Death Investigation / Vital Records
Washington County Coroner / Vital Records
Contact the Washington County Coroner route for death-investigation records and confirm autopsy custody. Obtain eligible death and other certificates through the Washington County Health Department or ADPH channels.
Official routes located; directory typos and case procedure pending auditCurrent official ADPH coroner and county vital-record routes located with directory typo flagged
Contact the Washington County Coroner route for death-investigation records and confirm autopsy custody. Obtain eligible death and other certificates through the Washington County Health Department or ADPH channels.
Contact and filing details
- Records custodian or office
- Washington County Coroner / Alabama Center for Health Statistics by record type
- Phone
- Coroner: (251) 847-6749; Health Department: (251) 847-2245
- Submission methods
- Telephone, mail or Coroner-office procedure; official ADPH channels for eligible certificates.
- Mailing address
- Coroner: P.O. Box 909, Chatom, AL 36518; Health Department: 14900 St. Stephens Avenue, Chatom, AL 36518
- Physical address
- Washington County Health Department, 14900 St. Stephens Avenue, Chatom, AL 36518
- Fee information
- Vital-record search and certificate fees apply; confirm current charges and any coroner, investigation or autopsy-report fees.
Public notes
ADPH's May 15, 2026 coroner directory prints CHEATOM and ZIP 36558. Those apparent source errors are preserved as a warning, not copied as filing instructions. Certificates, investigations, autopsies and police records have different custodians.