This is a private reference site, not a Hamilton County or Tennessee government office. It cannot confirm custody or release status, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking or release record. Contact the agency that holds the record for an authoritative answer.
Official Hamilton County Contacts
Use the contact tied to the event you need to verify. HCSO handles county-jail custody and release records, the court clerks confirm case outcomes, and TDOC handles state supervision and felony-offender records. Verify hours before an in-person records visit, and confirm a District 30 assignment before appearing there.
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
Administrative headquarters
600 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-209-7000
Nonemergency: 423-622-0022
Hours: Verify before an in-person records visit.
Hamilton County Jail & Detention Center
601 Justice Way
Chattanooga, TN 37421
Jail information: 423-209-7125
Hours: Verify before visiting or requesting records in person.
Hamilton Criminal Court Clerk
Room 102, 600 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-209-7500
Fax: 423-209-7501
Hours: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Monday–Friday, except holidays
General Sessions Criminal: Room 108, 423-209-7600
Expungement Center: Room 109, 423-209-7600
Cash bonds: Paid at the Criminal Court Clerk's Office in the Courts Building; ask about the current method, cost, and processing time.
TDOC District 30
Chattanooga Probation and Parole
3602 Elwood Lane
Chattanooga, TN 37416
Phone: 423-634-6333
Fax: 423-634-6364
Hours and assignment: Confirm before appearing.
The Tennessee Board of Parole central office is at 500 James Robertson Parkway, 4th Floor, Nashville, TN 37243-0850. Call 615-741-1150 or email BOP.Webmail@tn.gov. Custody VINE support is available at 888-868-4631, while Hamilton VINE Courts uses 1-866-277-7477 for court-event notices. TDOC Victim Services may be reached at victim.notification@tn.gov.
Choose the path that matches the question:
- For a released inmate or a county release record, start with the Hamilton County released-inmate search and records path, then contact HCSO when official confirmation is needed.
- For community supervision, use the Parole & Probation page and verify a Hamilton assignment with TDOC District 30.
- For a person who may have left the jail today, review the 24-Hour Release List guidance. HCSO does not publish a verified rolling release feed, so direct jail confirmation is required.
- For a sentence-based date or custody alert, consult Projected Release Date and VINELink Check.
- For a facility-specific route, use the detention-system pages in the footer and contact the operator shown there.
- For a sentenced Tennessee felony offender, use the Tennessee Department of Correction FOIL search and TDOC records channels.
- For federal prison or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator rather than HCSO or TDOC.