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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.
Search the county's meeting calendar for agendas, work-session packets and minutes and review posted budgets first. Contact County Administrator Ellen Morell or Commission Clerk Shelby Odom for Commission-controlled records not online and confirm the written request route.
Search the Master Index and Online Documents first. For indexed county records not online, print and mark the index results and mail them with payment, or email Archives for procedural help. Contact Director/Archivist Allynn Griffin for holdings questions.
Use the Probate page's Online Records Search for deeds and other indexed materials. Contact Probate Judge Charles Woodroof's office for estates, guardianships, conservatorships, adoptions, commitments, marriage records, business entities, recorded instruments and certified copies unavailable online.
Contact Sheriff Joshua McLaughlin's office for incident, arrest, jail, dispatch, body-camera, audiovisual and investigative records. Ask for the records custodian and current written procedure before filing; use the official inmate-search link only for current custody research.
Use Just One Look for eligible electronically imaged trial-court records. Contact Circuit Clerk Kelly M. Davis for copies, certifications and files unavailable online, including the appropriate Civil, Criminal, Domestic, Child Support, Traffic, Juvenile or Warrant division.
Use Citizen Access to search by owner, parcel number or address and review appraisal, assessment, building, tax and map data. Contact Revenue Commissioner G. Brian Patterson or Chief Appraiser Taylor Dobson for certifications, tax-sale material, maps, business-personal-property files and unavailable or bulk data.
Search the Board's agendas, minutes, work sessions and policy manual first. Contact Superintendent Dr. Randy Shearouse's central office for finance, contracts, procurement, personnel and other district records not posted online; ask for the designated records custodian.
Route requests to the applicable clerk for Ardmore, Athens, Decatur, Elkmont, Huntsville, Lester, Madison or Mooresville. Police, municipal courts, utilities, city schools, planning departments and appointed boards may keep separate records.
Contact the Board of Registrars for voter-registration and voter-roll records, Probate Judge Charles Woodroof for election administration, and Absentee Election Manager Kelly Davis for absentee records.
Contact EMA for disaster, mitigation and Browns Ferry radiological-planning records. Route addressing, E911-board, CAD, audio and dispatch records to Limestone County ECD or the originating response agency according to custody.
Contact the Limestone County Coroner's Office for eligible death-investigation records after confirming the current officeholder and written procedure. Obtain certified birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates through the Limestone County Health Department or Alabama Vital Records.
