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Find the right office in Anderson County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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County court
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee hears bankruptcy cases in Chattanooga, Greeneville, Knoxville and Winchester, with dockets and claims available through PACER.
Open official site Tennessee Federal CasesProperty records
Obtain property tax info by contacting the TN Comptroller of the Treasury.
Open official site Tennessee Property RecordsPolice & jail
Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and Jail, the custody facility for the county, with inmate information and visiting rules as the facility publishes them.
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Request birth and death certificates from the TN Dept. of Health.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Tennessee Department of State.
Open official site Tennessee Business & Corporation SearchCourt records
Anderson County Circuit Court Clerk, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Search property and claim status by individual name or business through the Treasury Dept.
Open official site Tennessee Unclaimed PropertyPolice & jail
The Tennessee Department of Correction publishes its own list of offenders now under a sentence of death in Tennessee, with related facts on the state's death penalty.
Open official site Tennessee Death RowVital records
Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the TN Department of Health.
Open official site Tennessee Marriage SearchLocal record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Anderson County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Anderson County. The sheriff's office also has specialized divisions such as narcotics, investigations, and a K-9 unit, which work to enhance public safety and address specific criminal activities within Anderson County.
Police Departments. In addition to Anderson County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Anderson County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Anderson County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 101 South Main Street, Suite 400, in Clinton, Tennessee 37716 (Source: tnacso.net), is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Anderson County. Anderson County Detention Facility, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates awaiting trial and those serving short-term sentences. Within Anderson County, the Oak Ridge Police Department serves the city of Oak Ridge, while the Clinton Police Department serves Clinton. Arrest records and booking information in Anderson County (Source: tnacso.net) are considered public records under the Tennessee Public Records Act, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-503 and § 10-7-504, which guarantees public access to governmental records with limited exceptions. Some third-party websites aggregate and publish booking photos and arrest information for Anderson County, though official sources remain the Sheriff's Office and local police departments.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Anderson County are maintained by Anderson County Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Anderson County are taken and retained by Anderson County Sheriff's Office during the booking process.
The facility is located at 308 Public Safety Lane, Clinton, TN 37716. You can visit their website or contact the facility directly at (865) 457-7100 for more information on accessing the inmate search tool.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 14 mine sites inside the county: 4 past producers, now closed, 5 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 4 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 172 holes drawn inside the county, 29 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; Bloating Material; Barium-Barite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Tennessee's coal regulatory program was run by OSMRE until the state took it back; the state AML program is in TDEC.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
Anderson County lies on the edge of the Appalachian Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by TDEC Mining, Data and Map Viewers and linked below.
Tennessee abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 123 investigations in Anderson County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $2,007,924 in back wages agreed for 3,388 workers. The county is the one the Census Bureau puts each employer's ZIP code in. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment.
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 98 on the Anderson County record; 29 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 73 more with smaller records are on the Tennessee wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Anderson County has both a Circuit Court Clerk and a Clerk and Master, with different case responsibilities. The Circuit Clerk identifies circuit, criminal, general sessions and juvenile functions. The Clerk and Master handles chancery and probate matters, including estates and other cases assigned to those divisions. Use the caption or docket number from an earlier paper to identify the office. A person-name match alone may lead to unrelated proceedings. When asking for a copy, describe the dated order, complaint or other filed document instead of requesting every court record associated with the name.
The Circuit Clerk contact (andersoncountytn.gov) is at 100 North Main Street, Suite 301, Clinton, TN 37716-3624, with telephone 865-463-6821 and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Clerk and Master listing (andersoncountytn.gov) gives Room 308 and 865-457-6205. Its county directory and departmental site publish different closing times, so confirm the intended service window before a late visit. The Circuit Clerk also announces fee changes effective January 1, 2026. Obtain the current price for the actual filing or copy product; a historic court schedule should not supply a new request's cost.
The Register of Deeds FAQ explains that the land index is organized by names. When you have only a street address, it directs you to the Property Assessor at 865-457-6225 to identify the owner. Carry that name into the deed search, then compare the recorded description with the property intended. The recorder does not perform a title search for the requester. A useful research trail therefore keeps the instrument number, parties, recording date and any referenced earlier document together. Search a prior owner or alternate recorded spelling when the current name alone does not locate the transaction.
The local land-copy guidance (andersondeeds.com) describes free online copies for documents recorded from January 1, 1990, forward and directs older-copy inquiries to the counter or mail process. It lists certified copies of ordinary documents at $1 per page, with plats priced separately at $5 per plat. For an ordinary document, the complete certified price depends on its page count. A land image is a local recorded document, and its date range says nothing about statewide court coverage. When an image cites an earlier deed, retain the book and page and request that older instrument separately. Do not assume the newer file contains every document mentioned in its recital.
The county recorder contact lists 100 North Main Street, Room 205, Clinton, TN 37716, telephone 865-457-6235, and Monday through Friday service from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For an existing document, say whether an ordinary image, a certified instrument or a plat is needed. For a new filing, provide the instrument type and complete packet before asking staff to calculate a charge. These are different services even though the same office handles them. Keep the quoted fee with the document description so a later change in page count or filing type can be identified.
The County Clerk marriage service lists copies of marriage certificates at $5 each, available at the office or by mail. It gives the mailing destination as 100 North Main Street, Room 111, Clinton, TN 37716-3690, and the marriage inquiry number 865-457-6228. Distinguish a copy of an existing certificate from an application for a new license. Give the names used in the record and the approximate marriage date, and ask whether any identifying form or return envelope is needed for your order. The office's marriage-search link can help establish a reference but does not replace the copy request.
The Anderson County Archives preserves noncurrent permanent county records and describes holdings beginning in 1811. Its examples include marriage bonds, wills, estates, court files and tax records; juvenile records are excluded from its general public access description. Give the record series and date range when asking whether a file has been transferred there. The archives lists ordinary copies at $1 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page, and certified copies at $2 for the first page plus $0.50 for later pages. These archive-copy products should not be substituted for the recorder's separate land-copy prices.
The Sheriff's contact directory places administration at 101 South Main Street, Suite 400, Clinton, TN 37716, and the detention facility at 308 Public Safety Lane. Records staff are listed at 865-457-6258; detention booking intake is 865-457-7100, extension 7118. Use the incident reference for an agency report and the custody date for a detention inquiry. The directory's dispatch number serves a different purpose from a records-copy request. For a city police report, contact the city agency that prepared it rather than assuming the county Sheriff holds every report created in Anderson County.
Tennessee's TORIS service describes a name-based Tennessee criminal-history product at $29 per search. That state result is different from an Anderson court document or Sheriff report. Establish which product the receiving organization needs before selecting a service. The identifying details used for a name search affect the result, and a local docket may still require a separate copy from its clerk. If the inquiry is historical, ask the current office whether the relevant file remains there or has moved to the county archives. Keep the issuing office and search scope attached to each result.
Where to go
Each office below was read on its own site. A field the office does not publish is left out rather than filled in from a directory.
Circuit, criminal, general sessions and juvenile case records, subject to access rules.
Office page: andersoncountytn.gov
Chancery, probate and related case records.
Office page: andersoncountytn.gov
Recorded land instruments and copy requests.
Office page: andersoncountytn.gov
Marriage records and County Clerk legal records.
Office page: andersoncountyclerk.com
Noncurrent permanent county records and historical copy inquiries.
Office page: andersoncountyarchives.com
Office page: tnacso.net
Straight answers
Open only the answer you need.
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Anderson County Sheriff or a city police department in Anderson County. Ask that agency for its record.
The Tennessee criminal history record comes from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). Request a Tennessee name based criminal history check online through Tennessee Open Records Information Services (TORIS), paying by credit card. Fee: $29.00 for each name based check.
Search the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry (TBI), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county election commission or through the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must be registered no later than 30 days before the election; mailed forms must be postmarked at least 30 days before.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Anderson County are kept by the Anderson County register of deeds. Property values are set by the county assessor of property, and tax bills come from the county trustee.
Certified birth and death certificates for Tennessee come from the Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Vital Records. All county health departments can issue any birth or death certificate registered statewide with the Tennessee Office of Vital Records; you do not need to go to the county where the event occurred. In person with no appointment at Tennessee Vital Records, 1st Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower, 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243, or at any county health department; by mail to that address with a check or money order payable to Tennessee Vital Records; or online through VitalChek. Fee: $15.00 for each birth or death certificate, first and additional copies.
Business entity filings are searched with the Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business and Charitable Organizations. Business licenses are issued by the county clerk, and by the city if it imposes the business tax, where the business is located; businesses with taxable receipts over $3,000 need one.
Start with the Clerk and Master for probate matters, using the estate reference and decedent's name. The Circuit Clerk serves different case divisions.
The recorder's FAQ directs address-only inquiries to the Property Assessor to identify the owner. The land index uses names.
The copy instructions identify the online interval from January 1, 1990, forward and a counter or mail route for older material. An earlier referenced deed may require its own request.
No. The certified-copy price is $1 per page, so the complete charge depends on the instrument's length.
The County Clerk's marriage service offers copies at the counter or by mail for $5 each. Identify the spouses and date, and distinguish the request from a new-license application.
The archives collection description includes transferred noncurrent court and other county records. Ask using the case or series reference and date rather than assuming the active court counter retains every historical file.
The official directory lists administration on South Main Street and detention at Public Safety Lane. Use the service-specific destination and contact.
The state service is a name-based Tennessee criminal-history search. Request the actual filed decree or order from the clerk responsible for that case.
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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.