, then compare the complete card. A photo can aid identification but is not enough by itself. For a common name, contact the Sheriff rather than assigning another person's custody entry to the subject of the search.
Lee County Roster Search Fields
The official search is simple. It does not expose the multi-field form often found in larger jail systems. The captured field inventory is reproduced without adding options that were not documented.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type to Search | Text search | No | Filters visible current-inmate or recent-arrest cards by typed name. |
| Inmate result card | Clickable result | Not applicable | Shows the inmate name and an image or photo. |
| Individual profile link | Link | Not applicable | Opens an official profile URL identified by an internal ID. |
Try shorter name fragments if punctuation, a suffix, or the Sheriff's “Last, First Middle” display format makes an exact search fail. Verify identity through the official office when the name and photo do not provide enough certainty.
Lee County Inmate Profile Fields
The inspected public profile showed a name and image. Other common jail fields did not render in the captured text, so their availability is not claimed. The live site may display more in a full browser, but readers should judge only the facts actually visible during their search.
| Field | What the official inspection showed |
|---|---|
| Name | Visible on the inmate card and individual profile. |
| Mugshot or image | An image link was present. |
| Booking number and time | Not visible in the inspected text output. |
| Charges and bond | Not visible in the inspected text output. |
| Court date and arresting agency | Not visible in the inspected text output. |
| Housing and release date | Not visible in the inspected text output. |
A custody profile is not the same as an arrest report or criminal case file. Bond and court-date information, if supplied by staff or another official record, can change after a hearing. Charges remain accusations until a court records a guilty result.
Lee County Booking Record Path
The official sources inspected did not publish a detailed intake, classification, first-appearance, or bond timetable. The documented public path begins with the Sheriff's recent-arrests card and current inmate roster. If prosecutors file a case, the charge and later hearing or disposition appear through the proper court record. A person may then be released, remain in county custody, or transfer to state prison after sentence.
Those stages do not always update at the same moment. A new arrest can appear before an AlaCourt case is easy to find. A roster card can disappear after release or transfer while the court case remains active. Bond, court dates, and release conditions can change by later order. Call the Sheriff for current custody and contact the Circuit Clerk for filed Circuit or District Court information.
Note: The Sheriff roster documents custody status, while the court record documents filed charges and judicial action.
Lee County Jail Contact
The research documents one Sheriff and corrections contact rather than several separately named jail facilities. No official capacity figure or second facility was provided, so none is added.
Lee County Sheriff's Office
1900 Frederick Road
Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 749-5651
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CST
The Sheriff's corrections information page is the official jail-information route.
Call the main Sheriff number for current custody questions, visit rules, and any detail that the public profile does not display.
Lee County Recent Arrests
The Sheriff's recent-arrests page uses the same “Type to Search” style and displays name and photo cards. It answers a different question from the current roster. A recent arrest card may remain relevant even if the person is no longer in county custody, while the inmate list is aimed at the present jail population.
- Current inmate list
- Checks current Lee County roster cards but is not a historical custody list.
- Recent arrests
- Shows newly posted arrest cards, while an arrest remains distinct from conviction.
- AlaCourt
- Follows the filed charge, settings, and disposition rather than the booking event.
- Sheriff records request
- Requests eligible agency or booking material subject to review and redaction.
When a public web result lacks the needed details, use the Sheriff records-request channel. State the person, date range, and record sought as clearly as possible. The agency determines what is available and what must be withheld or redacted.
Direct contact is also the fallback when the roster and recent-arrest search disagree. A release, transfer, delayed posting, or spelling difference may explain the mismatch. Ask whether the office can confirm present custody and which formal request is needed for a booking or arrest record. Do not assume that a card's absence means the person was never booked.
Custody and prosecution records have different owners. The Sheriff maintains jail and arrest-side material. The Lee County Circuit Clerk maintains Circuit and District Court charges, settings, orders, and dispositions. Auburn and Opelika keep city court records. A requester seeking both booking facts and the court outcome may need two official channels rather than one broad request.
Alabama State Inmate Search
Use the Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search for a person currently incarcerated in state prison after transfer from Lee County custody. ADOC states that its database contains currently incarcerated inmates and that historical data is not available online.
This statewide locator is a custody fallback, not a substitute for the Lee County jail roster or local court file.
A person may move from arrest, to Lee County jail, to release, probation, or state prison. That path explains why one name may disappear from the county list and later appear in ADOC. Search the system that holds the person now. Contact the Sheriff for county custody and ADOC for state custody.
ADOC's limitation is important for older Lee County cases. A person who completed a state sentence may not appear because the public state page says historical data is not online. In that situation, a court case record may document the sentence and disposition, while a records request may be needed for other eligible historical custody material. The county roster also should not be used to infer a state prison release date.
Lee County Inmate Visitation
The official Sheriff visitation page was located, but its inspected text did not publish a readable schedule, provider, visitor ID rule, dress code, mail format, or deposit service.
Check the live page and call (334) 749-5651 before traveling because eligibility, lockdowns, and visit arrangements can change.
| Visitation item | Lee County official source result |
|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not text-visible in the official source inspected; call before visiting. |
| Video provider | No provider was located in the inspected source. |
| Visitor identification | No detailed requirement was captured; confirm with the Sheriff. |
| Dress code | Not located in the inspected source. |
| Mail format | Not located in the inspected source. |
| Money or commissary vendor | Not located in the inspected source. |
| Attorney visits | No public text-readable schedule was located. |
Do not assume that a vendor used by another Alabama jail applies here. Ask about the current schedule, registration, approved visitors, required identification, cancellations, and whether visits are in person or by video.
Lee County Mail and Funds
No official text-readable mail format, phone-account company, commissary service, kiosk, online deposit provider, limit, or fee was documented. Call the Sheriff's Office before sending mail or money. Confirm the inmate's exact booking name, current custody, approved mailing address, items allowed, and current payment method directly.
Important: Never send funds through an unverified link or caller; confirm the current Lee County method with the Sheriff's Office first.
Rules can differ for personal mail, legal mail, books, packages, photographs, and funds. A transfer or release may also make prior instructions obsolete. The absence of vendor details in the official captured source is a reason to verify, not permission to substitute a commercial provider from another jail.
Lee County Sheriff's App
The Lee County Sheriff's Office app on Google Play was updated January 8, 2026. Its store description confirms agency connection, anonymous crime reporting, sex-offender search, and other resources.
The store listing does not confirm an app-only inmate search, so use the public web roster for custody lookup.
The app is also listed for Apple devices, but neither official store description supports a claim that the app has exclusive booking or warrant fields. Its verified uses are communication, tips, and sex-offender resources. For custody notification, the Sheriff's site links a victim-notification channel, which should be treated as a notification service rather than an inmate-record database.
Sex-offender status is another separate record type. The Sheriff's quick links and app point to the ALEA community sex-offender search, but registration status is not the same as current jail custody. Use the roster to answer whether a person is listed in Lee County jail, the state corrections search for current prison incarceration, and the proper registry only for sex-offender information.
Victim notification serves a different purpose as well. It can help an enrolled user receive custody-related alerts through the linked service, but it is not a public historical roster. Confirm registration steps and alert coverage through the official Sheriff link. For an urgent safety concern, use the law-enforcement channel rather than relying only on a web result or notification delay.
Note: A roster entry proves listed custody status at that moment, not guilt, sentence, or a permanent criminal history.