Death Investigation / Vital Records

Monroe County Coroner / Vital Records

Contact the Monroe County Coroner for death-investigation records and confirm whether autopsy records are held by the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates through the Monroe County Health Department or state Vital Records.

Official coroner and vital-record routes located; report custody pending audit
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Official coroner listing and county vital-record route located

Contact the Monroe County Coroner for death-investigation records and confirm whether autopsy records are held by the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates through the Monroe County Health Department or state Vital Records.

Contact and filing details

Records custodian or office
Monroe County Coroner / Monroe County Health Department / Alabama Center for Health Statistics by record type
Phone
Coroner: (251) 575-3191; Health Department: (251) 575-3108
Submission methods
Coroner-office contact; in-person county health department, state mail application or authorized online vendor for certificates.
Mailing address
Health Department: 416 Agriculture Drive, Monroeville, AL 36460
Physical address
Coroner: 85 Azalea Lane, Monroeville, AL 36460; Health Department: 416 Agriculture Drive, Monroeville, AL 36460
Fee information
Vital-record search and first certified copy cost $15; additional copies of the same record ordered together cost $6. Confirm death-investigation and autopsy-report charges.

Public notes

Birth records remain restricted for 125 years and death records for 25 years under Alabama's vital-record rules. Death-investigation, autopsy, law-enforcement, death-certificate and Probate records have different custodians and access rules.