Roane County Civil Docket Searches
Begin with the official Roane County Case Search for Circuit Court and General Sessions civil matters. Pick Civil under Case Type, then select the likely Court Type. You can search by a party's full name or an older case reference. Enter the original filing year in Case Year, or the digits after the last hyphen in Case Number. Finish the Turnstile check, then hit Find Now.
Chancery and Probate never appear as court choices there. Both belong to Clerk and Master Pam May, reachable at (865) 376-2487, in Suite 12 at 200 East Race Street in Kingston, or by email at roanechanceryclerk@tncourts.gov. Ann Goldston's Suite 11 office handles Circuit civil requests at (865) 376-2390. General Sessions answers at (865) 376-5584. Need a copy? Mail a written Form A request.
- Identify Circuit Court, General Sessions, Chancery, or Probate from the type of case.
- For Circuit or General Sessions, open TNCRTINFO and check Civil.
- Enter a party name or case reference, adding year or final case-number digits when useful.
- Review the match for court, case type, number, and current case details.
- Ask the correct clerk for the filed order, judgment, or certified copy.
Roane County Civil Docket Search Filters
The Civil checkbox on TNCRTINFO filters by case type. It is not a subject-matter menu. The unauthenticated search asks nothing about the dollar amount, cause of action, filing-date range, or case status. That limit matters here. Roane County jurisdiction depends partly on the court and the claim. No amount you type will make the portal choose between General Sessions and Circuit Court for you.
| Search control | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Party Name | Enter a full first and last name when known, or use it for an older case reference. |
| Match all terms | Leave checked for a precise name, then loosen it if results are too narrow. |
| Case Year | Use up to four characters for the original filing year. |
| Case Number | Enter only the final numeric segment of a formatted number. |
| Court Type | Choose Circuit Court, General Sessions, or both. Chancery and Probate are absent. |
Once results appear, a literal Filter box scans the visible columns. Click any column heading to sort either way. Very broad searches may cap at 2,500 rows. The text query weighs only its first ten words. Treat TNCRTINFO as a locator, nothing more. Its own terms say the data is not the official court record and can change without notice.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
A Roane County civil court docket is the register that tracks the case itself. It names the matter. It can also list parties, filed events, motions, hearing settings, and an outcome. That makes it different from the filings. It is not the complaint, the answer, proof of service, an order, or the judgment. The public search form explains how to locate a case in the court records. What a full result displays varies by court office and by case. So treat the docket as the index. The filings are the papers behind it.
| Case identifier | The court's case number and sometimes an older system reference. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or other case roles as the court records them. |
| Filings | Events tied to a complaint, summons, answer, return, motion, notice, or proof of service. |
| Settings | Scheduled hearing information, subject to a later order or clerk-confirmed change. |
| Outcome | An order, dismissal, judgment, or appeal event when it has been entered and made public. |
When you need the substance of a ruling, ask for the signed instrument. A short docket label can never carry the full language of an order or judgment.
Roane County Civil Docket Court Split
Roane County's own court description puts civil suits seeking more than $25,000 in Circuit Court. General Sessions takes civil cases alleging less than $25,000. That line describes local jurisdiction. It is not a search filter. It will not tell you which court holds every specialized issue. Appeals from General Sessions, Juvenile, and City courts can also land in Circuit Court.
Chancery runs its own equity, domestic, estate, and related docket work. Pam May keeps its Rule and Execution dockets. She attends sessions, records minutes, and carries Probate duties. Delinquent-tax suits are filed in Chancery. They can move through collection, added costs, and a court-ordered sale. With a Chancery case, call the Clerk and Master. Do not fiddle endlessly with TNCRTINFO filters.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Where a Roane County civil case lives depends on the court and clerk structure, not one broad label. The county's forms and jurisdiction pages point to several common paths:
- Circuit civil suits over the local jurisdiction threshold and appeals from lower courts
- General Sessions claims below the threshold, including claims begun with a civil summons
- Detainer and possession matters supported by local summons and writ forms
- Domestic and order-of-protection proceedings, subject to privacy rules
- Chancery and Probate matters, including Rule and Execution docket activity
- Post-judgment work such as garnishment, levy, and collection proceedings
Case type also shapes public access. Juvenile-linked and some domestic material may stay restricted even when an ordinary civil docket is open. A result proving a case exists does not mean every filed paper can be viewed.
Roane County Civil Docket Forms
Roane Courts publishes civil forms for starting or advancing several local matters. The set covers a General Sessions Civil Summons. It also includes a detainer summons, Notice of Appeal, and a summons to recover personal property. The same index holds a Uniform Affidavit of Indigency, writ of possession, wage garnishment, domestic protection forms, agreed-divorce instructions, and subpoenas. These are filing tools. They are not public-record request forms.
The official Roane court forms index gathers those categories in one place.
Form A does a different job. It asks the records custodian for inspection or copies of an existing record. Identify the record type, time span, subject, keywords, case number, and delivery choice. Roane County does not have to create a new record or compile facts no existing file contains.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
Roane County's civil hearing schedule shows why a docket calendar is not the same as notice for your case. The General Sessions webpage puts civil claims under $25,000 on Wednesdays. The local-rules table tells a different story. It assigns civil calendars to the first and second Friday at 10:00 a.m. with Judge Humphrey and the third and fourth Friday at 9:00 a.m. with Judge Stevens. When two official sources clash like this, confirm your setting with the clerk.
A signed order beats everything. That means a scheduling order on file, a summons, or a later entry signed by a judge controls over any old webpage or saved docket search result. TNCRTINFO offers no date field on its first screen. Pull up the case first. Then read the details that come with it. Hearings can move. The public docket may lag behind after that. A phone call to the clerk's office is the safe play when you need to show up on the right day.
Roane County Civil Docket Clerk Channels
Ann Goldston's office keeps the court docket records for both Circuit and General Sessions. Her staff can track down a public case, set up inspection, and quote copy costs. The Roane County clerk profile lists which divisions the Circuit Court Clerk holds.
Paper mail goes to the right suite at 200 East Race Street, Kingston, TN 37763. For email, use ann.goldston@tncourts.gov to reach the Circuit Court Clerk. Use roanechanceryclerk@tncourts.gov for the Clerk and Master. Call ahead before faxing anything or making the trip. The counter is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It closes on legal holidays. The county publishes no description of a public records terminal. Simply ask the office whether one is available for case lookup.
Filed Roane County Civil Docket Orders
Suppose the court docket says an order or judgment was entered. The next move is getting the actual document behind that entry. Give the clerk the court, the case number, the filing type, and the rough date. Then ask about plain versus certified copies and the price. Roane County posts no separate certified-docket or exemplified-copy fee.
The county copy policy sets the rates. Black-and-white letter or legal pages run $0.15 each. Color pages run $0.50. Unusual media or outside work runs at actual cost, and labor kicks in after one hour. Mailed copies add postage. Copy charges are one thing. Filing fees are another. The court's fee schedule keeps them separate, including the amounts for a General Sessions claim or a Circuit suit. Those fees pay to move a case through court, not to retrieve a record that already exists.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Access to Roane County court records runs through Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34. That rule opens records to the public. It shields anything made confidential by law, by sealing or protective order, by another rule, or by the needs of the judicial process. Roane's local rules add a note on Social Security numbers. They should stay off publicly available General Sessions civil process unless a law demands them. Redaction can hide one private field while the rest of the court docket stays open.
The county policy makes inspection easy to request. You can ask in person or by phone. Inspection costs nothing. Copies are different. Requests must be written on Form A. The county also requires proof of Tennessee citizenship and may set a reasonable appointment time. If records cannot be produced promptly, the office uses Form B within seven business days to grant access, explain a denial, or give an estimate of more time. Even so, a restriction on a single attachment rarely closes the whole public docket.
Civil access boundary:
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34 defines public court records and protected categories.
Roane County's public-records policy sets its local inspection, copy, identification, and response process.
A blank TNCRTINFO screen is not the end of the road. Check the court type. Drop any weak filter. Call the right clerk. Chancery, Probate, juvenile-related, sealed, older, and municipal cases often sit with a different office. An empty docket search result proves nothing about whether a case exists.