Cullman County
Covering 743 square miles in the Cumberland Plateau, Cullman County is located in the heart of North Alabama. It was organized in 1877 by German American immigrants who moved from Cincinnati, Ohio. As of recent estimates, the county is inhabited by 92,016 people.
Within the county's county system, the Cullman County Circuit Court is the primary court that handles serious legal matters such as felony criminal cases, misdemeanors related to a felony charge, civil cases involving amounts in controversy greater than $10,000, juvenile cases, and probate matters. The District Court handles juvenile dependency and delinquency cases, traffic violations, misdemeanor criminal offenses, and paternity cases. It also conducts preliminary hearings for felony cases and manages small claims cases up to $6,000, as well as civil lawsuits involving amounts up to $20,000.
The Probate Court of Cullman County oversees the management of estates for individuals who have passed away without a will, and it is also authorized to process the probate of wills for those who have left a will. Additionally, it handles guardianships, conservatorships, adoption proceedings, name changes, and legitimization. The Hanceville and Cullman Municipal Courts have jurisdiction over city ordinance violations, misdemeanor offenses, and traffic violations.
The Cullman County Circuit Clerk has the primary responsibility of keeping the court records created from proceedings heard in both District and Circuit Courts. Public court records in Cullman County refer to documents gathered during the court proceedings of civil, criminal, probate, small claims, and traffic cases. These records are accessible both in the Clerk's Office and online.
To access court records online, visit the Just One Look On-Demand Public Access to Trial Court Records website. For a fee, you can perform a case number search or name search for these publicly available court records:
- Criminal record
- Civil record
- Child support record
- Small claims record
- State traffic record
- Domestic record
