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Find the right office in Bedford 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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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.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the TN Comptroller of the Treasury.
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The Bedford County Sheriff's Office at the Bedford County Justice Complex, 110 Northcreek Drive, Shelbyville, runs patrol, detectives and the county jail; phone (931) 684-3232, jail (931) 684-4566.
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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.
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Bedford County Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts, 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.
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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.
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Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the TN Department of Health.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Bedford County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Bedford County.
Police Departments. In addition to Bedford County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Bedford County is provided by municipal police departments, including the Shelbyville Police Department and the Bell Buckle Police Department. These agencies have jurisdiction within their respective city limits and work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and investigations.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Bedford County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 1 Katy Blevins Blvd, Shelbyville, TN 37160, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Bedford County. Arrest records in Bedford County are public records subject to Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-503 and § 10-7-504, which establish the Tennessee Public Records Act. Some third-party websites also aggregate booking photos from Bedford County, though official records should always be verified through the Sheriff's Office.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 5 named mine sites inside the county, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 26 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Limestone, General; Stone, Crushed/Broken; Iron.
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.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Bedford County Sheriff or a city police department in Bedford 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 Bedford County are kept by the Bedford 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.
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