Madison County residents will soon have faster access to car tags, driver’s license renewals
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
The Madison County Service Center, shown here on Jan. 27, 2021, at Oakwood Drive and Memorial Parkway nears completion. (Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com)
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The new Madison County Service Center will open by the end of March at the southeastern corner of North Memorial Parkway and Oakwood Avenue. The move will make key county services faster to obtain and easier to reach, Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong said today, and the center’s approximately 400 parking spaces will be free.
The county license department, probate judge, tax assessor, tax collector and Board of Registrars are moving from the downtown courthouse to the 80,000-square-foot center, Strong said in his annual “State of the County” update to the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber.
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