Henry County District Court Overview
Alabama District Court is a limited-jurisdiction state trial court level. In Henry County, District Court records are handled through the Henry County Circuit Clerk at the courthouse in Abbeville. The courthouse directory lists the District Judge in Suite D and the Circuit Clerk in Suite J. District Court commonly appears in searches for misdemeanors, preliminary criminal matters, smaller civil cases, traffic cases, warrants, and settings that do not belong in Probate or Municipal Court.
The primary trial court for the project is Circuit Court, but the research map also flags a District Court page because Henry County has lower state trial court work. The user’s first task is to decide which district court is meant. A state District Court case belongs with the Circuit Clerk and Alacourt. A federal district court case belongs to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and is searched through federal channels.
Henry County District Court
101 Court Square, Suite D/J
Abbeville, AL 36310
District Judge: (334) 585-5712
Circuit Clerk records: (334) 585-2753
Henry County District Court Types
The most common confusion is state District Court versus federal district court. Henry County state District Court is part of Alabama’s unified court system. It shares the local Circuit Clerk record office. Federal district court is not a county court. Henry County is in the Southern Division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, where federal cases may include federal crimes, civil-rights actions, federal civil disputes, prisoner cases, and other matters based on federal law.
| Question | Alabama District Court | U.S. District Court |
|---|---|---|
| Record office | Henry County Circuit Clerk | Middle District of Alabama Clerk/federal PACER |
| Local address | 101 Court Square, Abbeville | Dothan division exists, but Montgomery clerk office is staffed |
| Case examples | Misdemeanor, traffic, smaller civil, preliminary criminal | Federal crimes, federal civil cases, federal rights claims |
| Online search | Alacourt ACCESS / Just One Look | Federal court site and PACER |
Search Henry County District Court
For state District Court records, start with the Circuit Clerk or Alacourt ACCESS. The same local office handles Circuit and District Court records, and the Circuit Clerk page lists traffic, criminal, civil, juvenile, warrants, domestic, child support, and other divisions. A District Court case may show case status, settings, court actions, party information, financial history, and a detailed case action summary when the report is available through Alacourt.
- Identify whether the record is state, municipal, probate, or federal.
- Use a case number if available; otherwise prepare full party names and date ranges.
- Search Alacourt ACCESS for state trial court records when paid online access fits the need.
- Call the Circuit Clerk for certified copies, sealed-record questions, or older files.
- For municipal tickets, contact Abbeville or Headland Municipal Court instead of the state District Court first.
Federal District Court For Henry County
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama is the federal district that includes Henry County. It is separate from Henry County District Court. Federal dockets, federal filings, federal judges, and federal clerk services are not maintained by the Henry County Circuit Clerk. The Middle District site links court information, judges, locations, and PACER/ECF access for federal records.
The manifest image from the Middle District of Alabama homepage supports that distinction for Henry County district court searches.
Users looking for a federal case should not search the county courthouse first unless they need local background records from a separate state case.
The Middle District About page states that Henry County is in the Southern Division with Coffee, Dale, Geneva, and Houston Counties.
That division fact matters when a federal notice, summons, jury issue, or federal docket references a division rather than the county courthouse.
Henry County Federal Court Locations
The Middle District courthouse information page says the Montgomery courthouse houses the Office of the Clerk and is staffed Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., except legal holidays. The Middle District About page also notes a Southern Division courthouse in Dothan, but research says the Dothan courthouse is not staffed. That means many federal clerk questions are not answered at the county courthouse in Abbeville.
The Middle District courthouse information page gives the staffed courthouse context for Henry County federal district court searches.
Federal address questions should be checked against the federal court website, not the Henry County courthouse directory.
The Middle District locations page lists federal courthouse addresses and clerk contact paths.
State District Court records, by contrast, remain tied to the local Circuit Clerk and Alabama trial court systems.
District Court Judges And Prosecutors
For state matters, the Henry County directory lists the District Judge phone as (334) 585-5712 and the District Attorney local courthouse number as (334) 585-5052. The Alabama District Attorneys Association lists Russ Goodman as District Attorney for Circuit 20, serving Henry and Houston Counties, with the main office in Dothan. These contacts may matter for misdemeanors, traffic-related criminal matters, preliminary proceedings, and warrant-linked court events.
The Middle District judges page is relevant only for federal district court records, not Henry County state District Court records.
Likewise, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama prosecutes federal crimes, while the Circuit 20 District Attorney handles Alabama state prosecutions for Henry County.
When a charge, ticket, or warrant names a city or Alabama state court, use the county, municipal, or Alacourt route first.
Henry County District Court Traffic Records
State traffic matters may route through the Alabama Traffic Service Center, AlaPay, District Court, or the Circuit Clerk. Municipal traffic matters may stay with Abbeville Municipal Court or Headland Municipal Court. Headland publishes a first-Thursday monthly court schedule unless otherwise posted, and its nCourt portal lists court clerk Mandy Littlefield, the 9 Park Street address, and phone (334) 693-2037.
Warrant events can also touch District Court. The Circuit Clerk page lists warrants as a record division, and the warrant research found no public Henry County sheriff active-warrant list. That makes the issuing court important. A missed municipal court date can create a municipal bench warrant, while a state case may show warrant activity through the clerk or Alacourt if public.
Note: For a new ticket, Alabama Traffic Service Center says to allow up to 10 business days for entry.