Alabama, Baldwin County
Where Gulf Shores's records are kept. Gulf Shores has its own police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Gulf Shores's own offices, along with State of Alabama offices; the Baldwin County offices are on our Baldwin County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Gulf Shores Police Department page with its patrol, criminal investigations and special operations divisions, accident and crime reports, the annual report, golf cart registration and answers on background checks and fingerprinting.
Open official site Gulf Shores 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
Federal bankruptcy court for southwest Alabama at 113 St. Joseph Street in Mobile, with hearings also held in Selma. Offers dockets, opinions, order submission and unclaimed funds information.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern 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
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 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
12 more Gulf Shores sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Gulf Shores, a place of 15,014 people, is in Baldwin County, whose county seat is Bay Minette. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Gulf Shores means the Baldwin County Probate Office in Bay Minette. Court cases go through the Baldwin County Circuit Clerk, and any county health department issues copies of birth and death certificates. Gulf Shores's own offices are in the cards above, and our Baldwin 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 USGS topographic mine features record 3 mapped mine features inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets.
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.
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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Voter registration in Alabama is run by the Alabama Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Gulf Shores.
Deeds for property in Gulf Shores are recorded by the Baldwin County Judge of Probate, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Baldwin 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.