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Questions about official Sumner County criminal records should go to the office that created or keeps the file. This private reference site cannot obtain, change, or certify a record. The routes below identify the Sheriff, the trial-court clerk, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation so a request reaches the correct public office.

This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot pull criminal records, run official background checks, remove or correct a record, or accept expungement filings for anyone. For any of those, you need to reach the right government office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the record type to choose the right Sumner County or Tennessee custodian:

  • Court case files: see criminal court case records, or contact the clerk of the court that heard the case
  • Criminal records and rap sheets: contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Criminal Records Unit
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: contact Sumner County Sheriff Records or the jail
  • Official Tennessee name checks: order through TBI's Tennessee Open Records Information Services
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report
  • Expungement: file with the court where the charge originated

For a Sheriff incident or arrest report, contact Sumner County Sheriff Records Division, 117 W. Smith Street, Gallatin, TN 37066, 615-452-2616. Most formal requests route through the county Law Director and NextRequest. The records coordinator is at 355 N. Belvedere Drive, Gallatin, TN 37066, 615-451-6060.

Court dockets, orders, and certified dispositions belong to the Circuit Court Clerk. Call 615-452-4367 before visiting and use extension 2 for General Sessions Criminal or extension 5 for Circuit and Criminal Court. Official pages identify Criminal Court at 117 W. Smith Street, the Criminal Court Clerk counter at 101 Public Square, and the main clerk office at 155 E. Main Street, all in Gallatin.