Tennessee, Shelby County
Where Germantown's records are kept. Germantown has its own city government, police department, municipal court and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Germantown's own offices, along with State of Tennessee offices; the Shelby County offices are on our Shelby County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Germantown, Tennessee city government site, with City Hall at 1930 S. Germantown Road: online services and payments, city news and calendar, eNotices sign up, a city directory and new resident information.
Open official site City of GermantownMunicipal court
Court offices at City Hall, 1930 S. Germantown Road, handle traffic offenses, city code violations and criminal arraignments, ticket payments and a search of court records and dockets from 2009 on.
Open official site Germantown Municipal CourtCity records
Open records requests under Tennessee law use one city form; police reports, fire and EMS reports, court records and all other city records each go to a named staff member.
Open official site City of Germantown Open Records RequestCity records
The City Clerk and Recorder keeps official municipal records such as ordinances, resolutions, minutes, contracts and deeds, prepares Board of Mayor and Aldermen agendas, processes beer permits and handles open records requests.
Open official site Germantown City ClerkState records
TBI name based check of Tennessee criminal history: misdemeanor and felony arrests reported by fingerprint, no juvenile records unless tried as adults; $29.00 per request, nonrefundable, paid by credit card.
Open official site Tennessee Open Records Information ServicesState records
Under the Tennessee Secretary of State, the State Library and Archives offers an online catalog, research guides for genealogists, the TeVA digital collections of maps and images, and the Tennessee Electronic Library.
Open official site Tennessee State Library and ArchivesCounty court
West Tennessee bankruptcy court with clerk offices in Memphis and Jackson. Court calendars, forms, filing fees, judges' opinions, proofs of claim, transcripts and unclaimed funds are reached from its home page.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of TennesseeCounty court
The Administrative Office of the Courts in Nashville runs Tennessee's judiciary site, carrying appellate opinions and oral argument dockets, a courthouse finder, court clerks by county, forms and a self help center.
Open official site Tennessee Administrative Office of the CourtsVital records
Tennessee Department of Health office issuing birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates; county health departments also issue birth and death certificates, and anyone other than a parent, child or spouse must show entitlement.
Open official site Tennessee Office of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
From the Tennessee Department of Correction and Board of Parole, this lookup finds felony offenders by name, TDOC ID or state ID number, with aliases optional; an official background check comes from TBI.
Open official site Tennessee Felony Offender InformationState records
Posters of missing Tennessee children and adults from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, with active AMBER, Endangered Child and Silver alerts; the TBI notes the list is not every missing person in the state.
Open official site TBI Missing Persons ClearinghouseState records
Since 1993 the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has posted its Top 10 Most Wanted, fugitives sought for violent felonies or major drug trafficking in Tennessee, with rewards offered for tips.
Open official site Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Top 10 Most WantedPolice & jail
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation registry guide: who must register, the yearly reporting for sexual offenders and quarterly reporting for violent sexual offenders, and the registry law; the database is updated daily.
Open official site Tennessee Sex Offender Registry InformationVital records
Frequently requested Census Bureau statistics for Germantown city, Tennessee in QuickFacts: population, business and geography facts for a community of 41,333 at the 2020 Census.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsPolice & jail
Housed in City Hall at 1930 South Germantown Road, the accredited department has 108 officers and 24 public safety dispatchers, with after hours access on the north side near Municipal Park lake.
Open official site Germantown Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Germantown sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Useful local context without burying the official record links above.
Local profile
Germantown, a place of 41,333 people, is in Shelby County, whose county seat is Memphis. Court and property records sit with Shelby County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Tennessee. Germantown's own offices are in the cards above, and our Shelby County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in Tennessee is run by the Tennessee Division of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online registration where Tennessee offers it, polling places and the local election office for Germantown.
Deeds for property in Germantown are recorded by the Shelby County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Shelby County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Tennessee come from the state vital records office, Tennessee Office of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Germantown register with the Tennessee Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Germantown requires one, comes from the town or Shelby County.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.