Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Covington is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee, with about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Covington offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Covington, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Covington records are kept
- Kept by the City of Covington: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Tipton County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Tipton County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Covington City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: covingtontn.gov/city-hall-information (page title: City Hall Information | City of Covington, Tennessee)
- Phone: (901) 476-9613
- Address: 200 W. Washington Ave. Covington, TN 38019
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Covington
Tennessee public records law applies to the city government of Covington. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: covingtontn.gov/announcements/public-records-policy (page title: Public Records Policy | City of Covington, Tennessee)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Tipton County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Tipton County. The Tipton County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Covington Arrest Records
The Covington arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Covington's arrests to the FBI and the 721 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Covington is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Covington Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Covington, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Covington warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Covington inmate search (the jail page of the Tipton County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Covington criminal records (the court file, the Tennessee criminal history and the local arrest records), Covington court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Covington traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Covington DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Covington divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Covington property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Covington website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Covington offices listed above, and the city's own website is covingtontn.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Covington?
Covington cases are heard by the courts that serve Tipton County, and people arrested in Covington are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Tipton County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Covington?
Through the city's records request page at covingtontn.gov. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.