Morgan County Probate Office

Veterinary License Probate Office Filing

A veterinarian licensed by the Alabama State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners must file that state license with the probate office of the county where they reside, and separately with the probate office of each additional county where they practice if not a resident there, under Ala. Code §34-29-84. The filing fee is $1.00. The statute names the probate office specifically, not the Commissioner of Licenses' office, and for Morgan County the two are genuinely separate offices: the Commissioner of Licenses (§§45-52-200 to 45-52-200.04) was carved out by local act specifically to handle Title 40-12 business, motor vehicle, and boat licenses, while this Title 34 professional-license filing goes to the actual Morgan County Probate Office at 302 Lee Street NE, Decatur. The county's local acts contain no Morgan-County-specific act relating to veterinary practice beyond this statewide filing requirement — the local acts article covering Boards and Commissions (Article 3) contains only the Barbers' Commission sections, with no veterinary board provisions of its own. This is a recording formality rather than an independent county licensing decision; the state board remains the sole authority licensing veterinary practice itself.