Sheriff Election — Jefferson County, Alabama
Jefferson Sheriff · the arena · Alabama’s most populous county hires this desk in 2026 · in Birmingham · Montgomery remains the capital
The 2026 oval in Birmingham, not in Montgomery, not in Louisville
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 Jefferson County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Birmingham hires a Sheriff who still holds two jails
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 district Commissioners sit — not this oval. A County Manager is appointed — not this oval. A Louisville rumor does not hire this badge. Bessemer is a courthouse division, not a second county. Montgomery is still the capital.
Circuit Clerk on Richard Arrington, not City Hall, not Bessemer as a second county
Absentee Election Manager (Birmingham): 716 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N., Room 500, Birmingham, AL 35203. A second Absentee door lists for the Bessemer Division at 1851 2nd Ave. N., Bessemer. That is one county, two clerk doors — not Birmingham City Hall, not Hoover City Hall, not a Kentucky clerk as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Jefferson County, Alabama, not Jefferson County, Kentucky
Do not take names from a Louisville rumor, a Montgomery State House postcard, or a Hoover flyer.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Jefferson County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — metro remainder patrol and two jails this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Jefferson County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across the remainder and the Cut-Off, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on two campuses, and the Birmingham jail at 809 Richard Arrington and the Bessemer jail at 1822 2nd Avenue. You are not hiring Birmingham Police. You are not hiring Hoover Police. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for both houses as this jailer, Birmingham as the seat, Montgomery as the capital, and Bessemer as a division not a second county.
Remedy when a writ misses the Bessemer Cut-Off
A bad service or a paper that missed McCalla or Mt. Olive — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Louisville. Not Montgomery as this oval.
Relief when I-20 ices
Ice on I-20 / I-59 / I-65, a wreck on Red Mountain, a night road outside Center Point — this county’s mutual aid first. Shelby is a different count. Walker is a different count. Birmingham city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, two courthouses, a night shift in unincorporated Jefferson
Papers. A Birmingham courtroom and a Bessemer courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated I-65 frontage remains this badge. Both county jails remain this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Louisville rumor
A levy in unincorporated Jefferson still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Jefferson.
Rights from Center Point to McCalla
Equal protection on the two-courthouse map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Birmingham and a family in the Cut-Off remainder hire the same Sheriff.