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 calendar, bid archive, planning minutes and notices first. For unpublished Commission-controlled records, contact County Administrator Chandra Wright and request the current written submission method and fee estimate.
Use the official in-custody search for preliminary jail information. Contact Sheriff Heath Taylor's office for incident, arrest, jail, policy, audiovisual and investigative records; route Phenix City Police and dispatch records to their separate custodians.
Use the county-authorized portal for preliminary land and probate-case research, then contact the Probate Office for instruments, estate files, historical books, copies and certification.
Use the public-access computer at the Judicial Center for free case and image inspection during business hours. Contact Circuit Clerk Jody Sellers for research, copies and certification; use statewide court access where eligible.
Use the official tax portal and Russell public GIS for preliminary assessment, parcel, deed-reference and map research. Contact Revenue Commissioner Natalie Kirkland for appraisal files, property record cards, maps, tax-sale materials, copies and certified explanations.
Review the Board calendar, agendas, approved minutes references, reports, policies, budgets and bids first. Contact the Superintendent's Office for exhibits, contracts, finance, procurement and other district-controlled records not posted.
For Phenix City records, use the current City Clerk form and follow the form's mail, in-person or cityclerk@phenixcityal.gov submission routes. Route Hurtsboro records to its clerk and verify its current procedure. Police, courts, schools, utilities and boards may keep separate records.
Contact the Board of Registrars for registration and voter-roll records, Probate Judge Belinda M. Strickland for county election administration and Circuit Clerk Jody Sellers for absentee-election records after confirming the current assignment.
Contact EMA for emergency operations, mitigation, disaster, shelter, siren, homeland-security equipment and preparedness records. Route 911 addressing, board and equipment records to Russell County Enhanced 911 and operational Phenix City dispatch records to the city.
Contact Russell County Enhanced 911 for board, meeting, equipment, mapping, addressing and administrative records. Confirm whether call audio and CAD belong to the Sheriff's Office, Phenix City Communications or another originating dispatch site.
Contact Coroner Arthur L. Sumbry II for death-investigation records and confirm autopsy custody with the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible certificates through a county health department or the Center for Health Statistics.
Search the county bid archive and planning materials first. Contact Chief Engineer Shawn Blakeney for county road, bridge, right-of-way, work-order, inspection, equipment, subdivision and project records not posted.
Contact the Police Records section for Phenix City incident and crash reports and the Communications Supervisor for city police, fire or emergency dispatch material. Use the City Clerk form for broader city-controlled records and confirm which custodian holds audio and CAD.
