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Find the right office in Tipton 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 Western District of Tennessee handles bankruptcy cases for West Tennessee, posting court calendars and filing fees; case dockets are on PACER.
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Obtain property tax info by contacting the TN Comptroller of the Treasury.
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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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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. Tipton County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Tipton County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Law enforcement in Tipton County is provided by Tipton County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments in cities such as Covington, Munford, and Atoka.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Tipton County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 1801 S. College Street, Suite 106, Covington, Tennessee 38019, current Sheriff contact, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Tipton County. Arrest records and booking information are public records in Tennessee under the Tennessee Public Records Act, codified at Tennessee Code Annotated § 10-7-503 and § 10-7-504.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Tipton County are maintained by Tipton County Sheriff's Office. Residents and attorneys can request arrest records by contacting the Sheriff's Office directly, with requests processed under the Tennessee Public Records Act.
Jail & Inmate Records. Tipton County Sheriff's Office publishes a separate Corrections contact at 1801 S. College Street, Covington, telephone 901-475-3305. Use that office for a custody-information inquiry and ask about the particular inmate record needed. Sheriff and Corrections contact cards.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Ask Tipton County Sheriff's Office or its Corrections contact about a specific booking record or photograph and its availability. The official department contact is the route for a custodian response; a third-party image collection does not establish the status or completeness of the county record. Official Sheriff and Corrections route.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 9 mine sites inside the county: 1 past producer, now closed, 7 sites producing when the record was made, 1 processing plant, which is not a working; the old survey maps add 16 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is 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.
Tipton County sits over a mapped coal field and the coal there is lignite, worked mostly at the surface. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this county. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by TDEC Mining, Data and Map Viewers and linked below.
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 55 investigations in Tipton County since fiscal 2005 and recorded $249,124 in back wages agreed for 269 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Mexicana, Inc | Atoka | 1 | $27,516 | 7 |
| Munford Tire and Brake, LLC | Munford | 1 | $24,949 | 23 |
| Jubilee Seven Eleven, LLC | Atoka | 1 | $24,693 | 7 |
| Glass Tire & Muffler | Covington | 1 | $18,376 | 6 |
| Tipton Farmers Co-op | Covington | 1 | $15,038 | 3 |
| Midway Grocery INC | Covington | 1 | $10,586 | 5 |
| Om Sai Ram Drummonds, LLC. | Munford | 1 | $9,583 | 4 |
| City of Munford | Munford | 2 | $9,098 | 8 |
| Tipton County Sheriff's Department | Covington | 1 | $8,998 | 17 |
| Donaldson Produce Farms | Brighton | 1 | $8,061 | 6 |
| McCalla Family Farms | Covington | 1 | $6,896 | 2 |
| Maintenance, Painting & Construction, Inc. | Brighton | 1 | $6,889 | 3 |
| Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation | Covington | 2 | $6,174 | 25 |
| Burlison Gin Company, Inc. | Covington | 5 | $6,025 | 28 |
| Tipton Farmers Cooperative | Covington | 1 | $5,894 | 23 |
| Wyatt Earp Steakhouse, LLC. | Munford | 1 | $5,041 | 1 |
| Midway Market II, LLC | Covington | 1 | $4,388 | 3 |
| M & W Glass Company, Inc. | Atoka | 1 | $4,363 | 15 |
| City Service Station | Covington | 2 | $4,178 | 5 |
| Angel Air and Heat, Inc | Munford | 1 | $4,076 | 4 |
| Amy K. Baltimore CPA | Covington | 1 | $3,475 | 8 |
| Wing Basket Inc | Covington | 1 | $3,227 | 11 |
| Freedom Protection Services, LLC. | Atoka | 1 | $3,084 | 2 |
| Calvary Construction, LLC. | Brighton | 1 | $2,977 | 4 |
| Magalene Lark | Covington | 1 | $2,332 | 1 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 47 on the Tipton County record; 15 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 22 more with smaller records are on the Tennessee wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
The County Clerk's genealogy instructions. identify different historical holdings by record type. Marriage records run from 1840 onward, County Court or County Commission minutes from 1823 onward, wills and probate records from 1823 to 1982, and divorce records from 1823 to 1966. These spans describe holdings, not a promise that all images are online. Begin with the record type and date so the inquiry reaches the office holding that period.
For later probate records, the Clerk directs requests to Chancery Court; for divorces after 1966, it directs researchers to Chancery or Circuit Court. Its historical wills, probate and divorce instructions require a public-records request because research is involved. The listed certified-copy price for those historical documents is $5 per document. That price should not be applied to a current court decree or a state vital-record certificate without separate evidence. Source: tiptonco.com
The historical label County Court can also describe Tipton's County Legislative Body or County Commission minutes, as the Clerk's genealogy listing makes explicit. Those minutes are governmental meeting records and should not be confused with a present-day Circuit or Chancery case file. Identify a meeting date and subject when requesting the legislative record, and use a case number when requesting a judicial filing. The Clerk says research-related charges for minutes can depend on the request, so the historical $5 certified will or divorce price is not assigned to all meeting-record work. Source: tiptonco.com
The County Clerk. is at 220 Highway 51 N., Suite 2, Covington, TN 38019, in the Old Justice Complex, telephone 901-476-0207. Its responsibilities include County Legislative Body records, marriage and business licenses, motor-vehicle transactions and specified certificate services. The state county-clerk directory. lists Covington office hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Identify the service because some transactions end earlier.
The marriage instructions. link a marriage-record lookup for ordering a certified copy. The genealogy instructions also allow a written or in-person request giving both names and the marriage date. A new marriage license is processed only at the Covington location, with weekday licensing hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new-license fee and premarital-course reduction concern a new application; they do not establish the price of an existing certified marriage copy. Source: tiptonco.com
The Register of Deeds. records deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, plats and other eligible instruments. Its contact card gives 100 Court Square, Courthouse Room 105, Covington, TN 38019, mailing P.O. Box 626, and telephone 901-476-0204. Supply the parties and a book, page or instrument reference when requesting a particular document. An address alone can be supplemented with the property assessment reference before approaching the recording office.
The Register's fee table lists $10 for the first one or two pages of an ordinary recorded instrument, excluding UCC filings, plus a $2 data-processing fee per document. Additional pages after the first two are $5 each. Tax, a tax-related Clerk fee and additional releases or assignments can change the total. The initial charge is a block price with separate additions, not a $10 first-page fee. Source: tiptonco.com
Certified copies of recorded instruments are listed at $1 per page for the specified page size of no more than 8.5 by 14 inches. The Register also offers a free property-fraud alert through its vendor, based on enrolled names and email notifications when a matching document is recorded. An alert does not establish the instrument's contents or prevent its recording. Use the recorded document itself when researching the underlying transaction. Source: tiptonco.com
The Assessor of Property. maintains parcel characteristics, classifications, valuations and GIS mapping. Its contact card gives 1 W. Liberty Avenue, Room 204, Covington, mailing P.O. Box 342, Covington, TN 38019, telephone 901-476-0213. The office describes using sale information, building changes and field review to maintain the assessment record. Identify the parcel and the particular characteristic or valuation period when asking about that record.
The Assessor explains that it does not set tax rates, send tax bills or collect taxes. The County Trustee uses the assessment roll and adopted rate to produce and collect the bill. Keep a valuation inquiry separate from a payment inquiry. If an assessment record refers to a transfer, use that information to locate the instrument held by the Register rather than treating the assessment entry as the full deed. Sources: tiptonco.com; tiptonco.com
The Circuit Court listing. identifies Tipton as part of Tennessee's 25th Judicial District and describes civil and criminal cases and specified appeals. The current contact card is 1801 S. College Street, Suite 102, Covington, TN 38019, telephone 901-475-3320. It identifies a Clerk serving Circuit, General Sessions and Juvenile Court and links a public court-record inquiry service. That link does not establish full online document access for every case category.
The Chancery Clerk and Master. is separately listed at 1801 S. College Street, Suite 110, telephone 901-476-0209. The County Clerk's historical-record instructions direct later probate inquiries here and later divorce inquiries to Chancery or Circuit as appropriate. Identify the court from the order, docket or case reference before requesting a copy. The two court offices share a building but do not have interchangeable file holdings. Source: tiptonco.com
The General Sessions description. explains its civil and criminal role, including preliminary felony hearings and specified misdemeanor proceedings. A matter can generate General Sessions and later Circuit records, so identify which stage and document you need. A filed charge, a hearing entry and a final disposition serve different purposes. Ask the relevant clerk about the actual document, copy charge and certification; the reviewed county court descriptions do not supply a universal certified-copy total.
The County Clerk's business-tax instructions. identify the local license route and list a $15 minimal-activity license fee and a $15 initial standard-license fee. They also identify city licensing in Covington, Brighton and Mason. A business-entity filing with the Secretary of State is a different record from a local business license. For a historical license inquiry, identify the business name, location and relevant year rather than relying only on an entity registration.
The Tennessee Department of Revenue licensing guidance. places an in-state business with gross receipts over $3,000 but under $100,000 in the minimal-activity category, while $100,000 or more requires the standard license, subject to the applicable business-tax rules. This state wording resolves the county summary's less precise treatment of the threshold. For a records request, identify which license category and issuing jurisdiction are involved; annual tax filings and the local license are different records.
The Sheriff's current county listing. gives 1801 S. College Street, Suite 106, Covington, TN 38019, telephone 901-475-3300. It describes law enforcement, jail operations, court security and service of court process. The Corrections contact is separately shown at 1801 S. College Street, telephone 901-475-3305. Use the Sheriff for an agency incident or service report and Corrections for the custody record relevant to the inquiry.
The Corrections card describes continuous operation, which should not be treated as a general walk-in records counter or visiting schedule. When asking for a booking record or photograph, give the person's name and approximate custody date and ask about the specific record's availability. Municipal reports from Covington, Munford or Atoka should be directed to the originating police agency, while the court clerk remains the source for filed judicial orders. Sources: tiptonco.com; tiptonco.com
The Election Commission. maintains voter-registration records and administers municipal, county, state and federal elections in Tipton. Its office is at 113 E. Church Avenue, Covington, TN 38019, mailing P.O. Box 456, telephone 901-476-0223. A regular board-meeting time is published separately from office service hours. For an election record, specify the election date and whether you need a result, notice, meeting record or registration-related record.
The Tennessee Office of Vital Records. maintains state birth and death certificates and explains that county health departments can issue records registered statewide. Its current certificate fee table. lists $15 for each first and additional birth or death certificate. These state certificate products differ from the County Clerk's historical files and from a court decree. Use the appropriate custodian and eligibility instructions for the actual document required.
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.
County legislative and historical records, marriage and business licensing, specified certificate services.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Recorded instruments and certified copies; property-fraud alerts.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Assessment rolls, property characteristics, valuation and GIS.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Circuit civil and criminal case files; current Clerk also serves General Sessions and Juvenile.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Chancery files and later probate records as directed by County Clerk.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Sheriff reports, service records and custody information.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Voter registration and election-administration records.
Office page: tiptonco.com
Straight answers
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Tipton County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Tipton 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 Tipton County are kept by the Tipton 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; state guidance distinguishes an in-state minimal-activity license for gross receipts over $3,000 but below $100,000 from a standard license at $100,000 or more, subject to the applicable business-tax rules. State license thresholds. Tipton County license route.
The Clerk identifies holdings from 1823 to 1966. Later divorce inquiries go to Chancery or Circuit Court as appropriate to the case. Historical-record holdings.
The County Clerk directs later probate requests to Chancery Court. Its own historical holdings are listed from 1823 to 1982. Probate record routing.
The County Clerk lists $5 per document for its historical wills, probate and divorce holdings. That source does not establish the price for a current court order or a state certificate. Historical copy schedule.
The marriage instructions list weekday service from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., although the state directory gives general Covington Clerk hours until 4:30 p.m. Existing-record requests are a separate service. Marriage service. Clerk directory.
The Register lists $10 for one or two ordinary pages, plus a $2 data-processing fee per document. Additional pages are $5, and taxes or other listed charges can apply. Recording schedule.
The Assessor says the County Trustee uses the assessment roll and tax rate to produce and collect bills. The Assessor maintains valuation and property-characteristic records. Assessment and billing roles.
The current cards list Circuit at 1801 S. College Street, Suite 102, telephone 901-475-3320, and Chancery at Suite 110, telephone 901-476-0209. Circuit contact. Chancery contact.
The Sheriff's current county listing gives 901-475-3305 for Corrections at 1801 S. College Street, Covington. The Sheriff's main office is separately listed at 901-475-3300. Sheriff and Corrections contacts.
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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.