Sheriff Election — DeKalb County, Alabama
DeKalb Sheriff · the arena · the two-plateau county hires this desk in 2026 · in Fort Payne
The 2026 oval in Fort Payne, not in Decatur, Georgia
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 DeKalb County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Fort Payne hires a Sheriff who still holds Jordan Road
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. A president plus four sit — not this oval. A Georgia rumor does not hire this badge. Rainsville is a city. Decatur is Georgia.
Circuit Clerk at 300 Grand Avenue, not Jordan Road
300 Grand Avenue South, Fort Payne, AL 35967. Not 2801 Jordan Road SW. Not the Rainsville annex as the hall. Not Decatur, Georgia. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Fort Payne — not DeKalb County, Georgia
Do not take names from a Georgia flyer or a sock-mill postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official DeKalb County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — canyon-and-plateau patrol and a Jordan Road house
You are hiring the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across Lookout Mountain and Sand Mountain, warrants, civil process, courthouse security, and the County Jail at 2801 Jordan Road SW. Municipal departments book there. A U.S. Marshals contract sits there — still this jailer. You are not hiring Fort Payne Police. You are not hiring Rainsville Police. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring Georgia’s DeKalb.
Read the office page for Jordan Road as this jailer and Fort Payne as a city.
Remedy when a writ misses Mentone
A bad service or a paper that missed the canyon rim — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. A president plus four are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Georgia.
Relief when a canyon road ices or a Sand Mountain storm sits
Ice on Lookout, a wreck on I-59, a tornado track on Sand Mountain — this county’s mutual aid first. Cherokee’s Centre is a different count. Etowah’s Gadsden is a different count. Fort Payne city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Jordan Road night shift, I-59 remainder
Papers. A Grand Avenue courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Mentone road remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Georgia rumor
A levy in Fyffe still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Decatur.
Rights from Valley Head to Geraldine
Equal protection on the two-plateau map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Fort Payne’s county remainder and a family in Mentone hire the same Sheriff.