How to Search for Someone's Booking Information at Talladega County (and Work Around the 31‑Day Limit)

Talladega County’s booking information is posted through the Sheriff’s Office “Inmate Confinements” booking search page (often called Citizen Connect). That page is built for looking up current confinements and running searches for admits or releases by a date range. If your search doesn’t show anything, don’t assume the person isn’t there yet - this site has a strict 31‑day date-range limit, and it can affect what results you see.

Start by opening the Talladega County booking search and deciding what time period you actually need to cover. The site is designed around date-range searches for admits and releases, so you’ll get the cleanest results when you choose the smallest window that makes sense for your situation - especially if you’re looking for a recent arrest. Keep the 31‑day cap in mind from the start, because a range that’s too wide can leave you staring at a blank results screen.

Once you’re in the search area, use the filters you have: a name search and/or a date range for admits or releases. If you’re not sure of the exact date, pick a tight date range around the most likely days first, then expand in small chunks. If you’re searching by name, try the person’s full name as you know it, and be ready to test alternate spellings - one letter off can be enough to miss a match.

The most common “no results” problem on the Talladega County booking search is the built-in date restriction: the page tells you to limit the date range to 31 days or less. If you try to cover more than 31 days in one search - like “the last two months” or “since October” - you can end up with missing results even when the person’s booking exists. In other words, an empty search doesn’t always mean “no record”; it can mean the query was too broad for the system to return data.

1. Shrink your date range to 31 days or less - The Talladega County booking search requires this, and it’s the fastest fix for a “no results” search.
2. Cover longer time periods with back-to-back searches - If you need to look across multiple months, run several adjacent searches (each 31 days or less) until you’ve covered the full span you care about.
3. Re-run the search with name variations - Try the person’s name as you know it, then try alternate spellings or different versions of the name (for example, with or without a middle name) to catch data-entry differences.

If you’ve tried a few tight date windows (31 days or less) and you’re still not finding anything, it’s time to switch from troubleshooting to confirmation. Calling the Sheriff’s Office can help you verify whether the person is currently listed, whether the name is recorded differently, or whether you should be searching a different date window.

Call the Talladega County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line at (256) 362-2748 if the online booking search isn’t turning up results and you need confirmation. This is also the best move when you’re unsure of the arrest date and the 31‑day search limit is forcing you to guess and check multiple windows.

• ✓ Full legal name (and any alternate spellings you’ve seen used)
• ✓ Approximate arrest date, or the best date range you can narrow down
• ✓ Any other identifying details you’re comfortable sharing to avoid mix-ups with someone who has a similar name