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.
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, with about 40,000 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 Germantown 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 Germantown, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Germantown records are kept
- Kept by the City of Germantown: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Shelby 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 Shelby County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Germantown 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: germantown-tn.gov/government/city-buildings-and-offices (page title: City Buildings and Offices | City of Germantown)
- Phone: (901) 757-7200
- Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Germantown
Tennessee public records law applies to the city government of Germantown. 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: germantown-tn.gov/government/open-records-request (page title: Open Records Request | City of Germantown)
- Phone: (901) 757-7349
- Checked: September 25, 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 Shelby County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Shelby County. The Shelby County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Germantown Arrest Records
The Germantown arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Germantown's arrests to the FBI and the 1,389 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Germantown is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Germantown Records Guides
SearchSystems has seven more guides to Germantown, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Germantown warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Germantown criminal records (the court file, the Tennessee criminal history and the local arrest records), Germantown court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Germantown traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Germantown DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Germantown divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Germantown property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Germantown website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Germantown offices listed above, and the city's own website is germantown-tn.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Germantown?
Germantown cases are heard by the courts that serve Shelby County, and people arrested in Germantown are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Shelby County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Germantown?
Through the city's records request page at germantown-tn.gov, phone (901) 757-7349. 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.