Knowing whether or not there is an active warrant that has been made out in your name can be a critical determinant in whether or not it is safe for you to drive, appear in public, or even access important state functions. Because having an active warrant can make even appearing in public risk the possibility of being arrested and taken against your will, you should find out if a warrant has been issued in your name so you can turn yourself in.

If you have ever tried to look for almost any kind of official record in Alabama, whether it’s a criminal record, an arrest record, or even just court records, then you have probably discovered this to be a surprisingly difficult process. Limited online presences, a confusing web of whether or not it is legal to access a particular type of document, and a host of privacy concerns make accessing legal documents a pain. However, that’s just not the case with marriage records and divorce records for Etowah County – or any other county in Alabama.

Although many counties in the state of Alabama do not provide an online listing of currently-imprisoned individuals, finding out whether or not someone you know or are related to is imprisoned can be a difficult process. This process can be even more problematic because the only criminal records that can be accessed by the general public are those of currently-imprisoned persons. For those persons not currently in jail, you must have their written consent to access their criminal records.

Etowah County, Alabama is one of the very few counties in Alabama that boasts excellent websites for the county itself (at http://www.etowahcounty.org/) as well as for its sheriff (at http://www.etowahcountysheriff.com/). Even more rare is the fact that the Sheriff’s Office website has a tool that allows the displaying of active warrants, and persons currently imprisoned in the Etowah County Jail (which can be accessed at http://68.213.89.230/smartweb/).

Etowath County, Alabama is one of the few counties in the state that provides an active database of not only persons currently imprisoned, but also of all active warrants for the county. What this means is that just about any official record that you could need to access in the county is easily found.