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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 current form, policy, fees and archive located; department-level custody pending audit
Mobile County Commission
Complete the current Mobile County Records Request Form with mandatory date ranges. Scan it and email it as an attachment to RecordsRequest@mobilecountyal.gov; photographed copies are not accepted. Mail submission is also available. Search agendas and finished minutes before filing.
Sheriff's OfficeOfficial form and Central Records route located; fee and delivery details pending audit
Mobile County Sheriff's Office
Complete the MCSO Open Records Request Form with the subject, date or timeframe, people, case number and location. Follow the submission instructions on the current form and route incident, arrest, jail, civil-process, dispatch and audiovisual requests to Central Records.
Area
Countywide
Access
Direct PDF form, Central Records and public search tools
Use Landmark WEB to search the land-record index and purchase images. Contact the Records Department for certified copies and historical records, Document Recording for recorded instruments and the Judicial Division for estates, guardianships, conservatorships, commitments and related case files.
Area
Countywide
Access
Free index, paid images and division-specific contact
CourtsOfficial clerk and online route located; local copy procedure and fees pending audit
Mobile County Circuit Clerk / Courts
Use Alacourt's Just One Look service for preliminary trial-court research. Contact Circuit Clerk Ashleigh Long for copies and certifications from civil, criminal, domestic, child-support, traffic, juvenile and warrant files, identifying the case and document precisely.
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Countywide
Access
Electronically imaged records, online access and clerk contact
Use the public property search for owner, address and parcel research, the interactive GIS for mapping and the tax portal for bills and payments. Contact Revenue Commissioner Kim Hastie for appraisal, assessment, exemptions, Board of Equalization, delinquent-tax and bulk-data records.
Area
Countywide
Access
Public property search, interactive maps and office contact
School BoardOfficial form and board routes located; current PDF and fee terms pending audit
Mobile County Board of Education
Use the district's Public Records document page to obtain the current request form and its Board Meetings pages for published materials. Route board, finance, contract, procurement, personnel and aggregate student-data requests to the district's designated records custodian; student records use a separate office.
Area
Countywide
Access
District form index, board documents and central contact
Route municipal records to Bayou La Batre, Chickasaw, Citronelle, Creola, Dauphin Island, Mobile, Prichard, Saraland, Satsuma, Semmes or Mount Vernon. Police, municipal courts, schools, utilities, planning offices, housing agencies and appointed boards may keep separate records.
Contact the Board of Registrars for voter-registration and voter-roll records, Probate Court Election Division for county election administration and results and Circuit Clerk Ashleigh Long's Absentee Election Manager office for absentee records.
Mobile County EMA / Communications District 911 / EMS
Contact EMA for emergency planning, mitigation and disaster records. Use the Communications District's online form for eligible 911 calls, transcripts, addressing, GIS and district records. Contact Mobile County EMS for ambulance and fire-dispatch records outside the City of Mobile; confirm custody with the originating agency.
Death Investigation / Autopsy / Vital RecordsOfficial forensic and vital routes located; local title and report custody pending audit
Mobile County Medical Examiner / Forensic Sciences / Vital Records
Request autopsy or forensic reports through the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences certified-record process and confirm Mobile laboratory custody. Obtain certified birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates through the Mobile County Health Department or Alabama Vital Records.
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Countywide
Access
State forensic and health-record custody; audit pending
Licenses / Tags / Permits / Business RecordsOfficial office and division contacts located; records procedure pending audit
Mobile County License Commission
Contact the License Commission for county motor-vehicle, driver-license support, boat, business-license, sales-tax and permit records held by that office. Identify the license type and date range; municipal and state license records may have different custodians.
Area
Countywide
Access
Public service portals and office-specific custody
Port / Airport / Public AuthoritiesOfficial Port route located; other authority procedures pending audit
Mobile Public Authorities / Alabama Port Authority
Send Alabama Port Authority requests to its published public-record email. Route Mobile Airport Authority, housing, water and sewer, transit, hospital and other public-authority records directly to the governing authority, not automatically to the County Commission or City of Mobile.