Death Investigation / Vital Records

Montgomery County Coroner / Vital Records

Contact the Montgomery County Coroner for death-investigation records and confirm whether autopsy records are held by the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible certificates through the Montgomery County Health Department or Center for Health Statistics.

Official coroner and health routes located; report custody pending audit
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Official coroner and county health routes located

Contact the Montgomery County Coroner for death-investigation records and confirm whether autopsy records are held by the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible certificates through the Montgomery County Health Department or Center for Health Statistics.

Contact and filing details

Records custodian or office
Montgomery County Coroner / Montgomery County Health Department / Alabama Center for Health Statistics by record type
Phone
Coroner: (334) 240-6400 or (334) 301-2993; Vital Records: (334) 293-6555
Submission methods
Coroner-office contact; county health department, state mail application or authorized online vendor for certificates.
Mailing address
Health Department: 3060 Mobile Highway, Montgomery, AL 36108
Physical address
Coroner: 1557 College Street, Montgomery, AL 36106; Health Department: 3060 Mobile Highway, Montgomery, AL 36108
Fee information
Vital-record search and first certified copy cost $15; additional same-record copies ordered together cost $6. Confirm death-investigation and autopsy-report charges.

Public notes

Birth records are restricted for 125 years and death records for 25 years. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians Coroner's Office is separately listed in Montgomery and is not the Montgomery County Coroner. Death-investigation, autopsy, police and certificate records have different custodians.