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.
Fayetteville is a city in Lincoln County, Tennessee, with about 7,100 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 Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Fayetteville records are kept
- Kept by the City of Fayetteville: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Lincoln 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 Lincoln County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Fayetteville 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: fayettevilletn.com/departments/administration/index.php (page title: Welcome to Fayetteville, TN)
- Phone: (931) 433-6154
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Fayetteville
Tennessee public records law applies to the city government of Fayetteville. 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: fayettevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/new (page title: NextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software)
- 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.
Fayetteville Arrest Records
The Fayetteville arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Fayetteville's arrests to the FBI and the 387 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Fayetteville is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Fayetteville Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Fayetteville, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Fayetteville warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Fayetteville inmate search (the jail page of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Fayetteville criminal records (the court file, the Tennessee criminal history and the local arrest records), Fayetteville court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Fayetteville traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Fayetteville DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Fayetteville divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Fayetteville property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Fayetteville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Fayetteville offices listed above, and the city's own website is fayettevilletn.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Fayetteville?
Fayetteville cases are heard by the courts that serve Lincoln County, and people arrested in Fayetteville are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Lincoln County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Fayetteville?
Through the city's records request page at fayettevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/new. 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.