Lee County
Lee County Probate Judge's Office
In short
Lee County Probate Judge's Office issues 2 permits we publish for Lee County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee County General Privilege License | Lee County Probate Judge's Office | The general privilege license required of every business in Lee County is administered by the Probate Judge's Office, which the office's own 'Duties and Responsibilities' statement describes as 'the licensing office,' and which the Alabama Department of Revenue's own County Probate Office Directory independently confirms as Lee County's business-license contact — not the Revenue Commissioner, whose own office confirms it handles only property tax and vehicle titling. Lee County's own codified local act, Ala. Code §45-41-200 (Title 45, Ch. 41, Art. 20, 'License Inspector'), ties the county's fee and penalty mechanism to the statewide scheme at Ala. Code §40-12-10 and Title 40, Chapter 12, and separately sets a flat $5.00 delinquency fee for a license obtained after it is due. Title 40-12 prices a privilege license per specific business classification rather than as one flat number, and the Alabama Department of Revenue's own statewide Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses names no Lee-County-specific rate table. No standalone Lee County dollar-figure fee schedule exists as a published document: five Wayback Machine snapshots of the Probate Judge's licenses.php page spanning September 2025 to September 2026, plus a live fetch, contain only marriage-certificate content, with no business-license fee page ever archived at that URL. | annual | 2026-09-28 |
| Veterinary License Filing with the Probate Office | Lee County Probate Judge's Office | $1 one-time statutory filing fee, Lee County Probate Office — the Board's own footnote states this $1.00 figure may not reflect current rates and that the actual recording fee may exceed $1.00 locally | filed with the Probate Office when a veterinarian begins residing or practicing in the county; the statute sets no separate renewal cycle of its own | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Lee County General Privilege License
This county-wide general privilege license applies inside every Lee County municipality as well as in the unincorporated county — Opelika, Auburn, Smiths Station, Waverly, Loachapoka and, most likely, Notasulga each layer their own separate municipal business license on top of it rather than replacing it, and Phenix City's small Lee County corner falls under that city's own citywide license instead. The Probate Judge's Office administers this license from the Lee County Courthouse (215 S. 9th St., Opelika) with satellite offices in Auburn (1266 Mall Parkway) and Smiths Station (2336 Lee Road 430). The office's own licenses.php web page is entirely marriage-certificate FAQ content, with no business-license sub-page or fee table anywhere in it, now or in any of five Wayback Machine snapshots spanning thirteen months — a business owner should call the office directly for the exact figure rather than expect to find a published rate online.
Veterinary License Filing with the Probate Office
Ala. Code §34-29-84 requires a veterinarian to file their Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners license with the probate office of every county where they reside or practice, and sets the fee at $1.00. The Board's own current Practice Act PDF carries a footnote on this exact section stating that the $1.00 figure, established under the act in 1986, 'may not reflect current rates at the individual probate jurisdictions,' and that the fee actually paid for recording 'will be determined by the individual fees schedules of your local Probate Judge' — meaning a veterinarian filing at the Lee County Probate Office may be charged more than the bare $1.00 statutory figure, set by Lee County's own current recording-fee schedule rather than the 1986 statute alone. This filing is separate from, and in addition to, the general county privilege license recorded above, which applies to a veterinary practice the same way it applies to any other Lee County business.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Lee County
- Phone
- 334-737-3670 (Opelika); 334-737-7297 (Auburn satellite office); 334-448-3299 (Smiths Station satellite office)
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Ala. Code §45-41-200, License Inspector (Lee County local act, Title 45, Ch. 41, Art. 20) — fee/penalty mechanism tied to §40-12-10Justia / Code of Alabama · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Alabama Department of Revenue — Handbook of Privilege and Store Licenses, October 2022, with the fee schedule for each business typeAlabama Department of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-03
- Alabama Veterinary Practice Act and Administrative Code (full text) — §34-29-84 probate-office filing fee, with Board footnote on local rate varianceAlabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- County Probate Office Directory — Lee County contact is the Probate Office, not the Revenue CommissionerAlabama Department of Revenue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Lee County Probate Judge — Duties and Responsibilities ('the licensing office')Lee County, Alabama · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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