Probate / Recording

Montgomery County Probate Office

Use the free online indexes for preliminary land and probate research, the paid web account for document images or the public computers and microfilm in the Records Room. Contact the correct recording, service-desk, web-account or archives line for copies and certified records.

Official searches, record coverage and copy fees located; restrictions pending audit
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Official Probate custodian, searches, archives and fees located

Use the free online indexes for preliminary land and probate research, the paid web account for document images or the public computers and microfilm in the Records Room. Contact the correct recording, service-desk, web-account or archives line for copies and certified records.

Contact and filing details

Records custodian or office
Montgomery County Probate Judge J C Love III / Records & Recording Division
Phone
General: (334) 832-1240; recording: (334) 832-1236 or 1237; service desk: (334) 832-1239; archives: (334) 832-7173
Submission methods
Free online indexes, paid online images, records-room inspection, telephone, mail or division counter.
Mailing address
P.O. Box 223, Montgomery, AL 36101
Physical address
Courthouse Annex III, 101 South Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
Fee information
Office copies cost $1 per page plus $2 per document for certification. Online images require a $10 monthly account plus $0.25 per printed image; recording and entity-copy fees differ.

Public notes

The records room includes real-property indexes from June 1970, personal-property records from 1998, UCC records from August 1998, incorporations from 1895 and marriage indexes from about 1975, with gaps requiring staff research. Recording fees are distinct from copy fees.