Self-Help Center

In accordance with Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 16-3-804(b), no employee of the state court system shall engage, either directly or indirectly, in the practice of law. This includes making legal referrals, performing legal research or giving legal advice.

If you need any legal advice, please contact a licensed attorney in your area.

Please review the categories below for help on specific areas of our web site. If you can not find what you are looking for, click here to send us an email inquiry. We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible. In order to maintain a reasonable response time, please review the help categories below before sending that email. Thank you!

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General web site help (including downloading or viewing files)

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• What should I expect on my day in court? (Multilingual Videos)
  
  These multilingual videos cover:
  Basic Rights and Responsibilities of a Criminal Defendant
  Child Abuse Cases
• TennHelp - A guide to help for children and families.
  
  The TennHelp site is not a part of the Administrative Office of the Courts.
  The AOC is not repsonsible for the content found there.
  
  
• Listing of County Officials

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• I have questions about probate or other estate matters
  Most probate and estate matters are handled by the Clerk & Master in your county. Find the approriate clerk information below.
  
  
  
•  I need information about an arrest, court case, warrant, trial or jury duty.

If you have a question about probate, a warrant (civil or criminal), an arrest, a trial, or any other trial court matters, please contact the Court Clerk for the county in which the case originated.

To get contact information for Court Clerks, select a county from the list below:

Choose County:
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    

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I have a complaint against a judge

I need a lawyer

Nashville Bar Association
Tennessee Bar Association
Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association

I have a complaint against a lawyeror
I need to find out if a lawyer is licensed in Tennessee

Contact:
Board of Professional Responsibility
1101 Kermit Drive
Suite 730
Nashville, TN 37217
(615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714

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• I need information about Child Support
  
  
• I need a Parenting Plan Education Provider or information about Parenting Plans.
  
  
• I need information about a child abuse case
  
  
• I need an Order of Protection form
  
  
• I need to find a mediator
  
  

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If you were unable to find the answer to your question here, e-mail us.