Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Campbell County, Tennessee, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its court cases are filed in the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts and the General Sessions Court, and the file of each case, kept by the Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master, is the public record of it. This guide says which court hears what, where to look a case up and who keeps the files.
This guide covers the courts, the records page, criminal cases, kinds of files, directory links, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Campbell County public records, Campbell County arrest records, Campbell County warrants, Campbell County inmate search, Campbell County criminal records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
The Courts That Hear Cases from Campbell County
In Campbell County, the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts hear felonies in the Circuit or Criminal Court, civil cases in either court, and divorces in either.
Below it, the General Sessions Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings.
A city with a municipal court of its own tries the tickets written under its ordinances.
Divorces go to the Circuit Court or the Chancery Court, and the file stays with the Circuit Court Clerk or the Clerk and Master.
The Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master keep the files, and a copy of anything in a file comes from that office, under the court's own rules rather than the Tennessee Public Records Act.
Looking Up a Case from Campbell County
For Campbell County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at campbellmunicipalcourt.com/recordSearch.php?k=searchForm5020 (page title: Campbell Municipal Court | Record Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026. That page belongs to a lower court, the General Sessions Court, not to the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Tennessee has no single public index of every trial court case; each court's records are looked up through that court.
The appellate courts' case search is at tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/public-case-history.
What Reaches the Court from Campbell County
Together, the four agencies in Campbell County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 928 arrests to the FBI that year; the District Attorney General decides which of those arrests become cases in the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts or the General Sessions Court.
The District Attorney General's page SearchSystems verified is at tennesseeda.gov/district-8 (page title: 8th Judicial District | District Attorney Jared Effler), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Kinds of Court Files
Criminal cases, divorces, traffic tickets and evictions all end up as files of these courts, and the file is what the public sees of each.
The other Campbell County guides take the kinds of file one at a time: Campbell County criminal records, Campbell County traffic tickets, Campbell County DUI and Campbell County property records.
More Official Court Pages for Campbell County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Campbell County and Tennessee. These court pages from its Campbell County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Bobby Vann, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (tncourts.gov)
Cities in Campbell County
Wherever in the county a case arises, it is filed in the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts or the General Sessions Court; tickets under a city's own ordinances go to its municipal court where it has one.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Campbell County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own court records guide opens there:
- La Follette (7,194)
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I look up a court case in Campbell County?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at campbellmunicipalcourt.com; it belongs to a lower court, the General Sessions Court, not to the Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Which court hears felonies in Campbell County?
The Campbell County Circuit and Chancery Courts, which hear felonies in the Circuit or Criminal Court, civil cases in either court, and divorces in either. The General Sessions Court takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, small claims and preliminary hearings.
Who keeps the court records in Campbell County?
The Circuit Court Clerk and the Clerk and Master. Copies come from that office under the court's own rules.
Is there a statewide court case search in Tennessee?
No. Each court's records are looked up through that court.
Is this the official Campbell County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.