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Requests for Carter County criminal records must go to the government office that created or keeps the file. The local court clerk, sheriff, jail, city police departments, and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation each hold different records. The contacts below identify the right starting point without suggesting that one office can supply every part of a criminal history.

This Is Not a Government Office. This privately operated resource cannot retrieve or correct criminal records, conduct official checks, or accept an expungement filing. Contact the proper public custodian directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use these Carter County and Tennessee routes for official records:

  • Court case files: contact Circuit Court Clerk Johnny Blankenship, 900 E. Elk Ave., #906, Elizabethton, TN 37643, at 423-542-1839 or blankenshipj@cartercountytn.gov
  • Criminal history and official name checks: use the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and its TORIS service
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: use the Carter County Sheriff's Office Records Clerk directory; call the jail at 423-542-1855 for custody questions
  • Police and incident reports: contact the Carter sheriff, Elizabethton Police, Johnson City Police, or state agency that wrote the report
  • Expungement: obtain the docket and disposition from the clerk, then file in the court that handled the case
  • State custody or supervision: use Tennessee Department of Correction FOIL for its offender population

The Carter County Sheriff's Office did not publish a verified records-counter street address or hours in the reviewed materials. Confirm both through its official contact directory before visiting. Court directories list the court complex at 801 E. Elk Ave. and the clerk at 900 E. Elk Ave., #906, so call the clerk before travel to confirm the correct entrance.