Macon County Circuit Clerk Office
Circuit Clerk David Love maintains the business and records of Macon County Circuit and District Courts. The official Circuit Clerk profile identifies the office as the official record keeper for proceedings held at both trial-court levels. The clerk manages case files and court funds, collects fines and fees, prepares subpoenas, issues hearing and trial notices, supports jury operations, and works with court users. David Love also serves as Absentee Election Manager for county, state, and federal elections.
The office is at the Macon County Courthouse in downtown Tuskegee. Court files are split among Civil, Criminal, Domestic, Child Support, Traffic, Juvenile, and Warrants divisions. That division structure helps staff locate a request, but it also means a requester should bring a party name, case number if known, court level, document type, and approximate filing date.
Macon County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: David Love
101 Rosa Parks Plaza, Suite 300
Tuskegee, AL 36083
(334) 724-2614
Fax: (334) 727-6483
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Macon County Circuit Clerk Duties
The Macon County Circuit Clerk accepts pleadings, organizes electronic and paper case material, accounts for money paid into court, and gives public notice of court settings. The office can provide procedural information and approved forms, but it cannot choose a legal claim, interpret a court order, or advise a party how to win a case. Circuit civil matters generally involve claims over $20,000, felony cases, domestic relations, and lower-court appeals. District divisions cover lower-value civil cases, small claims, evictions, traffic, misdemeanors, and preliminary criminal matters.
- Maintain Circuit and District Court case records and electronically imaged documents.
- Collect filing fees, fines, costs, and other court funds.
- Prepare subpoenas and issue notices for hearings and trials.
- Support juries and serve as the county's Absentee Election Manager.
Sheriff André Brunson and municipal police agencies create law-enforcement reports, not the Circuit Clerk. After a criminal charge reaches court, the clerk maintains the judicial file. Probate Judge James Cooper separately keeps probate, land, marriage, election, vehicle, and licensing records. This split is essential when a search does not return an expected Macon County record.
Request Macon County Certified Copies
A certified copy bears the clerk's authentication and may be required for another court, an agency, a title matter, or a formal personal record. A purchased online image is not automatically the same as a certified courthouse copy. The research does not publish one general certified-copy price for all Macon County case types, so requesters should ask the Circuit Clerk for the current charge before submitting payment.
- Identify the party names, case number, Circuit or District Court level, and exact document needed.
- Call (334) 724-2614 or visit the courthouse to confirm availability, certification options, price, and accepted payment.
- Give the clerk enough detail to locate the file and state whether the copy will be picked up or mailed.
- Pay the confirmed fee and allow the office to review the file for sealed, juvenile, or confidential information.
Alabama's court privacy rules may require redaction or may block public access to a document. Juvenile files are confidential under Ala. Code Section 12-15-133. A person seeking a sealed record may need a court order rather than a standard copy request.
Macon County Request Details
No separate Macon County Circuit Clerk records-request form was documented in the research. The fields below describe the information staff needs to identify a file, not a claim that every field appears on a published local form. Complete details reduce the risk of confusing people with similar names or buying an unrelated case through Just One Look.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Case Number | If known | Use the exact identifier from a notice or prior filing. |
| Party Names | Yes | Give full names and enough detail to distinguish the case. |
| Court and Case Type | Yes | State Circuit or District and civil, criminal, domestic, traffic, or other division. |
| Document Type | Yes | Name the order, judgment, pleading, docket entry, or other paper. |
| Copy and Delivery | Yes | State certified or plain, number of copies, pickup or mail, and contact details. |
Macon County Circuit Clerk Fees
Macon County publishes detailed filing charges by division, while the statewide Just One Look portal publishes its own search and image prices. Filing fees are not copy fees. Confirm the current amount before filing because service, defendants, motions, subpoenas, and other steps can add charges. The Circuit Civil division, District Civil division, and Small Claims division provide the source details.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Just One Look name or case-number search | $9.99 with one case detail |
| Document images | $5.00 first 20 pages, then $0.50 per page |
| Circuit civil, $20,000.01 to $50,000 | $278.00 |
| District civil, one defendant | $279.00 |
| Small claims up to $1,500 | $81.00 |
| Small claims $1,500.01 to $3,000 | $155.00 |
| Small claims $3,000.01 to $6,000 | $244.00 |
Macon County Court Forms
The Alabama AOC eForms repository provides official appellate, civil, criminal, juvenile, probate, small claims, traffic, and other forms. A form's presence does not establish that it fits a particular case. Circuit Clerk staff can identify filing procedures but cannot select pleadings or give legal advice. Macon County division pages also explain local service materials, response periods, and fees.
- Small claims Statement of Claim, Answer, Counterclaim, subpoena, default, appeal, and collection forms.
- District civil complaint, service, judgment, garnishment, execution, and unlawful detainer materials.
- Traffic forms and instructions for pleas, online resolution, payment, and driving-school requests.
- Domestic, child support, criminal, juvenile, and protection forms available by appropriate category.
The Alabama Department of Revenue's county Probate Office directory shows the separate Macon probate contact channel.
This distinction prevents estate, marriage, land, and licensing requests from being sent to the Circuit Clerk's trial-court divisions.
Macon County Mail and Online Access
Just One Look provides paid, case-by-case access to Alabama trial court records. Alacourt.com provides subscription read-only access to case detail and images, with a published subscription phone line of 1-877-799-9898. AlaFile is the registered e-filing system. These tools serve different tasks: viewing a record does not file a pleading, and e-filing does not replace a certified-copy request.
Traffic guilty pleas eligible for mail payment go to District Court Clerk, PO Box 830723, Tuskegee, AL 36083. The signed plea and money order or cashier's check must arrive before the court date, and personal checks are not accepted. Civil and small claims certified-mail service may require a prepared envelope, green card, sticker, and the return address Circuit Clerk, 101 E. Northside St., Tuskegee, AL 36083. Users should follow the division's current instructions exactly.
Probate, land, estate, guardianship, marriage, and related records do not belong in the Circuit Clerk's online or mail route. Those go to Probate Court in Suite 101. Sheriff André Brunson likewise remains the source for county law-enforcement and custody records, while the clerk maintains the court file after a case begins.
Online results should be read as case information, not proof that every paper in the clerk's file is public or available as an image. Just One Look describes basic case information, case status, setting dates, party details, court actions and rulings, financial history, the case action summary, and attachments when offered. A no-match name search still counts as a paid search. Names may also produce more than one case, so the court, case type, filing date, and party details should be checked before another detail report is purchased. Case monitoring is a separate paid option that sends notice of future changes rather than a certified copy of the file.
The courthouse remains the fallback when an online record is incomplete, absent, restricted, or hard to identify. Alabama Code Section 36-12-40 supports access to public records unless another law creates an exception. Alabama's Rules of Court-Record Privacy and Confidentiality govern confidential data, redaction, sealing, petitions for access, and court-record fees. Those rules can require the clerk to withhold protected information while allowing access to a nonconfidential part where practical. Juvenile legal files are confidential under Section 12-15-133, and adoption, mental health, sealed, and other protected records do not follow the ordinary counter-copy process.
Macon County civil divisions also create different service and timing records. Small claims defendants generally have 14 calendar days after service to answer, and an answered claim may be set for trial within four to six weeks of receipt. A small claims appeal must be filed within 14 calendar days after judgment and goes to Circuit Court. District civil covers claims from $6,000.01 through $20,000 and includes eviction or unlawful detainer matters. Circuit civil starts above that district range. These local boundaries help the Circuit Clerk route a filing or record request to the correct division without changing the office that keeps it.
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