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Find the right office in Smith 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 Middle District of Tennessee, in the Customs House in Nashville, handles bankruptcy filings for Middle Tennessee. Case dockets are searched through PACER.
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County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Smith County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in the unincorporated areas of Smith County.
Police Departments. Smith County is served by Smith County Sheriff's Office and several municipal police departments. These departments handle law enforcement within their respective city limits and coordinate with the Sheriff's Office on major crimes and investigations that cross jurisdictional boundaries.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Smith County Sheriff's Office, located at 135 West Main Street in Carthage, Tennessee 37030, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Smith County and operates Smith County Jail. Tennessee public records law, codified primarily in Tennessee Code Annotated Title 10, Chapter 7, establishes the framework for public access to arrest records and booking information.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Smith County are maintained by Smith County Sheriff's Office. These records can be requested by residents and attorneys through the Sheriff's Office, which provides information on the nature of the arrest, charges, and any court dates.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Smith County are taken and retained by Smith County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be searched through the Sheriff's Office website or requested directly from the 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 34 mine sites inside the county: 13 past producers, now closed, 9 prospects or occurrences that were never worked, 10 sites producing when the record was made, 2 processing plants, which are not workings; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Zinc; Fluorine-Fluorite; Uranium.
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 20 investigations in Smith County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $215,975 in back wages agreed for 191 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith County Government | Carthage | 1 | $93,374 | 17 |
| K & K Trucking, Inc. | Carthage | 1 | $51,055 | 75 |
| Salina LLC, Gordonsville Series | Gordonsville | 1 | $22,258 | 29 |
| Smith County Sheriff's Department | Carthage | 1 | $21,887 | 34 |
| Raymond Tarter Contracting Inc. | Carthage | 1 | $11,971 | 6 |
| Budget Inn | Carthage | 1 | $8,532 | 14 |
| EnviroSmart, Inc. | Carthage | 2 | $2,536 | 5 |
| Nyrstar Tennessee Mines-Gordonsville, LLC | Gordonsville | 1 | $1,704 | 1 |
| Crockett-Phillips Construction, Inc. | Gordonsville | 1 | $1,668 | 5 |
| Funderburk Management | Carthage | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Life Point Hospitals, Inc. | Carthage | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Pizza Hut of Southeast Kansas, Inc | Carthage | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Quick Response, Inc. | Carthage | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Jose Guererro FLC | Riddleton | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Stone Ridge Construction | Gordonsville | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Tootle Construction, LLC | Lancaster | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer on the Smith County record, by back wages agreed; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Tennessee wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the county sheriff's office or a city police department. 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 Smith County are kept by the Smith 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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