Local Rules of Practice

This page provides the local rules of practice for trial courts. However, please note that this listing may not comprise the entirety of local rules of practice, but reflect only the rules that have been provided by the listed districts. Additional rules may be obtained from the court clerks' offices in each district or county.

 
1st Judicial District
Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington counties
 
2nd Judicial District 
Sullivan County
 
3rd Judicial District
Hancock, Hawkins, Hamblen, Greene counties
 
4th Judicial District
Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, Sevier counties
 
5th Judicial District 
Blount County
 
6th Judicial District
Knox County
 
7th Judicial District 
Anderson County
 
8th District 
Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott and Union counties
 
9th District
Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and Roane counties
 
10th District
Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties
 
11th District
Hamilton County
 
12th Judicial District 
Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie counties
 
13th Judicial District
Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties
 
14th Judicial District
Coffee County
 
15th Judicial District
Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale and Wilson counties
 
16th Judicial District
Rutherford and Cannon counties
 
17th Judicial District
Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties
Chancery, Circuit and Criminal Court Rules
 
18th Judicial District
Sumner County
 
19th District 
Montgomery and Robertson counties
 
20th Judicial District 
Davidson County
 
21st Judicial District
Williamson County
 
22nd Judicial District
Giles, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties
 
23rd Judicial District
Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart counties
 
24th Judicial District
Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin and Henry counties
 
25th Judicial District 
Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy and Tipton counties
 
26th Judicial District
Madison, Chester and Henderson counties
 
27th Judicial District
Obion and Weakley Counties
 
28th Judicial District
Crockett, Gibson and Haywood Counties
 
29th Judicial District
Lake and Dyer counties
 
30th Judicial District 
Shelby County
 
31st Judicial District
Van Buren and Warren counties
 
32nd Judicial District
Hickman, Lewis and Perry Counties