Sheriff Election — Dale County, Alabama
Dale Sheriff · the arena · a Wiregrass county hires this desk in 2026 · in Ozark
The 2026 oval in Ozark, not in Dothan, not on the post
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Dale County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Ozark hires a Sheriff who still holds Adams Street
Article V, § 138: four years. The Secretary of State 2026 page lists various county offices on the gubernatorial ballot.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Take office: Ala. Code § 36-3-4 — Monday, 18 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment (§ 36-9-17). Coroner acts until a successor is chosen (§ 11-5-5).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Commissioners with a chair at large sit — not this oval. A Dothan rumor does not hire this badge. Dothan is Houston County. Fort Novosel is federal.
Circuit Clerk on Court Square, not Adams Street
Absentee Election Manager: 100 E Court Square, Ozark, AL 36360. That is the SOS listing — not the jail at 124 Adams Street, not Ozark City Hall, not Fort Novosel as a substitute for the absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Ozark, not Houston County
Do not take names from a Dothan rumor or a fort postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Dale County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Wiregrass patrol and an Adams Street jail, not Ozark PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Dale County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on Court Square, and the jail at 124 Adams Street. You are not hiring Ozark Police. You are not hiring Fort Novosel MPs. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Adams Street as this jailer, Ozark as the seat, and Dothan as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Ariton
A bad service or a paper that missed Newton — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Dothan.
Relief when a Wiregrass storm sits on U.S. 231
A wreck on U.S. 231, a night road outside Midland City, weather on the post line — this county’s mutual aid first. Houston is a different count. Coffee is a different count. Ozark city hall is a different government. Fort Novosel is a different sovereign.
Service — papers, a Court Square docket, an Adams night shift
Papers. An Ozark courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 231 frontage remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Dothan rumor
A levy in Ariton still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Houston County.
Rights from Daleville to the Houston line
Equal protection on the Wiregrass map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Ozark and a family in Daleville hire the same Sheriff.