Blount Criminal Court Records

Blount County, Tennessee Warrant Search

Yes. In Tennessee, the state’s citizens may access certain warrant-related records under the Tennessee Public Records Act. Under the Tennessee Public Records Act, public records are generally open for inspection by Tennessee citizens unless state law, common law, court rules, or federal law makes the record confidential or exempt.

However, not every warrant-related record is automatically available online or by request. The Tennessee Public Records Act is subject to exceptions created by state law, common law, court rules, and federal law. Court-issued warrant information may also be affected by criminal procedure rules, confidential case status, sealed files, or law-enforcement needs.

Agency/Resource	Purpose	Search Methods	Notes
Blount County Sheriff’s Office	Main county law-enforcement agency for Blount County.	Phone, in person, sheriff website, records request.	The Sheriff’s Office is the primary local agency for warrant enforcement and sheriff-held warrant questions. The office lists the Justice Center at 940 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804, phone (865) 273-5000, with office hours Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Blount County Sheriff’s Office Records Office	Maintains sheriff records, adult criminal histories, detention records, and related law-enforcement records.	Phone, in person, records request.	Useful for requesting available sheriff's records related to arrests, detention, or law-enforcement activity. Some records may be restricted if confidential, sealed, or exempt.
Blount County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Lookup System	Provides public inmate lookup information for persons in custody.	Online inmate search.	Useful when a warrant has already resulted in arrest or booking. It should not be treated as a complete active-warrant database for people not in custody.
Blount County Circuit Court Clerk	Maintains Circuit Court records and supports the county judicial system.	Online court-record search, phone, in person, public-records request.	Court-issued warrants, capias matters, criminal case records, and failure-to-appear matters may appear in court records when public and not restricted.
Blount County Online Court Records Search	Provides access to current public court records.	Online search through the county court-record portal.	The county states that current records generally cover cases filed from August 1, 2019 to present, although some older cases may be available. Confidential cases are unavailable to the public and excluded from search results.
Blount County Circuit Criminal Court	Handles Circuit Criminal matters.	Public access computer, in-person court search, court contact.	The county states that all Circuit Criminal cases are open to the public and that a public access computer is available for record searches. It also states that a Judicial Commissioner is on call 24/7 to issue criminal warrants and criminal summonses.
Blount County General Sessions Criminal Court	Handles many lower-level criminal matters and preliminary criminal proceedings.	Public access computer, in-person court search, court contact.	The county states that all General Sessions cases are open to the public and that a public access computer is available for record searches. It also states that failure to appear or to pay fines and costs could result in arrest or suspension of a driver’s license.
Judicial Commissioner/Criminal Warrants and Summonses	Issues criminal warrants and criminal summonses in Blount County.	Court contact, in-person inquiry through the appropriate court office.	Blount County states that a Judicial Commissioner is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to issue criminal warrants and criminal summonses.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, TBI	State investigative agency with statewide criminal-justice resources, including most-wanted information and background-check resources.	Online resources, TBI contact, tip submission where applicable.	Useful for statewide wanted-person information and criminal-history resources. It does not list every Blount County warrant.
TBI’s Most Wanted	Lists selected wanted persons in Tennessee.	Online most-wanted list, tip line, email tips.	Useful for serious statewide fugitive information. It is not a full county warrant-search portal.
Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 4	Governs arrest warrants and criminal summonses on a complaint.	Review rule, court inquiry.	Rule 4 states that an arrest warrant must be executed by an officer authorized by law and that a warrant or criminal summons may be executed or served in any Tennessee county.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-6-215	Provides for criminal summonses as an alternative to arrest warrants.	Review statute, court inquiry.	This statute helps explain when a criminal summons may be issued instead of an arrest warrant.
Tennessee Public Records Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503	Governs public access to state, county, and municipal public records.	Written public-records request to the proper custodian.	This is the main legal basis for requesting available warrant-related records from county or state agencies, subject to statutory and legal exceptions.