La Follette Criminal History Checks
Match the request to its custodian before calling or traveling. The La Follette Police Department is the source for its own reports. La Follette City Court handles municipal citations. Campbell County offices in Jacksboro hold jail booking and state criminal court records. TBI supplies a separate statewide name-based history. No official city portal was found that combines these sources.
- Ask the La Follette Police Records Division for the city incident, arrest, crash, or citation record.
- Provide the event date, type, place, involved name, address where relevant, and report or citation number if known.
- Contact La Follette City Court for a municipal citation's status, disposition, balance, hearing date, or copy.
- For a custodial arrest or state charge, check the Campbell County sheriff, General Sessions, and Criminal Court channels.
- Use TBI's statewide product only when Tennessee-wide fingerprint-supported history is the question.
For a common name, an exact report or citation number is the best key. A no-result answer from one office does not rule out a file at another stage. Recent police work may not yet have reached a clerk, and a city citation may never create a county jail booking.
The official City of La Follette homepage provides the local government starting point.
That city source helps separate La Follette offices from Campbell County offices located nearby in Jacksboro.
La Follette's Local Arrest Check
La Follette offers an $8 local-only arrest-record check at the Police Department, and the requester must present valid photo identification. The phrase “local only” is the key limit. The product does not stand in for a Campbell County court search, sheriff booking record, TBI Tennessee history, or federal identity-history record. It also does not establish current custody. Use it when the question truly concerns La Follette Police records.
The city's public report-copy window differs from the broader administrative schedule. Copies are available Monday from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Administrative offices run weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Patrol and communications work around the clock, but that does not make the records counter a 24-hour service.
| La Follette service | Cost | Key condition |
|---|---|---|
| Local arrest-record check | $8 | Valid photo ID; La Follette scope only. |
| First accident-report copy | Free | Allow 7 to 10 days for availability. |
| Additional accident copies | $5 each | Confirm availability at the records counter. |
Records at the La Follette Police Department
The La Follette Police Department Records Division is at 215 South Tennessee Avenue, La Follette, TN 37766. Call 423-562-8331 for police records routing. The division maintains four named groups: arrest reports, traffic accident reports, traffic citations, and crime incident reports. Each record tells a different part of an event. An incident report captures what was reported and investigated. An arrest report documents police custody action. A citation records a charge or notice without necessarily creating a booking.
Give staff the date and type of incident, location, and complainant or victim name and address when applicable. Add the report or citation number if known. Those details help retrieve the file, but they do not mean every field will be released. Juvenile data, protected victim information, active investigative material, and other confidential content can be withheld or redacted under Tennessee law.
LPD Records Division
215 South Tennessee Avenue
La Follette, TN 37766
423-562-8331
Copies: Monday 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Finding Older La Follette Reports
Older La Follette records require a focused request. Start with the record category, then narrow the date or date range and location. State whether the event was an arrest, collision, citation, or crime incident. Supply the name tied to the event only as needed for retrieval. If routine counter service cannot locate the file, ask which city records custodian handles a formal Tennessee Public Records Act request and whether inspection, paper copies, or electronic delivery are available.
| Record category | Arrest report, accident, citation, crime incident, or local arrest check. |
|---|---|
| Date and type | Exact date is best; provide a narrow range and event type if uncertain. |
| Location | Street, address, intersection, or other distinct place. |
| Names | Complainant or victim name and address where the city requests them for retrieval. |
| Record number | Report or citation number, when known, is the fastest identifier. |
| Desired format | Inspection, paper copy, or available electronic delivery. |
La Follette does not publish a downloadable police request form or a public arrest-log database on the inspected official page. That absence does not mean the record does not exist. It means the records counter and custodian route matter. For a large audiovisual request, describe the event and time segment, ask for a cost estimate, and expect review for protected content.
Booking and Arrest Records in La Follette
La Follette Police creates the arrest narrative, but the department does not advertise a city jail. A custodial arrest should be traced to the Campbell County Sheriff's Office for booking and present custody. The sheriff's verified nonemergency number is 423-562-7446. Booking may add an admission time, booking number, charge and bond data, custody status, and release or transfer information that the city report does not contain.
A state criminal case then moves through the Campbell County clerk in Jacksboro. General Sessions handles misdemeanor matters and felony preliminary stages, while Criminal Court handles indictable prosecutions. The broader Campbell County arrest search routes explain the sheriff, agency-report, clerk, TBI, FOIL, and custody-notification layers. A booking charge is still an allegation. Check the final court disposition before describing an outcome.
Record path: La Follette police event › LPD arrest report › Campbell County booking › General Sessions or Criminal Court › TBI disposition reporting.
Note: A city citation can remain a City Court record and never create a Campbell County jail booking.
La Follette City or County File
Start at 215 South Tennessee Avenue for a city citation or LPD report. Start at 570 Main Street in Jacksboro for Campbell County General Sessions or Criminal Court records. The offices are part of different governments and hold different files. A city citation can yield a municipal docket, while a state charge can yield a county criminal docket. An appeal from a municipal court can also create a separate county-level record.
The City Court clerk can be reached at 423-563-0720 for fine or citation inquiries and at 423-563-0721 for City Court. The AOC directory lists kchapman@lafollettepd.org. For county charges, call the Campbell Circuit Court Clerk at 423-562-2624 and ask staff to check the correct court. No verified public web case-search form was found for either La Follette City Court or Campbell County trial courts.
The official La Follette contact directory groups city and court telephone routes.
Its separate phone listings reinforce why the police report, citation, and court file should not be requested as one item.
The La Follette Municipal Court File
La Follette City Court is the first clerk route for city citations and municipal-code matters. Prepare the citation or case number, cited name, citation date, court date, and the exact item sought. Ask for the current status, disposition, payment balance, next date, or a copy. The official sources do not publish required web fields or a copy fee, so confirm those details by phone.
| Court name | La Follette City Court, 215 South Tennessee Avenue. |
|---|---|
| Case types | City citations and municipal matters within the court's authority. |
| Lookup channel | Clerk by phone, email, or counter; no public case-search portal found. |
| Useful inputs | Citation number, cited name, citation or incident date, and court date. |
| Record outputs | Status, disposition, balance, court date, or an authorized copy. |
| Copies and fees | Not posted in the inspected official sources; confirm with the clerk. |
The Tennessee judiciary's municipal clerk directory is an office directory, not a docket search.
The directory confirms where to route the question but does not display charges, balances, warrants, or case outcomes.
La Follette Property Records Follow Orders
Evidence and seized property create records apart from the public incident narrative. LPD's Criminal Investigations Unit may produce supplements, interview records, evidence logs, recovered-property records, warrant returns, and later court filings. Some may be withheld while an investigation is active or redacted to protect victims, witnesses, tactics, and sensitive identifiers. Property custody alone does not prove that a person was convicted.
La Follette publishes one distinctive rule: a person seeking release of a seized weapon must present a signed Campbell County General Sessions judge's order that directs return. That requirement joins a city police property process to a county court order. It also shows why the police property log and the criminal judgment answer different questions.
The official LPD property-release page states the court-order requirement.
The process links the correct records custodians without turning an evidence entry into a finding of guilt.
How La Follette Records Reach the County
La Follette's police report stays with LPD. If an arrest results in custody, the sheriff creates the Campbell County booking record. Prosecutors and clerks then create or maintain the state court file. Fingerprint-supported arrest data and later dispositions can be reported to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Those steps may occur on different schedules, so a city report, booking record, court judgment, and state repository entry can disagree for a time.
Record flow: La Follette Police Department › Campbell County Courts › Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
For a recent event, start with LPD and the sheriff. For filed charges and outcomes, use the clerk. For a statewide name-based Tennessee history, use TBI's TORIS channel. A delayed or missing state disposition should be checked against a certified judgment from the court of origin. The local file supplies context that a repository summary may omit.
La Follette Records Since 1897
La Follette is Campbell County's largest incorporated municipality. The University of Tennessee MTAS municipal profile reports a 2025 state-certified population of 7,430, 84 municipal employees, and an incorporation date of February 1, 1897. The city operates under a private-act charter. That municipal identity matters for record access because city police and City Court records begin with La Follette, even though the county seat, jail, and county courts are in Jacksboro.
The city council meets on the first Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., and City Hall lists weekday hours from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These municipal facts do not change the Police Records Division's narrower copy schedule. Readers should use the schedule published for the exact counter they need.
The official MTAS La Follette profile documents the city's population, charter, and government schedule.
This history explains why La Follette keeps a distinct city records route despite its close ties to Campbell County institutions.
La Follette Crime Records in Context
Use TBI CrimeInsight with the exact agency “La Follette Police Department,” a selected year, and a clearly named measure. Incident counts and arrest counts are not interchangeable. One incident may involve several offenses or no arrest, while an arrest can resolve an earlier report. Do not substitute the Campbell County Sheriff's Office total for the city, and do not quote a trend without checking the reporting coverage.
The FBI Crime Data Explorer is a useful participation and completeness cross-check. Small changes can look large in percentage terms, so preserve the raw count, year, agency, metric, coverage, and extraction date. The inspected city page does not publish a stable current annual crime table. That makes the live official filters more reliable than an uncited third-party estimate.
The FBI Crime Data Explorer supplies the federal reporting cross-check for La Follette.
Its agency and participation controls help prevent county figures from being mislabeled as city crime data.
La Follette Record Access Rules
The Tennessee Public Records Act begins with a broad inspection rule, subject to statutory exceptions. La Follette Police and City Court remain the custodians of their own city records. Campbell County's open-records coordinators are located in La Follette, but they do not automatically hold every city police file. Route the request to the creator first, identify the item and date range, and state whether inspection or copies are wanted.
Key statutes:
Tennessee Code section 10-7-503 establishes the public inspection principle and custodian response framework.
Tennessee Code section 10-7-504 contains confidentiality rules and record-specific exceptions.
Tennessee Code sections 40-39-201 through 40-39-219 govern the separate public sex offender registry system.
Juvenile information, expunged records, sensitive victim data, personal identifiers, and restricted investigative material may be withheld. Ask for a written explanation when access is delayed, redacted, or denied. Inspection can avoid copy charges when allowed. A narrowly framed request also reduces review time and the chance that unrelated protected material will slow production.
La Follette Records Counter Timing
Monday is the easy hour trap. The Police Department's administrative office opens in the morning, but public report copies begin at 1:00 p.m. that day. Tuesday through Friday copy service begins at 9:00 a.m. Call 423-562-8331 before travel if a record is old, if a holiday may affect access, or if the request needs staff review. For citations, use 423-563-0720. For City Court, use 423-563-0721.
Patrol and communications remain available continuously for public safety, yet an emergency line is not a records service. Use 911 only for an emergency. A report request, payment inquiry, or copy order should go through the published business contact. Keeping those channels distinct helps staff locate the file and keeps emergency lines clear.
Note: The records-copy window, administrative schedule, and around-the-clock police response are three different service periods.