Death Investigation / Vital Records
Shelby County Coroner / Vital Records
Review the Coroner's annual reports and forms first. Contact Coroner Lina Evans for death-investigation records and confirm autopsy custody with the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible certificates through ADPH.
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Review the Coroner's annual reports and forms first. Contact Coroner Lina Evans for death-investigation records and confirm autopsy custody with the coroner or Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Obtain eligible certificates through ADPH.
Contact and filing details
- Records custodian or office
- Shelby County Coroner Lina Evans / Alabama Center for Health Statistics by record type
- Phone
- Office: (205) 669-3846; after hours: (205) 669-4181
- Submission methods
- Published annual reports and forms; telephone, mail or Coroner-office request; ADPH channels for certificates.
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 1321, Columbiana, AL 35051
- Physical address
- Butch Ellis Building, 108 West College Street, Room 107, Columbiana, AL 35051
- Fee information
- Vital-record first copy costs $15 and each additional same-record copy costs $6; confirm death-investigation and autopsy-report charges.
Public notes
The official page publishes annual death-investigation reports through 2025. Birth and death certificates have statutory access restrictions. Coroner, autopsy, law-enforcement, certificate and Probate records have different custodians.