Probate / Recording

Mobile County Probate Office

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.

Official catalog, search and division routes located; certified-copy details pending audit
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Official Probate records catalog, search portal and fee pages located

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.

Contact and filing details

Records custodian or office
Mobile County Probate Judge Mark Erwin / Records, Recording or Judicial Division by record type
Email
probatecourt@probate.mobilecountyal.gov
Phone
General: (251) 574-6000; Records/certified copies: (251) 574-6070; recording: (251) 574-6040; Judicial: (251) 574-6001
Submission methods
Online index and image service, email, telephone, mail or division counter.
Mailing address
P.O. Box 7, Mobile, AL 36601
Physical address
Mobile County Government Center Annex, 151 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602
Fee information
Land-record index searching is free; online images cost $0.10 per page and remain downloadable for 10 days. Recording and record-specific fee schedules are published separately; confirm certified-copy charges.

Public notes

The Probate Court publishes an unusually extensive historical catalog, including digitized record groups and original judicial cases. Recording fees are not the same as copy or image fees. Commercial probate guides and non-government Mobile County court aggregators are excluded.