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Find the right office in Blount 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.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the TN Comptroller of the Treasury.
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Blount County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Request birth and death certificates from the TN Dept. of Health.
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Blount County Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
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Find active and inactive corporations by name from the Tennessee Department of State.
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Blount 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.
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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.
Open official site Tennessee Death RowVital records
Request a copy of a marriage certificates from the TN Department of Health.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Blount County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Blount County.
Police Departments. In addition to Blount County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Blount County. These departments work in coordination with the Sheriff's Office on major crime investigations and emergency response efforts, making sure of full law enforcement coverage throughout Blount County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Blount County Sheriff's Office, led by the elected Sheriff, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Blount County and operates Blount County Adult Detention Facility. For detention-records inquiries, contact the Sheriff's Records Office at 940 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Blount County are maintained by Blount County Sheriff's Office.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Blount County are taken and retained by Blount County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by submitting a request.
Blount County Property Assessor, located at 351 Court Street in Maryville (phone: 865-273-5850), maintains property tax assessment records, ownership information, and property characteristics for all parcels in Blount County.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 61 mine sites inside the county: 39 past producers, now closed, 15 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 6 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 53 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Marble, Dimension; Iron; Manganese.
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.
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 111 investigations in Blount County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $987,720 in back wages agreed for 973 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.
| Employer | City | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Construction, Inc | Alcoa | 2 | $214,561 | 121 |
| Resurreccion, Inc | Alcoa | 1 | $125,128 | 20 |
| Hauss, LLC | Louisville | 1 | $79,956 | 67 |
| Country Side Veterinary Services | Louisville | 1 | $61,097 | 11 |
| DLJ Enterprises, Inc. | Maryville | 1 | $53,703 | 20 |
| Sahibji, Inc. | Maryville | 1 | $49,880 | 3 |
| Cancun Mexican Restaurant of Maryville, Inc. | Friendsville | 1 | $34,026 | 20 |
| Monterrey of Maryville, Inc. #74 | Maryville | 1 | $30,078 | 11 |
| National Safe Skies Alliance, Inc/ | Alcoa | 1 | $29,022 | 19 |
| City of Alcoa Police Department | Alcoa | 1 | $24,336 | 3 |
| Wilson Construction Company of Maryville, Inc | Maryville | 1 | $23,228 | 51 |
| Gomez Rubi, Inc | Maryville | 1 | $22,738 | 6 |
| Maryville Police Department | Maryville | 1 | $21,222 | 44 |
| Town & Country, LLC | Louisville | 1 | $19,714 | 32 |
| Champion Roofing Services TN, Inc | Alcoa | 1 | $16,901 | 13 |
| Eutaw Construction Company, Inc | Louisville | 1 | $13,498 | 3 |
| Fun Wheels Motor Company | Maryville | 1 | $10,755 | 3 |
| Chattanooga Subway LLC | Maryville | 1 | $10,748 | 25 |
| Anderson Lumber Company, Inc. | Alcoa | 1 | $10,147 | 3 |
| Reckless Motorcycles Inc | Maryville | 1 | $9,700 | 23 |
| Mexy I, LLC | Maryville | 1 | $9,398 | 3 |
| Detention Health Care Associates, Inc | Maryville | 1 | $8,989 | 22 |
| Vanquish Worldwide, LLC | Maryville | 1 | $8,375 | 4 |
| HMF Lodging, Inc | Townsend | 1 | $7,131 | 22 |
| American Foundation & Basement Repairs | Maryville | 1 | $7,056 | 34 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 98 on the Blount County record; 31 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.
The Blount Register of Deeds uses book-and-page references and expressly says instruments cannot be referenced by instrument number. Carry the complete recording reference into a copy request or a later filing. Basic recording is listed at $12 for one or two pages, with $5 for an additional page or attachment; taxable instruments can carry other charges. Those figures do not describe the full cost of every deed. Identify the instrument type, references and applicable tax information before asking for a total. For historical ownership research, follow the earlier book-and-page citations in a deed and keep releases or related instruments as separate documents in the chain.
The Property Assessor is the county contact for valuation and assessment information. Use the parcel identifier to connect an assessment inquiry with the correct property, then note the tax year and particular field being questioned. The owner line and property characteristics can guide research but should be checked against the recorded instrument when the issue concerns a transfer or legal description. If a record appears inconsistent, describe the entry rather than asking the office to resolve an entire ownership dispute. Retaining the assessment notice, parcel reference and deed citation together creates a clearer trail for follow-up with the relevant county office.
Blount's Records Management and Archives accepts local-government material dating from 1795 and requires an advance appointment for onsite research. It directs probate records filed after 1995 to the Probate office. Give the archivist the names, dates and record series before the visit so the correct repository can be identified. Its copy information lists $0.50 per page and a $5 certification fee; requested copies totaling under $1 are not charged. These archive terms should not be applied automatically to Circuit Court files, which the archive specifically says follow their own rules. Write down the collection or file reference when receiving an older record.
The Circuit Court public-records policy allows inspection-only requests orally or in writing, while copy requests must be written. It requires proof of Tennessee citizenship and enough detail to identify the records. When prompt access is impracticable, the policy calls for a response within seven business days explaining the next action. That is not a promise that every record will be produced within that period. State the case number and requested filing, retain the response, and distinguish an inspection appointment from a copy order. A search for the final disposition should name the entered order needed, rather than merely asking whether a case appears on a calendar.
The Clerk and Master handles the Chancery docket and delinquent-tax suits, including judicial-sale work ordered by the court. Its current filing-fee description identifies Chancery, Circuit Equity, General Sessions Domestic and General Sessions Probate work. Use the case caption to identify the division before sending a document request. A delinquent-tax case file and a routine property-tax payment record are different sources even when they concern the same parcel. For a sale inquiry, request the relevant order or filed report and retain its case reference. An auction notice alone may not answer a question about later court approval or distribution.
The Probate office instructions distinguish estates with a will from those without one and describe the documents used to open a case. For research in an existing estate, provide the decedent's full name, approximate death date and probate reference. Name the paper required, such as the will, appointment or closing order, rather than assuming a single estate certificate includes the complete administration. Keep a death-certificate request separate from a request for the probate file. If an estate is old enough to be held in Archives, use the office's referral and preserve the original reference when transferring the inquiry. A file's location does not change the identity of its originating court.
The Sheriff's Records Office maintains incident and detention records and supplies its report-request route. Give the agency case number, event date and type of material when known. The Sheriff's Adult Corrections information explains the detention operation, which is separate from the judicial record of a prosecution. A booking, a current custody entry and a criminal judgment record different events. State whether you are seeking a report, a booking-related record or an entered court decision, then contact the appropriate custodian. Retain the date of any custody response and ask the court clerk for the disposition when the question concerns how a case ended.
Tennessee allows county health departments to issue registered statewide birth and death certificates, so the event county is not always the required place to visit. The Department of Health ordering instructions explain identification and entitlement, mail applications and the authorized online route. Its certificate fee schedule lists $15 for each first and additional birth, death, marriage or divorce certificate. Online service charges can be separate. Identify the exact product: a state divorce certificate does not replace the court's decree, and a certificate correction follows another process. Confirm what the receiving organization requires before ordering several copies of a product that may not answer its request.
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.
Land-record instruments, recording and certified copies.
Office page: blounttn.gov
Property valuation and assessment records.
Office page: blounttn.gov
Historical county records, archival searches and copies.
Office page: blounttn.gov
Chancery, probate and related case divisions; delinquent-tax suits.
Office page: blounttn.gov
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Blount County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Blount 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 Blount County are kept by the Blount 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.
The Register states that its referencing system is book and page and cannot use instrument numbers for that purpose. Retain the complete recording reference.
Onsite research requires an advance appointment. Call or email the archivist with the names, dates and series needed through the Archives contact information.
Archives directs those inquiries to the Probate office at 865-273-5503. Use the archive referral before requesting retrieval of a newer estate file.
No. Archives explicitly states that Circuit Court maintains separate records and policies. Use the Archives copy guidance only for the archive service it describes.
The published policy permits oral inspection-only requests, but requests for copies must be written and require the listed citizenship evidence. Follow the Circuit Clerk access policy.
The Clerk and Master handles delinquent-tax suits and court-ordered judicial sales. Identify the parcel and case when contacting the Clerk and Master.
Registered statewide birth and death certificates can be issued through county health departments under the state's current issuance procedure when the applicant meets identification and entitlement requirements.
It covers the listed one- or two-page base category. Additional pages, references and applicable taxes or other charges can change the total; consult the full recording schedule.
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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.