Why We Built This Site
Tennessee gives the public broad access to court records, but the hard part is figuring out which office holds the file you want. In Knox County, Mike Hammond's Criminal Court Clerk office keeps criminal, General Sessions-Criminal, and Fourth Circuit records. Charles D. Susano III's office keeps Circuit, Civil Sessions, and Juvenile records. The Clerk and Master keeps Chancery and probate files. The County Clerk issues marriage licenses, and the Sheriff runs the jail roster. We pull the contact details, search portals, fee schedules, and request steps for each of these offices into one place.
What You Will Find Here
- Records pages by type: court records, arrest records, inmate records, warrant records, marriage and divorce, probate, and more
- Office contacts: direct contact info for the Clerk of Court, the Circuit Court, and major facilities
- Search walkthroughs: step-by-step guides for the Knox County JIMS and eCommerce portals and statewide databases
- Public records help: how to file an open records request and what to expect for response time
State and Federal Courts in Knox County
Most Knox County cases are state and local matters, but some run through the federal courts in Knoxville. The Eastern District of Tennessee handles federal civil and criminal cases, and bankruptcy filings go to a separate federal bankruptcy court. We point to these official sites so you can tell a county case from a federal one.
The federal bankruptcy court for the region is one of those separate systems.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee lists the Knoxville federal courthouse among its locations.
Federal prosecutions in the area come from the U.S. Attorney's office.
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee handles federal prosecutions and civil representation of the United States.
Federal supervision after a case is handled by U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services.
The U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Knoxville office sits at the Howard H. Baker Jr. U.S. Courthouse.
What We Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site. We have no connection to any Knox County court, clerk's office, sheriff's office, or Tennessee state agency. There are real limits to what we can help with:
- We cannot file paperwork or send records requests on your behalf
- We cannot issue certified copies of any court document or vital record
- We cannot give legal advice or explain how a specific case applies to you
- We cannot guarantee that every phone number, fee, or address listed on this site is current right now
Only the issuing court or government office can provide a certified copy with an official seal. We can point you to the right office, but the document has to come from them.
Search Partners
Some pages on this site include search boxes powered by third-party providers. Those companies set their own pricing and run their own services. When you use one of those tools and it leads to a paid signup, we may earn a referral fee. That revenue helps keep this site free for visitors. We do not control what those tools charge or what shows up in their results.
Keeping Information Current
Clerk offices move. Hours change. Phone numbers get reassigned. We update pages as we hear about changes, but gaps happen. Before you drive to a courthouse in downtown Knoxville, call ahead first.
See something wrong? Visit our Contact page and let us know.
Get in Touch
Questions, fixes, or feedback? Drop a note via our Contact page.