County records desk

Dallas County

Core county-agency starter entries loaded; verification and municipality breakdown still needed.

10 starter entries10 official sources located10 filing audits pending

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“Official source located” means the desk found a government source in the master build or the current county review. It does not mean every filing instruction has completed a fresh audit. Audit dates appear only after that checklist is complete.

County CommissionOfficial custodian located; procedure pending audit

Dallas County Commission

Contact the County Administrator for Commission budgets, accounting, grants, procurement, contracts, fixed assets and governing-body records. Search county forms and posted documents first.

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Countywide
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Official contact; audit pending
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Sheriff's OfficeOfficial Alabama contacts located; filing procedure pending audit

Dallas County Sheriff's Office

Contact the Sheriff's Department directly for incident, arrest, dispatch and investigative records. Contact the temporary jail for custody and booking records. Confirm the correct written procedure before filing.

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Countywide
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Agency-specific contact; audit pending
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Probate / RecordingOfficial access procedure located; copy details pending audit

Dallas County Probate Office

Use public computer stations for eligible recorded instruments or contact the Recording Office with book-and-page information. Some copies are processed by email or regular mail; staff do not conduct general property searches for requesters.

Area
Countywide
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Public inspection and copy route; audit pending
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CourtsOfficial clerk and portal located; copy procedure pending audit

Dallas County Circuit Clerk / Courts

Contact Circuit Clerk Lynnethia Bennett for court files and certified copies. Use Just One Look for eligible statewide trial-court information; judicial records are not Commission records.

Area
Countywide
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Court-specific access; audit pending
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Revenue / TaxOfficial split custodians and search routes located; copy procedures pending audit

Dallas County Revenue Commissioner / Tax Office

Contact Tax Assessor Carroll Bonner for appraisal, assessment, ownership and mapping records and Tax Collector Tanika Wagner-Neely for tax-billing, payment and delinquency records. Use the linked Citizen Access Portal and public GIS for routine parcel research.

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Countywide
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Direct search available; audit pending
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School BoardOfficial archive located; current completeness and procedure pending audit

Dallas County Board of Education

Search the Board Archive for posted meeting and personnel-action material, then contact the district for current agendas, minutes, contracts, financial records and other non-posted files.

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Countywide
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Direct archive available; current completeness pending audit
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Municipality IndexOfficial roster and principal clerk routes located; detailed procedures pending audit

Dallas County Municipalities

Route city and town records to the clerk or designated custodian for Selma, Valley Grande or Orrville. Police, utilities, schools and municipal boards may keep separate records.

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Countywide
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Municipality-specific custody; audit pending
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Elections / Voter RegistrationOfficial custodians located; procedures pending audit

Dallas County Elections / Board of Registrars

Contact Registrars for voter-registration and voter-roll records, Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn for county election-administration records, and Circuit Clerk Lynnethia Bennett for absentee-election records.

Area
Countywide
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Office-specific access; audit pending
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Emergency Management / E911 / AddressingOfficial custodians and recording statement located; detailed procedure pending audit

Dallas County Emergency Management / Consolidated E911

Contact EMA for plans, permits, preparedness and disaster records. Contact Consolidated E911 for addressing, recorded calls, CAD, dispatch and communications-board records, while confirming whether the originating police, fire, sheriff or ambulance agency also holds the requested material.

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Countywide
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Agency-specific custody; audit pending
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Coroner / Death Investigation / Vital RecordsOfficial custodians located; coroner-record procedure pending audit

Dallas County Coroner / Vital Records Routing

Contact Coroner William Alan Dailey for eligible death-investigation records. Obtain certified death certificates from the Dallas County Health Department or Alabama Vital Records rather than the Coroner.

Area
Countywide
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Record-specific access; audit pending
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