Alabama, DeKalb County
Where Valley Head's records are kept. Valley Head has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Valley Head's own offices, along with State of Alabama offices; the DeKalb County offices are on our DeKalb County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Valley Head Town Hall at 41 Anderson Street, phone 256-635-6814, posts town departments, news, an area directory, the town park and events such as the Rails and Roots Festival.
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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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Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Valley Head, a place of 577 people, is in DeKalb County. In Alabama, deeds, marriage certificates, wills and estates are recorded by the Judge of Probate, which for Valley Head means the DeKalb County Probate Office. Court cases go through the DeKalb County Circuit Clerk, and any county health department issues copies of birth and death certificates. Valley Head's own offices are in the cards above, and our DeKalb County page lists each county office.
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Inspecting records is free under Alabama's Public Records Law, Code of Alabama 36-12-40, and agencies may charge reasonable copy fees, 50 cents to $1 a page at state offices. Alacourt Access court lookups cost $9.99 per case, a certified Alabama birth or death certificate costs $15 with $6 for each additional copy, and probate offices set per-page fees for deed copies.
Ask the Valley Head police department records office for incident and accident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crashes worked by state troopers are requested from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and most police records offices charge a small copy fee.
Cases filed in DeKalb County are heard by the Alabama circuit and district courts for the county, with the circuit clerk keeping the files. Alacourt Access, the state court system's public portal, searches cases from every county for $9.99 per case, and the clerk's office sells copies of filed documents.
Deeds, mortgages and liens are recorded by the DeKalb County Probate Judge's office. Property values and tax bills are handled by the county revenue commissioner, or by a separate tax assessor and tax collector in some counties, and the Alabama Department of Revenue links to every county tax office.
Any Alabama county health department, including the one in DeKalb County, issues certified birth and death certificates while you wait, and the Center for Health Statistics in Montgomery fills orders by mail or through VitalChek. Marriage records are filed with the probate judge in the county where the marriage was recorded.
Alabama criminal history records at the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are released to the person named or with that person's signed authorization, not by open name search. Court cases, including criminal cases, can be looked up by name on Alacourt Access for $9.99 per case.
Alabama's Public Records Law, Code of Alabama 36-12-40, sets no fixed deadline; agencies must give access within a reasonable time. Many state offices acknowledge a request promptly and say if they need more time, and copy fees are charged at the agency's set rate.
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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.