North Alabama starter entries retained and normalized with Phase 3 core placeholders.
“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 posted meeting videos, agendas, minutes, budgets and audits first. Use the county's Public Records Request Form for Commission-controlled records and contact County Administrator Heather Dyar Rose to confirm delivery and payment instructions.
Contact County Archivist Wendy Hazel for preserved historical government records, genealogy materials and older county documents. Confirm holdings, appointment requirements, reproduction limits and which modern records remain with originating offices.
Use Just One Look for eligible trial-court records or contact Circuit Clerk Sandra Parker Ligon for copies, certifications and files unavailable online.
Contact Chief Clerk Melina Terry or Sheriff Max Sanders for incident, arrest, jail, dispatch, body-camera, audiovisual and investigative records. Confirm exemptions, retention and whether the county form applies before filing.
Review the Probate Fee Sheet before contacting Probate Judge Greg Dutton or Probate Clerk Lisa Jones for recorded instruments, estates, guardianships, conservatorships, marriage records, business licenses and certified copies.
Use the Revenue Commissioner's property search for routine ownership, appraisal and assessment research. Contact Revenue Commissioner Brad Henderson or Chief Appraiser Brandy Cummings for maps, personal-property files, tax records, certifications and unavailable data.
Search the district's Simbli agendas/minutes, budgets and monthly financial reports first. Contact Superintendent Dr. Jon Bret Smith's central office for contracts, procurement, personnel and other records not posted online.
Route requests to the applicable clerk for Courtland, Hillsboro, Moulton, North Courtland or Town Creek. Police, municipal courts, utilities, schools and appointed boards may keep separate records.
Contact the Board of Registrars for voter-registration and voter-roll records, Probate Judge Greg Dutton for election administration, and Absentee Election Manager Sandra Ligon for absentee records.
Contact county EMA for emergency and TVA plans. Route E911-board, addressing, CAD, audio and dispatch records to Lawrence County E-911 or the originating response agency after confirming custody.
Contact Coroner Scott Norwood for eligible death-investigation records. Obtain certified birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates through the Lawrence County Health Department or Alabama Vital Records.
