Sheriff Election — Lauderdale County, Alabama
Lauderdale Sheriff · the arena · the north-bank county hires this desk in 2026 · in Florence
The 2026 oval in Florence, not in Tuscumbia
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 Lauderdale County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Florence hires a Sheriff who still holds 653 Seminary
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 sit — not this oval. A Shoals rumor does not hire this badge. Tuscumbia is Colbert. Muscle Shoals is Colbert. Florence is this hall. Colbert’s election page already said Florence is Lauderdale.
Circuit Clerk on South Court, not Muscle Shoals City Hall
Circuit Clerk / absentee door: 200 South Court Street, Florence, AL 35630 (SOS mailing P.O. Box 776). That is not 653 Seminary, not Muscle Shoals City Hall, not Tuscumbia, not a Mississippi clerk as a substitute. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Florence — not Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Do not take names from a Meridian rumor, a Tuscumbia flyer, or a Muscle Shoals studio postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Lauderdale County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — north-bank river patrol and a jail this Sheriff still holds
You are hiring the Sheriff of Lauderdale County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across the north bank, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on South Court, and the Detention Center at 653 S. Seminary Street. You are not hiring Florence Police. You are not hiring Colbert’s Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Seminary Street as this jailer, Florence as this hall, and Tuscumbia as Colbert.
Remedy when a writ misses Rogersville
A bad service or a paper that missed Lexington — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Tuscumbia.
Relief when Wilson Lake comes up on this bank
A rise on the Tennessee on this bank, a wreck on U.S. 72, inland flooding toward Killen — this county’s mutual aid first. Colbert is a different count. Lawrence is a different count. Florence city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a South Court docket, a Seminary night shift
Papers. A Florence courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated river road remains this badge. The county Detention Center remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Meridian rumor
A levy in Waterloo still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Lauderdale.
Rights from Killen to the Tennessee line
Equal protection on the north-bank map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Florence and a family in Rogersville hire the same Sheriff.