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.
Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the town and the county. The town keeps police reports, 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 Smyrna 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 town office pages for Smyrna, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Police records, Town Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Town or county record: where Smyrna records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Smyrna: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Rutherford County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not town records; they are in the Rutherford County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Smyrna police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Smyrna police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Smyrna police records.
- Website: townofsmyrna.org/departments/police/department_organization/records... (page title: Welcome to Town of Smyrna, TN | Police)
- Phone: (615)355-5731
- Address: 400 Enon Springs Rd E Smyrna, TN 37167
- Hours: Monday 8:00am - 4:00pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the town police. They are in the Rutherford County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Smyrna Town Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the town's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The town's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: townofsmyrna.org (page title: Welcome to Town of Smyrna, TN)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Smyrna
Tennessee public records law applies to the town government of Smyrna. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Rutherford County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Rutherford County. The Rutherford County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Smyrna Arrest Records
The Smyrna arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Smyrna's arrests to the FBI and the 2,082 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Smyrna is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Smyrna Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Smyrna, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Smyrna warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Smyrna inmate search (the jail page of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Smyrna criminal records (the court file, the Tennessee criminal history and the local arrest records), Smyrna court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Smyrna police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Tennessee Public Records Act requires), Smyrna traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Smyrna DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Smyrna divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Smyrna property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Smyrna website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Smyrna offices listed above, and the town's own website is townofsmyrna.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Smyrna?
Request it from the Smyrna police records unit at townofsmyrna.org, phone (615)355-5731. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Smyrna?
Smyrna cases are heard by the courts that serve Rutherford County, and people arrested in Smyrna are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Rutherford County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Smyrna?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Tennessee public records law applies to town governments.