Baldwin County Commission offices will be closed Wednesday, November 11, in observance of Veteran's Day, with the exception of the County Administration Building in Bay Minette which will be open for the public during the County Commission’s organizational meeting at 9:00 a.m. Click here for more information. 

painting of citizens stealing baldwin county records in daphne to take back to bay minette

History tells of the “stealing” of the Baldwin County Courthouse back in 1901, when a band of citizens entered the Daphne courthouse under cover of night to obtain county records and files, loaded them into a wagon and brought them to Bay Minette to proclaim it as the new and permanent county seat.

baldwin county courthouse in bay minette

Fast-forward to today, when courthouse annexes throughout the county serve citizens more conveniently, some hearings and other official business are conducted via satellite, and many services are now provided online. Trials, however, are still conducted in the main courthouse in Bay Minette

District attorney Robert Wilters

The 28th Judicial Circuit was created in 1948 and there have been only eight district attorneys since then. Robert Wilters took office in January 2017.