Alabama, Houston County
Where Dothan's records are kept. Dothan has its own police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Dothan's own offices, along with State of Alabama offices; the Houston County offices are on our Houston County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
State 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 CenterPolice & jail
The goal of the Dothan Police Department is to provide a crime-free and safe environment through strategic policing, integrity, trust, transparency,. Official police department for Dothan, Alabama.
Open official site Dothan Alabama Police DepartmentProperty 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
Bankruptcy court for the middle of Alabama. Its only staffed clerk's office is in Montgomery, open to walk ins 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; an Eastern Division location in Opelika does not accept mail.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle 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 RecordsState records
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 RegistryEverything else, organized
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Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Dothan, a place of 71,072 people, is the seat of Houston County. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Dothan means the Houston County Probate Office. Court cases go through the Houston County Circuit Clerk, and any county health department issues copies of birth and death certificates. Dothan's own offices are in the cards above, and our Houston County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Alabama is run by the Alabama Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online registration where Alabama offers it, polling places and the local election office for Dothan.
Deeds for property in Dothan are recorded by the Houston County Judge of Probate, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Houston 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.
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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.