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Butler County Circuit Clerk

Butler County's primary clerk for Alabama state trial court records is Circuit Clerk Mattie Gomillion. Her official Circuit Clerk page describes the office as the official record keeper and business manager for proceedings held in District and Circuit Courts. That wording matters because probate is separate. Estate, will, guardianship, conservatorship, marriage-recording, and probate land-record questions route to the Probate Office, while District and Circuit Court case files route to the Circuit Clerk.

The Circuit Clerk keeps court records, collects and disburses court funds, prepares subpoenas, issues trial and hearing notices, collects fines and fees, interacts with the public, and manages jury functions. The office also serves as Absentee Election Manager for Butler County elections. Court records are divided by function, including civil, criminal, domestic, child support, traffic, juvenile, and warrants. That staff structure makes it useful to route a request to the right division from the start.

Butler Clerk Email Routing

The Butler Circuit Clerk page provides staff email routing by division. Use these addresses to direct a specific record issue, filing question, or copy question to the staff area that handles that record type. For filings and copies, still include the case number if known, the party names, the case type, and a phone number for follow-up.

Butler Clerk Record Duties

District civil records, small claims records, domestic-relations files, criminal cases, traffic matters, child-support files, juvenile files, jury records, and warrant-related court papers can all touch the Circuit Clerk's system. Public access is not identical for each record. Juvenile records are confidential under Alabama law, unserved warrants are not public in Butler County, and sealed or expunged criminal records should not appear in ordinary public searches.

• Maintain District Court and Circuit Court case records.
• Process filings, pleadings, subpoenas, notices, and service paperwork.
• Collect fines, costs, filing fees, and other court funds.
• Manage jury responsibilities and courthouse jury communications.
• Route traffic, domestic, civil, criminal, child support, juvenile, and warrant matters.

Alacourt ACCESS is the statewide paid online route for public trial-court case searches. The local Clerk's Office remains the fallback for older records, certified copies, non-digitized filings, and questions that cannot be solved through the portal.

Request Butler Certified Copies

A certified copy is a clerk-authenticated copy used when plain printouts are not enough. Divorce decrees are the clearest Butler example in the research. The domestic-relations page states that a certified copy of a divorce decree costs $5 and may be requested by mail with a money order and self-addressed stamped envelope, or in person during regular business hours with cash or money order. Money orders are payable to Butler County Circuit Court.

1. Identify the record type: civil order, criminal order, divorce decree, traffic record, or another District or Circuit Court document.
2. Gather the case number if known, party names, approximate filing date, and document name.
3. Contact the correct staff division or visit the Circuit Clerk's Office at the courthouse.
4. For a certified divorce decree by mail, send a $5 money order and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
5. Use the Circuit Clerk for a full divorce decree; use ADPH only when a statewide divorce certificate is enough.

Note: Clerk staff can explain office procedure and fees, but the local court site says the Circuit Clerk cannot give legal advice.

Clerk Request Field Inventory

No single Butler County court-record request form was located for all clerk copy requests. The useful field inventory comes from the request routes described in the research, the Alacourt search options, and the domestic-relations mail-copy rule. Include enough detail to let staff find the file without guessing.

Butler County Clerk Fees

The Butler civil fee sheet and related local pages provide filing and service amounts. The research did not locate a general plain-copy-per-page fee or certification fee for every record type, so those amounts are not invented. Use the verified table below, and call the clerk for copy fees outside the documented $5 certified divorce decree copy.

Butler Clerk Forms

Butler court pages point users to Alabama court eForms for common District and Circuit Court filings. Forms include statements of claim, hardship affidavits, default judgment papers, answers and counterclaims, subpoenas, garnishments, writs of execution, and notices of appeal. District civil appeals must be filed within 14 calendar days after judgment, while unlawful detainer appeals have a 7-day deadline.

For district civil and small claims, Butler sources stress complete defendant address or employment information because service drives the next step in the case. The district civil page also says service dates are sent by mail with a computer printout and asks parties not to call just to check the service date. Settlement notices, continuance requests, default requests, garnishments, executions, and certificates of judgment each have their own timing and form needs, so a copy or filing request should name the exact paper being sought.

• Alabama court eForms for statewide court forms.
• Butler district civil procedures for claim range, service, answers, and appeals.
• Butler small claims procedures for the $6,000 small-claims route.
• Butler domestic relations for divorce copy and filing rules.