The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office business office and Civil Division consist of three civilian employees, two deputies and five outside deputies that serve civil papers full time. The Civil Division received over 71,000 papers for service in 2002. The business office issues 10,000 plus pistol permits per year. Both the business office and Civil Division are headed by Sgt. Ben Tingle. Other services handled by the business office include:

• Perform civil paper executions, including local, out-of-county, as well as out-of-state civil papers. Also, the division keeps records of incoming and outgoing civil papers and bank accounts of collections that are made by our department
• Removal of prisoners
• Oversee  voter elections
• Assist in the fingerprinting of children in local schools, both public and private
• Engage in the mailing of hundreds of criminal subpoenas yearly

Click here for some frequently asked questions about evictions and pistol permits

The business hours are 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.