Alabama, Jefferson County
Where Birmingham's records are kept. Birmingham has its own city government, police department, municipal court and permit and planning office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Birmingham's own offices, along with State of Alabama offices; the Jefferson County offices are on our Jefferson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The City of Birmingham, Alabama site, with the city department list, Birmingham City Council and Mayor's Office pages, tax and business license filing, permits, building codes, trash schedules and 311.
Open official site City of BirminghamPolice & jail
The Birmingham Police Department at 1710 1st Avenue North, with current crime stats, CALEA information, a jail inmate inquiry portal, internal affairs, victim services, safety tips and police recruiting.
Open official site Birmingham Police DepartmentMunicipal court
Birmingham Municipal Court at 801 17th Street North handles misdemeanor criminal and traffic cases within the city police jurisdiction, with a magistrate office, DWI deferred prosecution, defensive driving school and court amnesty news.
Open official site Birmingham Municipal CourtCity records
The Office of the City Clerk, City Hall third floor at 710 20th St. North, takes Birmingham public records requests from Alabama residents on the city request form, with proof of residence required.
Open official site Birmingham Public Records RequestCity records
The Birmingham Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits handles most city permits, moving them to an Online Permit Center to apply, pay and manage permits, with an interactive permit guide and video help.
Open official site Birmingham Planning, Engineering and PermitsState records
Search the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's alert records by last name, type, status, city or state: Amber and Blue Alerts, missing children and adults, endangered persons and fugitives.
Open official site Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Community Information CenterProperty records
The Alabama Department of Revenue lists each county's tax assessor or revenue commissioner, with address, phone and a link to that county's online appraisal and assessment records.
Open official site Alabama Department of Revenue County Appraisal and Assessment RecordsState records
Researchers can visit or send requests to the Alabama Department of Archives and History, which keeps digital collections, county records on microfilm, newspapers, maps, church records and Civil War service records.
Open official site Alabama Department of Archives and HistoryCounty court
North Alabama's federal bankruptcy court sits in Anniston, Huntsville, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and posts each judge's hearings, a 30 day attorney calendar and trustee 341 meeting reports, with case details by phone.
Open official site United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of AlabamaCounty court
Alabama's Unified Judicial System site serves the Supreme Court and both appeals courts, with the Appellate Courts Public Portal, AlaFile electronic filing for trial courts and the State Law Library.
Open official site Alabama Judicial SystemVital records
Divorce certificates for Alabama divorces since 1950 come from the Center for Health Statistics to anyone paying the $15 search fee, which covers one certified copy; for earlier cases, ask the county circuit court.
Open official site Alabama Department of Public Health Divorce CertificatesVital records
Alabama's Center for Health Statistics has filed marriage certificates since August 1936, open to anyone; a $15 search includes one certified copy. Earlier records sit with the county probate office.
Open official site Alabama Department of Public Health Marriage CertificatesVital records
The Alabama Center for Health Statistics holds birth certificates filed since 1908, restricted for 125 years to the person, close family or a legal representative. The $15 search fee includes one certified copy.
Open official site Alabama Department of Public Health Birth CertificatesVital records
Through any Alabama county health department, usually while you wait, or by mail in about 7 to 10 days, the Center for Health Statistics issues certified birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates.
Open official site Alabama Department of Public Health Vital RecordsPolice & jail
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency posts wanted fugitives with case number, offense category, issue date and place last seen; tips go to the agency named on each listing or to ALEA.
Open official site Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Fugitive SearchPolice & jail
ALEA's Criminal Justice Information Services keeps Alabama's registry of more than 16,000 sex offenders, updated daily from local law enforcement; juvenile, youthful offender and some out of state cases are not posted.
Open official site Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Sex Offender RegistryFederal
QuickFacts table from the Census Bureau for Birmingham city, Alabama, with a 2025 population estimate of 195,893 and figures on age, race and Hispanic origin, housing, income, poverty and land area.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsEverything else, organized
11 more Birmingham sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Birmingham, a place of 200,733 people, is the seat of Jefferson County. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Birmingham means the Jefferson County Probate Office. Court cases go through the Jefferson County Circuit Clerk, and any county health department issues copies of birth and death certificates. Birmingham's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jefferson County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 48 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 32 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 50 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 15 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; crushed stone; Vermiculite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. The Geological Survey of Alabama coal page is a script application that gives this box no readable text, so it is not listed.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Alabama abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Straight answers
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Deeds for property in Birmingham are recorded by the Jefferson County Judge of Probate, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jefferson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Alabama come from the state vital records office, Alabama Center for Health Statistics, and any Alabama county health department can issue copies. The state office's site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.