Core county-agency starter entries loaded; verification and municipality breakdown still needed.
“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.
Search the county's posted Commission minutes first. Contact the Commission office for agendas, resolutions, contracts, budgets, personnel and other Commission-controlled records not posted online, and confirm the designated public officer before filing.
Contact the Sheriff's Office to identify the custodian for incident, arrest, jail, dispatch, body-camera, audiovisual and investigative records. Confirm exemptions, retention and the written submission route before filing.
Contact Probate Judge Sara N. Holmes's office for recorded instruments, probate matters, marriage records, election-administration records, certified copies and any documents unavailable through county-linked searches.
Use Alabama's Just One Look for eligible trial-court records or contact Circuit Clerk Missy Homan for copies, certifications and files unavailable online. Follow the clerk's AlaFile process for pro se electronic notices.
Use the county tax-information pages, Alabama Property Tax portal and state-listed appraisal/assessment search for routine research. Contact Revenue for assessment files, tax-sale records, maps, certified copies and unavailable data.
Contact the Lauderdale County School District central office for Board agendas/minutes, finance, contracts, procurement, personnel and other public school records not posted online; ask for the designated records custodian.
Route requests to the applicable clerk for Anderson, Florence, Killen, Lexington, Rogersville, St. Florian or Waterloo. Police, municipal courts, utilities, schools and appointed boards may keep separate records.
Contact Registrars for voter-registration and voter-roll records, Probate Judge Sara N. Holmes for election administration, and Absentee Election Manager Missy Homan for absentee records.
Contact Florence-Lauderdale EMA for emergency plans and disaster records. Route E911-board, addressing, CAD, audio and dispatch records to the local ECD or originating response agency after confirming custody.
Contact the Lauderdale County Coroner for eligible death-investigation records after confirming the current officeholder and procedure. Obtain certified certificates through the Lauderdale County Health Department or Alabama Vital Records.
