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Where Rainsville's records are kept. Court and property records for Rainsville sit with DeKalb County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Alabama.
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As a small town, Rainsville relies on DeKalb County and the State of Alabama for its public records. The cards below are the Alabama state offices, and the DeKalb County offices are on our DeKalb County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Find sources in the state to search criminal records.
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The FBI Birmingham Field Office, one of two in Alabama, takes tips on federal crimes and posts wanted fugitives. An Identity History Summary, your own FBI record, comes from FBI CJIS at edo.cjis.gov.
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Obtain on demand access to Alabama criminal trial court records by name or case number.
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The Alabama Department of Corrections inmate search by AIS number or name, showing the institution, race, sex and birth year of people held in state prisons.
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Search the most wanted fugitives and absconders by the Alabama law enforcement agencies.
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Highway Patrol, Protective Services, Drivers License and more.
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Criminal investigations, latent prints, hazardous devices and more.
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The Alabama Attorney General issues legal opinions, takes consumer complaints and runs a victim assistance office for violent crime. Court case records come from the Alabama Unified Judicial System and county circuit clerks.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Alabama Secretary of State.
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Local record guide
What we hold on Rainsville, and who keeps its records.
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Rainsville in ZIP code 35986 keeps its own council and town business records. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Rainsville means the DeKalb County Probate Office. Court cases, from small claims to felonies, go through the DeKalb County Circuit Clerk. See our DeKalb County page for every county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the two federal mine files
The USGS topographic mine features record 1 mapped mine feature 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.
Please read: Everything here can be wrong. This is information, not a guarantee: the two federal files can be wrong, incomplete or out of date, the boundaries and the geocoder can be wrong, a point is a location and not a property line, and nothing on this page says that a mine is or is not under any particular property. Do not buy, sell, move, or make any decision about a home or about your safety on this alone. Ask the state mine map office named here for the maps, and have a qualified engineer look at the ground.
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Voter registration in Alabama is run by the Alabama Secretary of State, and the county Board of Registrars keeps the roll for Rainsville. You can register online, by mail or in person. Registration is closed during the 14 days before an election and on election day.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Alabama come from the Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics. The fee is $15 for a search, which includes one certified copy; additional copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $6 each. Any county health department in Alabama issues certified copies of Alabama vital records, most while you wait.
Deeds for property in Rainsville are recorded by the Judge of Probate, the county Tax Assessor, or Revenue Commissioner in counties that combine the offices sets the assessed value, and the county Tax Collector, or Revenue Commissioner in counties that combine the offices sends the tax bill. Our DeKalb County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Rainsville come from the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Rainsville register with the Alabama Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. State and county business privilege licenses are issued by the county Probate Judge or License Commissioner where the business is located, and cities set their own licenses.
Alabama criminal history checks are run by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Criminal Records Identification Unit. The fee is $25 by money order or cashier's check; each additional copy is $5. Fingerprint based request: send the ALEA Application to Review Alabama Criminal History Record Information with fingerprints and a copy of your photo ID, in person at 301 S. Ripley Street, Montgomery, or by mail to PO Box 1511, Montgomery, AL 36102-1511.
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Other places in DeKalb County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; DeKalb County records are on the county page.