County records desk

Winston County

Twenty-two Winston County and local-government routes are mapped to official sources, including all seven incorporated municipalities and crucial emergency, utility, education, recreation and health-care-authority custodians. Every filing path remains queued for audit.

22 starter entries22 official sources located22 filing audits pending

Read the status before filing

“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 office and officials located; written procedure, archive and fees pending audit

Winston County Commission

Contact the Commission office for Commission-controlled agendas, minutes, budgets, contracts, purchasing, grants and administrative records. Describe the record and date range and confirm the designated receiving officer before filing.

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Countywide
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Commission-specific custody; audit pending
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Probate / RecordingOfficial portal and published fees located; conflicting marriage fee and fulfillment details pending audit

Winston County Probate Office / Records Department

Use the official Ingenuity portal for preliminary land and probate-case research. Contact Probate Judge Sheila G. Moore's Records Department for certified copies, non-indexed files, marriage records and records requiring office research.

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Countywide
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Interactive search and office custody; audit pending
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Court / Circuit ClerkOfficial clerk and portal located; current copy procedure and local fees pending audit

Winston County Circuit Clerk

Contact Circuit Clerk John D. Snoddy's office for Circuit and District Court inspection, copies and certification. Use Just One Look for eligible trial-court information and identify the case number and exact document where possible.

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Countywide
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Court-specific office and paid statewide portal
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Sheriff's OfficeOfficial current office located; records unit, procedure, roster and fees pending audit

Winston County Sheriff's Office

Contact Sheriff Caleb Snoddy's office for incident, arrest, offense, jail, dispatch, policy and audiovisual records, identifying the date, case number and handling division where known.

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Countywide
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Sheriff-specific custody; audit pending
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Revenue / TaxCurrent official office and GIS located; copy, certification and bulk-data procedures pending audit

Winston County Revenue Commissioner / Tax Office

Use the official public GIS for preliminary parcel and assessment research. Contact Revenue Commissioner Sandra Thorn Wright for appraisal, assessment, mapping, tax, Board of Equalization and certified property records.

Area
Countywide
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Direct property search plus Revenue custody
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School BoardOfficial current archives and audits located; general written procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County Board of Education

Search the Board minutes and bid-document archives first. Contact Superintendent Jeff Scott's central office for agendas, exhibits, contracts, procurement, finance, personnel and other unpublished district records.

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Countywide
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Direct archives plus district custody
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Municipality IndexOfficial seven-municipality roster located; individual clerk procedures pending audit

Winston County Municipalities

Route records to the applicable clerk or designated custodian for Addison, Arley, Double Springs, Haleyville, Lynn, Natural Bridge or Nauvoo. Route police, court, utility, school and appointed-board records to the creating municipal body when it maintains separate custody.

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Countywide
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Municipality-specific custody; audit pending
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Elections / Voter Registration / Absentee VotingOfficial current split custodians located; written procedures and fees pending audit

Winston County Elections / Board of Registrars

Contact the Board of Registrars for registration, voter-roll and qualification records; Probate for election administration, precinct and canvass records; and Circuit Clerk John D. Snoddy, the Absentee Election Manager, for absentee-election records.

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Countywide
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Split election custody; audit pending
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Emergency Management / Disaster ResponseCurrent state contact located; site conflict, procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County Emergency Management Agency

Contact Director A.J. Brown for emergency plans, damage assessments, grant, shelter, exercise, warning and administrative records created or held by Winston County EMA. Identify state or federal records separately where another agency has custody.

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Countywide
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EMA-specific custody; audit pending
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Emergency Communications District / PSAPCurrent state district and director located; office, retention, procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County E-911 Communications District

Contact the Winston County ECD for district-board, budget, contract, addressing, CAD, dispatch and 911-audio records. Identify the incident, date, time, telephone number or event number when known and distinguish dispatch records from the responding agency's report.

Area
Countywide 911 service area
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Independent emergency communications district custody
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Coroner / Death Investigation / Vital RecordsCurrent official routes located; mailing, record-specific procedure and restrictions pending audit

Winston County Coroner / Death and Vital Records

Contact Coroner Tracy Yealock for non-exempt coroner investigation and administrative records. Obtain eligible death, birth, marriage and divorce certificates through ADPH, not from the Coroner. Route law-enforcement reports and autopsy material to the creating agency.

Area
Countywide
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Coroner and state vital-record custody by record type
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Roads / Bridges / Engineering / Transportation PlansOfficial department, engineer and plan route located; office, procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County Road & Bridge / Engineering

Contact County Engineer James Glasgow or the Road Department for county road, bridge, right-of-way, map, bid, inspection, project, subdivision and maintenance records. Use the current ACCA transportation-plan index for published Rebuild Alabama plans.

Area
County-maintained system
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Commission engineering custody; audit pending
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Sanitation / Solid Waste / CollectionOfficial county contact located; office, detailed custody, procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County Sanitation / Solid Waste

Contact the Sanitation Office for county collection routes, service policies, complaints, billing administration, contracts, procurement, equipment and operational records. Route state permits and garbage-exemption or environmental-health files to ADPH or ADEM as applicable.

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County service area
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County sanitation custody; audit pending
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Archives / Historical County RecordsOfficial archive contact located; holdings, office, hours, procedure and fees pending audit

Winston County Archives

Contact Archivist Treva Hood to identify historical county volumes, indexes, manuscripts, photographs and government records held by the Archives. Confirm whether the original creating office or Archives controls access and certification.

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Countywide holdings
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Archive-specific custody; audit pending
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Public Health / Environmental Health / Vital RecordsCurrent official office and services located; program-specific procedures pending audit

Winston County Health Department / ADPH

Contact the county health department or ADPH for environmental-health, food and lodging inspection, jail inspection, solid-waste, onsite-sewage, clinic-program and administrative records. Obtain eligible certificates through the county office or Center for Health Statistics.

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Countywide
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State health department custody
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Municipal Government / Clerk / Police / Court / UtilitiesOfficial clerk and meeting archive located; department procedures and fees pending audit

City of Haleyville Public Records

Search the City Council agenda/minutes archive first and contact City Clerk Christy Harbin for council, ordinance, budget, contract, procurement and administrative records. Route police, court, utility and airport records to the creating city department or board.

Area
City of Haleyville
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City and department-specific custody
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Municipal Government / Clerk / Police / Water / StreetsOfficial clerk role and council route located; written form, archive and fees pending audit

Town of Double Springs Public Records

Contact Town Clerk Whitney Courington for council, ordinance, budget, contract, license and administrative records. Route police, fire, water and street records to the creating town department after confirming custody.

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Town of Double Springs
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Town and department-specific custody
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Small-Town Government / Clerk / Police / UtilitiesIncorporated status and three operational contacts located; Natural Bridge/Nauvoo contacts and all detailed procedures pending audit

Addison, Arley, Lynn, Natural Bridge & Nauvoo Municipal Records

Route each request to the clerk or designated custodian of the town that created the record. Use Addison, Arley or Lynn's verified municipal contact route where applicable; confirm current Natural Bridge and Nauvoo clerk contacts before filing rather than using a countywide address.

Area
Towns of Addison, Arley, Lynn, Natural Bridge and Nauvoo
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Town-specific custody; audit pending
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Public Water and Sewer Systems / Municipal UtilitiesCurrent official system directory located; board contacts, procedures and fees pending audit

Winston County Municipal Water & Sewer Systems

Identify the serving public system, then contact its municipality or water/sewer board for board, budget, rate, contract, procurement, project, service-area and utility records. Use ADEM for state-created drinking-water, permit and compliance records.

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Municipal and system service areas
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System-specific local custody plus state regulatory custody
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City School System / School BoardOfficial district and board routes located; comprehensive minutes, written procedure and fees pending audit

Haleyville City Schools / Board of Education

Search the Board page, meeting schedule and document library first. Contact the Haleyville City Schools central office for agendas, minutes, exhibits, contracts, procurement, finance, policy, personnel and other unpublished district records.

Area
Haleyville City school district
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Separate city school-system custody
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Public Development Authority / Lakes / Recreation / Multi-County BoardOfficial authority, board and contact located; written procedure, retention and fees pending audit

Bear Creek Development Authority

Contact the Authority for board, budget, contract, procurement, permit, lease, project, lake-management, recreation and administrative records it created or holds. Identify TVA, ADCNR or another agency separately for records those entities created.

Area
Bear Creek watershed in Colbert, Franklin, Marion and Winston counties
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Independent multi-county public-corporation custody
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Public Health Care Authority / Critical Access HospitalCurrent official ownership and affiliation sources located; board roster, written procedure and fees pending audit

Health Care Authority of Haleyville and Winston County / Lakeland Community Hospital

Contact Lakeland administration or the Health Care Authority for board, budget, audit, contract, procurement, affiliation, rate, policy and other governance records. Request only segregable public material and exclude patient-identifying or protected clinical information.

Area
Haleyville and Winston County service area
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Independent public health-care-authority custody
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