Tennessee, court records
Tennessee trial court records are kept by the court clerk in each county; appeals can be followed in the appellate courts' public case history. Federal cases are in PACER.
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Davidson County General Sessions criminal dockets, posted daily by the clerk in the Justice A.A. Birch Building, with courtroom docket lists.
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Tennessee courts website from the Administrative Office of the Courts, with Supreme Court decisions, a courthouse finder and information on every court.
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Shelby County Circuit Court page on the county website, with court notices; the circuit court clerk is at 140 Adams Avenue, Memphis.
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Warren County courts page: adult recovery court, chancery, circuit and general sessions courts, youth services and family treatment court.
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Federal district, bankruptcy and appeals court records online. A PACER account is needed; documents cost $0.10 per page, capped at $3 per document.
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Find the federal district, bankruptcy and appeals courts that serve any location, or look up a federal court by name.
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1 more Tennessee source not listed above.
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Each Tennessee county's court clerks keep that county's general sessions, circuit, criminal and chancery court files; ask the clerk of the court that heard the case for searches and copies.
Appeals before the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals can be followed in the public case history, and the courthouse finder lists every court.
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Tennessee divorces are chancery or circuit court cases kept by the clerk of the court that heard them, and in Davidson County by the Circuit Court Clerk for the Third and Fourth Circuit Courts. Under the Public Records Act, T.C.A. 10-7-503, the file is open to any citizen during business hours unless otherwise provided by state law. The sworn financial statement comes from local rules: Davidson County Local Rule 37.02 requires sworn financial statements and property lists in every contested divorce, subject to protective orders, and Local Rule 7.02 makes them public with the decree, the marital dissolution agreement and the parenting plan.
There is no statewide case search; Davidson County offers CaseLink by subscription with document images and a free index, and charges 50 cents per page for copies. Sealing takes a motion with facts sufficient to overcome the presumption of disclosure. The Tennessee asset search page explains what the statements show.
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State court records are usually free to view at the courthouse and often free online, with per-page fees for certified copies. PACER charges $0.10 per page (capped at $3.00 per document), waived under $30 per quarter.
No. A sealed case is hidden from the public docket index by court order. Its existence may still be confirmable by number, but documents are not accessible.
Civil cases involve disputes between parties (contracts, torts, family). Criminal cases are brought by the government. Both are indexed by the same court clerks but tracked in separate sub-dockets.
Not in one search. PACER covers all federal courts. Most states have a statewide judiciary portal that covers their state courts, but a few require per-county lookups. This page links to Tennessee's official portal.
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