Death Investigation / Autopsy / Vital Records

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.

Official forensic and vital routes located; local title and report custody pending audit
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Official forensic facility and vital-record routes located

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.

Contact and filing details

Records custodian or office
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences Mobile Medical Facility / Mobile County Health Department for certificates
Phone
Mobile Medical Facility: (251) 470-9912; MCHD Vital Records: (251) 690-8150 or (251) 690-8898
Submission methods
ADFS certified-record request process; Health Department office or state vital-record application with eligibility requirements.
Mailing address
ADFS Mobile Medical Facility: 2 Forensic Drive, Mobile, AL 36617; Center for Health Statistics: P.O. Box 5625, Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
Physical address
ADFS: 2 Forensic Drive, Mobile, AL 36617; MCHD: 251 North Bayou Street, Mobile, AL
Fee information
Vital-record search and first certified copy cost $15; additional same-record copies ordered together cost $6. Confirm forensic-report charges.

Public notes

Official sources label the Mobile facility as both a Mobile County Coroner contact and an Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences medical facility. Reporters should distinguish death-investigation, autopsy, law-enforcement, death-certificate and historical Probate records before filing.