Access Lamar County Circuit Clerk Records

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Office

Alabama does not use a Texas-style District Clerk and County Clerk split for trial court records. In Lamar County, the Circuit Clerk is the records officer and administrative clerk for both Circuit Court and District Court files. The Probate Judge handles separate probate-office work such as probate records, land records, recorded marriage certificates, tags, and some licensing links.

The Alabama Secretary of State Circuit Clerk profile lists Mary Ann Jones, Honorable, as Lamar County Circuit Clerk, with the Judicial Center address, mailing address, phone number, and email. The research also notes a 2026 legislative resolution recognizing Mary Ann Jones on retirement effective February 16, 2026, so current staff should be confirmed by calling the office before naming a clerk for a formal request.

The Secretary of State profile is the successful manifest image source for the Lamar County Circuit Clerk contact listing.

The state profile helps verify the clerk address and phone, but live office confirmation is still useful after the noted 2026 transition.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Duties

The Circuit Clerk maintains the business records of Lamar County Circuit and District Court proceedings. The office works with pleadings, notices, subpoenas, hearing settings, jury management, payment and disbursement records, court action summaries, and public counter requests. That is why divorce, felony criminal, district civil, traffic, small claims, child support, and many misdemeanor records flow through the Circuit Clerk even when the courtroom is Circuit Court or District Court.

• Circuit Court civil cases, felony criminal cases, domestic relations cases, and appeals from lower courts.
• District Court misdemeanor, traffic, small claims, district civil, and preliminary matters.
• Dockets, hearing settings, notices, subpoenas, case action summaries, and court rulings.
• Financial records tied to court costs, fines, fees, restitution, payment plans, and disbursements.
• Certified court copies when a decree, judgment, disposition, or case action summary must be authenticated.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Records Access

Online access is statewide rather than county-built. Alacourt ACCESS provides paid on-demand access to Alabama trial court records, including criminal, civil, small claims, state traffic, domestic relations, and child support records. The Lamar County public docket page is a separate free path for upcoming settings, but it warns that some cases may not appear electronically and that the clerk should be checked when in doubt.

Direct access remains important. A requester can visit the Circuit Clerk counter at the Lamar County Judicial Center, mail a request to P.O. Box 434, call (205) 695-7193, or use the state-listed email only after confirming that email is the right record channel for the request. Probate records, land records, and recorded marriage-certificate questions should go to the Lamar County Probate Office instead.

Request Lamar County Certified Copies

A certified copy is a clerk-authenticated court record. It may be needed for employment licensing, agency filings, name changes, appeal records, expungement petitions, benefits, school or military proof, or other official uses. Lamar County copy and certification fees were not located in official online sources, so a requester should call the Circuit Clerk before mailing a request or assuming a payment amount.

1. Identify the court record by case number if possible, or by party names, case type, and approximate filing or disposition date.
2. Decide which document is needed, such as a final judgment, divorce decree, disposition, case action summary, order, or docket sheet.
3. Call the Lamar County Circuit Clerk at (205) 695-7193 to confirm fee, certification, copy format, and delivery method.
4. Submit the request in person or by mail, including enough contact information for staff to resolve search questions.
5. For sealed, juvenile, expunged, or restricted records, ask whether a court order or party status is required before access.

Note: A paid online case report is not always the same as a certified clerk copy.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Request Fields

No Lamar-specific court-record request form was located online, but the research identifies the core facts the Circuit Clerk needs to locate and copy a file. Requests should be specific, because Lamar County court records can include Circuit, District, traffic, small claims, domestic relations, criminal, and child support case types.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Fees

Published online fee information was located for statewide portals and state certificate services, not for every Lamar County clerk copy or certification service. Use the table to avoid confusing portal fees with courthouse-copy fees. The Circuit Clerk should confirm local copy and certification charges.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk Forms

State court forms come through the Alabama AOC E-Forms repository. The research identified divorce forms and expungement Form CR-65 as relevant examples. The Circuit Clerk can explain filing procedures and copy availability, but staff cannot choose a form, draft pleadings, or give legal advice.

• AOC divorce forms search for complaint, answer, default, testimony, and uncontested-divorce materials.
• AOC Divorce Complaint for the simple no-minor-children and no-property-debt scenario described in the form.
• AOC Form CR-65 for eligible expungement petitions filed in the criminal division of Circuit Court.

Lamar County Circuit Clerk vs Probate

The quickest way to avoid a misrouted request is to match the record to the office that created it. Circuit and District Court case records go to the Circuit Clerk. Probate case records, land records, recorded marriage certificates, business-license links, notary links, tags, and many probate-office documents go to the Probate Judge. If the record is a divorce decree, start with the Circuit Clerk. If the record is a marriage certificate correction, start with the Lamar County Probate Court.