Sheriff Election — Jackson County, Alabama
Jackson Sheriff · the arena · a river-and-plateau county hires this desk in 2026 · in Scottsboro, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Scottsboro, not in Jackson, Mississippi, not in Bridgeport
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 Jackson County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Scottsboro hires a Sheriff who still holds Parks Avenue
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 chair at large and four district Commissioners sit — not this oval. A Mississippi rumor does not hire this badge. Jackson County, Mississippi, is a different state. Bridgeport is not this hall. Stevenson is not this hall. Montgomery is still the capital.
Circuit Clerk at 102 East Laurel, not Parks Avenue
Absentee / Circuit Clerk: 102 East Laurel Street, Suite 307, Scottsboro, AL 35768. That is the courthouse door — not the jail at 545 Parks Avenue, not Bridgeport City Hall, not a Mississippi clerk as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Scottsboro — not a Mississippi-county rumor
Do not take names from a Mississippi rumor or a Bridgeport postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Jackson County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — river-and-plateau patrol and a Parks Avenue jail, not Scottsboro PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Jackson County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on East Laurel, and the jail at 545 Parks Avenue. You are not hiring Scottsboro Police. You are not hiring a Mississippi sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Parks Avenue as this jailer, Scottsboro as the seat, and Mississippi as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Stevenson
A bad service or a paper that missed Hollywood — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Mississippi.
Relief when the Tennessee River comes up
High water on the Tennessee, a wreck on U.S. 72, a night road outside Skyline — this county’s mutual aid first. DeKalb is a different count. Madison is a different count. Scottsboro city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Laurel docket, a Parks Avenue night shift
Papers. A Scottsboro courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 72 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Mississippi rumor
A levy in Stevenson still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Jackson.
Rights from Bridgeport to the DeKalb line
Equal protection on the river-and-plateau map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Scottsboro and a family in Stevenson hire the same Sheriff.