Alabama, Lee County
Where Opelika's records are kept. Opelika has its own city government, clerk's office, 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 Opelika's own offices, along with State of Alabama offices; the Lee County offices are on our Lee County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Opelika City Clerk at 204 South 7th Street prepares council agendas, certifies council actions and keeps city records such as official minutes, resolutions and ordinances.
Open official site Opelika City ClerkCity records
Opelika asks for public records requests through the City Clerk's online system and sets out Alabama rules on request forms, inspection times and copy charges.
Open official site City of Opelika Public Records RequestPolice & jail
The Opelika Police Department at 501 S 10th St. offers police reports, open records requests, the sex offender registry, annual reports and crime tip lines for Opelika, Alabama.
Open official site Opelika Police DepartmentPolice & jail
The Opelika Police records division keeps every report the department writes; copies are picked up at the station on South 10th Street on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Open official site Opelika Police Records and ReportsMunicipal court
Opelika Municipal Court at 300 Martin Luther King Boulevard hears city cases and lists its court administrator, clerk, magistrates, prosecutors, public defender and interpreters.
Open official site Opelika Municipal CourtCity records
The Opelika Building Inspection Division at 710 Fox Trail approves plans, requires building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits and inspects construction inside city limits.
Open official site Opelika Building Inspection DivisionState 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
Opelika property tax page explaining industrial tax abatements, Alabama's 20 percent assessment ratio for businesses, how taxes are figured from millage rates, and the city's millage totals.
Open official site Opelika Property TaxesState 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 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 RegistryEverything else, organized
14 more Opelika sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Opelika, a place of 30,995 people, is the seat of Lee County. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Opelika means the Lee County Probate Office. Court cases go through the Lee County Circuit Clerk, and any county health department issues copies of birth and death certificates. Opelika's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lee 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 3 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Aluminum; Iron.
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.
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 Opelika.
Deeds for property in Opelika are recorded by the Lee County Judge of Probate, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Lee 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.