Search Coffee County Court Docket

How to Search the Coffee County Court Docket

The Court Dockets page posts dated PDF hearing lists. Coffee TNCRTInfo searches case metadata in Circuit and General Sessions by party, reference, filing year, or case number. Two tools, two jobs. Grab the PDF when you want everything set for one date in a Coffee County court docket. Use the portal to pin down the case number and which court holds it. Bring a full party name, a possible filing year, and any case number you have. Then run this short workflow.

1. Choose the docket PDF index for a date or TNCRTInfo for a case match.
2. Select Circuit or General Sessions and Civil or Criminal in TNCRTInfo.
3. Enter the name or reference, or use the year and final numeric case suffix.
4. Complete Turnstile, run the query, and record the full case number and court.
5. Check the newest dated PDF and ask the proper clerk to confirm any unclear setting or document.

The Coffee County government home page also points visitors toward court dockets, public court records, public records, and online payments, with its manifest image rendered here.

That landing view helps you tell a docket lookup apart from a payment run or a broader county-records request.

Coffee County TNCRTInfo Search

Coffee County's Public Court Records page gives quick links for Circuit Court Records and General Sessions Court Records. Both feed into Coffee TNCRTInfo. The search form puts Party Name and Case Reference in a single text box. Case Year and Case Number get separate fields. You must leave at least one court and case-type combination checked.

Searches can hit a 2,500-row limit. Use the visible Filter control to narrow the table. No match? Change one thing at a time: a partial spelling, the year, the court, or the case type. Then consider other courts. The case might sit in Chancery, Juvenile, a city court, an appellate court, or federal court. An empty result is not a dismissal. Treat it as a miss, not a verdict on the case.

What a Court Docket Shows

A Coffee County court docket PDF is a schedule for one date. Its fields shift with the court and the list. General Sessions criminal lists run rich with detail. Civil lists lean on the case style, counsel, and hearing type. TNCRTInfo is a searchable metadata index. Neither route promises every filed document or a full case chronology.

A hearing label proves an event was scheduled, not that it happened, and it does not reveal the ruling. A charge is not a conviction. A bond amount is not a finding of guilt. When the outcome matters, ask the clerk who holds the record for the order, judgment, or certified copy.

Coffee County Justice Center Route

Coffee County's court offices share one roof at the Justice Center, 300 Hillsboro Boulevard in Manchester. The state's Tennessee courthouse locator confirms the Circuit, criminal, and Chancery route at that address. Its assigned image appears here. Expect a security checkpoint on the way in. County guidance mentions a gravel lot on Madison Street across from the Justice Center, handy when you arrive for a docket setting.

The locator covers the physical route, and the county clerk pages list each office's phone, mail address, and hours.

Call on the day you plan to visit. A 2026 transition notice showed that a Coffee County court docket can stay online even while an administrative counter is closed.

Which Courts Keep Dockets

Coffee County court records split by jurisdiction and by which clerk holds them. Circuit Court takes general civil and criminal work. It also handles qualifying appeals from lower courts. General Sessions covers limited civil matters and misdemeanors under its rules. It also handles felony preliminary hearings. Chancery has overlapping civil jurisdiction with a clerk of its own. Juvenile and municipal cases travel still other access paths.

The Coffee County Courts and Criminal Justice directory brings the local court offices together.

The directory makes plain why a single county search box cannot stand in for each named court and its record holder.

Coffee County Circuit Divisions

Coffee County Circuit Court splits its work into two divisions. Judge William A. Lockhart presides over Part I, while Judge Robert T. Carter handles Part II. That split matters for a docket search. The county groups its civil PDFs by judge, and it posts separate criminal calendar categories for each division as well. So you can hold the right court date and the right courthouse, then still miss your case because you opened the other division's list.

The Coffee County Circuit Court overview spells out the court's jurisdiction and how the divisions are organized. The official page appears next.

The county overview ties the judge-based PDF setup to the court that holds general trial jurisdiction in Coffee County. Circuit case numbers in the samples start with 16CC1. General Sessions samples use 16GS1. Later CR and CV segments mark criminal and civil formats, so read them as observed guides rather than a promise for every aging file.

Finding Court Dates and Settings

The county court calendar is not one interactive screen. It is a page of dated PDF links. General Sessions Criminal sorts into Preliminary, Additional, Special Set, and Add-On dockets. Circuit criminal files offer preliminary, final arraignment, and criminal docket categories by judge. Circuit civil splits between Judges Lockhart and Carter. General Sessions civil carries its own dated files.

General Sessions Criminal runs on a Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday pattern, with trials and preliminary hearings handled in the afternoon. General Sessions Civil usually sits Wednesday and the third Friday of the month. Those habits never trump a dated Coffee County court docket. Confirm the date, time, judge, courtroom, case number, and setting type before you go.

Status

A scheduling label, not a final disposition.

Preliminary

A criminal calendar category that can concern an early felony stage.

Special Set

A matter assigned to a specially designated docket.

Cont'd

A continuation marker that does not by itself provide the next setting.

One local rule deserves special care. Coffee County says Circuit dockets have not been automatically continued since July 1, 2022. Never push an old date forward on a guess; check the current PDF or call 931-723-5110.

Coffee County Appellate and Federal Split

A Coffee County trial docket is not the whole story. Some cases tied to the county live somewhere else entirely. Tennessee appellate matters sit in Public Case History. It searches by case number, case style, party name, or business name. An appellate record there can show an overview, milestones, parties, document history, and record information. So hang onto the trial number and county. That links the two levels.

Federal trials belong to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. PACER is the access system. Bankruptcy matters run through the bankruptcy court and its federal systems. A local case code like 16GS1 or 16CC1 will not turn into a searchable federal number just because a Coffee County person or place is involved.

The Fourteenth Judicial District listing places Coffee County in its state judicial-district context.

That state listing helps you keep the routes straight. The local trial court path, appellate review, and federal jurisdiction each stay separate.

Public Access to Dockets

Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34 builds the access framework for court records. It opens records to public inspection. Statutory exceptions still apply. So do sealed and protected records, judicial working material, and limits that guard the judicial function. Coffee County's own FAQ puts it plainly. A file is public unless sealed, and juvenile files are confidential.

Several channels lead to a docket. TNCRTInfo offers metadata, the clerk posts dated docket PDFs, and the counter, phone, mail, and fax all work too. A written Tennessee Public Records Act request fits when the situation calls for one. Appellate and federal records stay in their own systems. The Justice Center does not advertise a public self-service terminal. Ask before counting on one.

Coffee County Juvenile Record Limit

Juvenile Court draws the sharpest confidentiality line in Coffee County. The county FAQ says only people specified by law may review a juvenile file. The public Juvenile Court page provides forms. It offers no public juvenile docket search. Keep this in mind with TNCRTInfo. A missing juvenile row is not proof that no proceeding exists.

The Coffee County Juvenile Court page is the official local route to the court and its forms.

That page makes the routing split easy to see. Published forms can be public even while the juvenile file itself stays confidential.

The Circuit Court Clerk also serves as clerk for Juvenile Court. That duty sits on top of Circuit and General Sessions. Anyone with lawful access should call that office. Name the case, explain your relationship to it, and ask what process applies. No general public-record form can override juvenile confidentiality or a court order.

The Clerk and Docket Records

Jenny Anthony is the Coffee County Circuit Court Clerk. Both the county and the Tennessee courts identify her as such. Her combined office holds the dockets and records for Circuit, General Sessions, and Juvenile Court. It also handles administrative court work and the finances of those courts. That one roof explains something practical. A single phone number can take both a General Sessions date question and a Circuit copy request.

The Circuit Court Clerk office page carries the live office, mail, phone, fax, and access details.

That page names the clerk who keeps the main Coffee County docket records and takes record-specific questions. Contact the office with details ready. State the court, case number, record type, date range, and whether you want inspection, a plain copy, or certification. Circuit civil schedules list copies at $0.50 per page. Certified copies run $5.50, exemplification $20.50, and a commercial-value record search $7. Treat those as specific figures. They are not one universal price for all court records.

Confirm the current fee and how it applies before you order. The clerk can explain procedure and access, but cannot pick a legal strategy for you.

Coffee County Chancery Route

Chancery records live with a different holder. Coffee County names Sheila Proffitt as Clerk and Master. Her office sits on the first floor of the Justice Center. The county describes Chancery as sharing jurisdiction with Circuit in divorce and civil matters. The exception is unliquidated damages. Choosing Civil in TNCRTInfo does not convert the portal into a Chancery search.

The Coffee County Chancery Court page covers the jurisdiction, clerk, forms, rules, and contact route.

That official view explains the split. A Chancery file must come from its own clerk, not from the Circuit Court Clerk.

Reach the Clerk and Master at 931-723-5132, or by fax at 931-723-8206. Mail goes to 300 Hillsboro Boulevard, Box 8, Manchester, TN 37355. Chancery cases began e-filing through Tybera in 2022, per the county. Tybera is a filer system, though. It is not the free public docket portal. Public access still starts with the clerk.

Coffee County Record Request Fallback

If the online docket search leaves you empty-handed, Coffee County's TPRA form is the fallback. The Tennessee Public Records Act form asks whether you are a Tennessee citizen. It also needs enough detail to pin down the record. Spell out the court and the case number. Add the record type, a date range, subject matter, key words, and how you want delivery.

Pick a delivery route: on-site pickup, first-class mail, electronic delivery, or another route you name. You may request an estimate first, or waive it up to a stated amount. Inspection-only asks are handled differently from copy asks. The form sets no universal processing time and lists no required identification.

Route the request to the right office. Circuit, General Sessions, and Juvenile records all go to the Circuit Court Clerk. Chancery goes to the Clerk and Master. City matters go to the city clerk. Countywide coordinator Heather Broadrick can help with county-administrative routing. One limit applies. The TPRA does not make staff compile or recreate a docket that was never created.

Note: Ask for a dated docket, a filed document, or a defined case range. An open-ended request for every event ever recorded invites delay.

Court Dockets by City in Coffee County

Two cities sit on Coffee County's official list. They are Tullahoma and Manchester, and each is incorporated. Each runs its own municipal court docket for city citations and ordinance cases. Don't expect those city matters to surface in the county Circuit or General Sessions portal. Begin with the clerk in the city that issued the ticket. Only turn to the county clerk if the case was transferred or appealed up.

Tullahoma's nCourt page will take your money for a ticket. So will Manchester's Municipal Online Payments route. Neither one is a public docket database, though. Need a case history, a hearing date, or a copy of a filing? Call the city clerk. For anything in state court, the Coffee County court docket is the right tool. The Circuit Court Clerk holds it.

Map and Directions to the Coffee County Justice Center

Circuit Court, General Sessions, Juvenile Court, and Chancery Court files are all kept at the Justice Center, 300 Hillsboro Boulevard in Manchester. The Circuit Court Clerk's counter serves Circuit, General Sessions, and Juvenile records, while the Clerk & Master's Chancery office sits on the first floor. General Sessions civil dockets have been held in a third-floor courtroom. Visitors pass through a security checkpoint at the entrance.

County guidance points to a gravel lot on Madison Street across from the Justice Center, with another access point behind City Hall. Plan for the security checkpoint, and call 931-723-5110 for Circuit/General Sessions or 931-723-5132 for Chancery before traveling to confirm the setting.