Probate / Recording
Sumter County Probate Office
Use the official-linked Ingenuity portal for preliminary land and probate-case research, then contact the Probate Office for deeds, mortgages, plats, estates, marriage records, election records, copies and certification.
Official judge and portals located; copy terms pending auditOfficial Probate custodian and online record searches located
Use the official-linked Ingenuity portal for preliminary land and probate-case research, then contact the Probate Office for deeds, mortgages, plats, estates, marriage records, election records, copies and certification.
Contact and filing details
- Records custodian or office
- Sumter County Judge of Probate Willie Pearl Watkins-Rice
- sumterprobatejudge@yahoo.com
- Phone
- (205) 652-7281; fax (205) 652-6206
- Submission methods
- Online search; telephone, email, mail or office request for source records and certified copies.
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 1040, Livingston, AL 35470
- Physical address
- Sumter County Probate Annex, 115 Marshall Street, Livingston, AL 35470
- Fee information
- Portal access and recording charges may apply; confirm search, image, copy and certification costs with Probate.
Public notes
The online portal is a discovery tool and disclaims errors; the Probate Office remains the source for certified records. Circuit Court files, tax assessments and municipal records have different custodians.