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The collection below consists of links to official court web sites or to PDF files created by those courts. In some cases where rules were not available in electronic form, printed versions were scanned and converted to PDF format as well. These PDF documents will be updated periodically, but should not be used as a substitute for obtaining a current version directly from the appropriate court.


Directory of Tennessee Judicial Districts

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Directory of Tennessee counties and links to Judicial Districts
Anderson Bedford
Benton
Bledsoe
Blount
Bradley
Campbell
Cannon
Carroll
Carter
Cheatham
Chester
Claiborne
Clay
Cocke
Coffee
Crockett
Cumberland
Davidson
Decatur
DeKalb
Dickson
Dyer
Fayette
Fentress
Franklin
Gibson
Giles
Grainger
Greene
Grundy
Hamblen
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardeman
Hardin
Hawkins
Haywood
Henderson
Henry
Hickman
Houston
Humphreys
Jackson
Jefferson
Johnson
Knox
Lake
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lewis
Lincoln
Loudon
McMinn
McNairy
Macon
Madison
Marion
Marshall
Maury
Meigs
Monroe Montgomery
Moore
Morgan
Obion
Overton
Perry
Pickett
Polk
Putnam
Rhea
Roane
Robertson
Rutherford
Scott
Sequatchie
Sevier
Shelby
Smith
Stewart
Sullivan
Sumner
Tipton
Trousdale
Unicoi
Union
Van Buren
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Weakley
White
Williamson
Wilson

Tennessee Judicial Court Districts
Files are available in PDF format or as links to the AOC or other court web site
1st Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Court
17th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore

Chancery Court


2nd Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Sullivan

Circuit, Chancery Court
Criminal Court
18th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Sumner

Circuit, Chancery, Criminal and Probate Courts



3rd Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins

Circuit Court Rules
Circuit Court Appendices F, G, H (Excel format)
Circuit Court Appendix J
Chancery Court Rules
19th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Montgomery, Robertson

Chancery Court
Circuit Court
Robertson County General Sessions Court
Robertson County Juvenile Court


4th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, Sevier

Chancery Court
Circuit Court (civil)
Criminal Court
20th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Davidson

Circuit Court
Juvenile Court


5th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Blount

Circuit Court Divisions I and II, and Chancery Court for Blount County Cases Only
21st Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Hickman, Lewis, Perry, Williamson

Circuit and Chancery Courts


6th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Knox

Chancery Court - Effective March 2009

Chancery Court - Effective 2007
22nd Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Giles, Lawrence, Maury, Wayne

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts


7th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Anderson

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts
23rd Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart

Circuit and Chancery Courts


8th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott, Union

Chancery Court
Civil Court
Criminal Court
24th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, Henry

Circuit and Chancery Courts


9th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Roane

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts
25th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy, Tipton

Circuit Court
Chancery Court


10th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, Polk

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts
26th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Chester, Henderson, Madison

Circuit Court
Chancery Court


11th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Hamilton

Criminal Court
Civil Court
Newly Enacted Hamilton County Local Rule 10.06 Family Law Mediation - January 2009
27th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Obion, Weakley

Chancery and Circuit Courts


12th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea, Sequatchie

Circuit and Chancery Courts
28th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Crockett, Gibson, Haywood

Chancery Court (updated May 18, 2009)
Circuit Court



13th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White

Circuit Court
Chancery Court
Criminal Court
29th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Dyer, Lake

Chancery and Circuit Courts
Order filed March 11, 2010 suspending section 14.08 of the uniform local rules of the court.


14th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Coffee

Circuit and Chancery Courts
30th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Shelby

Circuit Court

Chancery Court

General Sessions - Criminal Division

General Sessions - Civil Division

Criminal Court

Probate Court


15th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts
31st Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Van Buren, Warren

Circuit and Chancery Courts


16th Judicial District of Tennessee
Counties:
Cannon, Rutherford

Chancery and Circuit Courts


Federal Courts


U.S. Supreme Court
Link to court's rules page

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Link to court's rules page

U.S. District Court
Eastern District of Tennessee

Link to court's rules page

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Eastern District of Tennessee

Link to court's rules page

U.S. District Court
Middle District of Tennessee
Link to court's rules page

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Middle District of Tennessee
Link to court's rules page

U.S. District Court
Western District of Tennessee
Link to court's rules page

U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Western District of Tennessee
Link to court's rules page

State Appellate Courts
(Links to Administrative Office
of the Courts web site)


Rules of Evidence
Link to Rules of Evidence

Rules of Procedure
Rules of Civil Procedure

Rules of Criminal Procedure

Rules of Appellate Procedure

Rules of Juvenile Procedure

Rules of Court
Tennessee Supreme Court

Tennessee Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals - Internal Operating Procedure

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

Tennessee Court of the Judiciary

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