Tennessee, Wayne County
Where Clifton's records are kept. Clifton has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Clifton's own offices, along with State of Tennessee offices; the Wayne County offices are on our Wayne County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation sells a Tennessee only adult criminal history check on any person for $29, online or by mail with no fingerprints; a nationwide FBI fingerprint check costs $50 through its contractor.
Open official site TBI Background ChecksState 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
Nashville clerk's office at 701 Broadway, open weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., backed by unstaffed offices in Columbia and Cookeville; daily dockets, forms and an unclaimed funds locator are posted.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle 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 InformationPolice & jail
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 ClearinghousePolice & jail
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 InformationFederal
Data.census.gov profile for Clifton city, Tennessee, counted at 2,651 residents in 2020, with survey tables on household income and poverty, schooling, employment, housing and families.
Open official site Census Bureau ProfileCity records
Clifton City Hall at 142 Main Street, with the Mayor and Board of Commissioners, city staff contacts, online payment of utilities, taxes and citations, forms, permits and licenses, ordinances and financial reports.
Open official site City of CliftonPolice & jail
Records and investigations division PO Box 192 Clifton, Tennessee 38425 Phone (931) 676-3435 Fax (931) 676-5390
Open official site Clifton Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
10 more Clifton sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Clifton, a place of 2,651 people, is in Wayne County, whose county seat is Waynesboro. Court and property records sit with Wayne County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Tennessee. Clifton's own offices are in the cards above, and our Wayne County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 4 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 2 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 2 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Fire Clay (Refractory); construction sand and gravel.
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.
Straight answers
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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 voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Clifton.
Deeds for property in Clifton are recorded by the Wayne County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Wayne 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 Clifton register with the Tennessee Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Clifton requires one, comes from the town or Wayne County.
Same county
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.