Searching the Centerville Court Docket
Begin with the citation itself. It should show Centerville Municipal Court, the appearance date, place, time, citation number, the officer or agency that wrote it, and the ordinance or statute named. Any printed payment or contest instructions matter too. A county docket search will not automatically include a city file, so do not assume it will.
- Copy the citation number, date, name, and cited ordinance.
- Call City Court Clerk Robyn Russell at 931-729-5588.
- Ask for the current date, status, location, and required appearance.
- Confirm whether advance payment is allowed and what it means.
- Ask how to obtain a plain or certified docket copy.
- If the matter moved, request the receiving court and new number.
When you call, lead with the citation number and skip sending sensitive personal details through ordinary email. A county case number means the county office now holds that file, so use the number the clerk gives you. One caution: a case absent from the public county portal is not necessarily dismissed, closed, or missing.
Centerville Is Hickman’s Only City
Centerville is Hickman County's only incorporated city. The 2020 Census incorporated-place table puts its population at 3,532. County planning material plus Tennessee's own municipalities list agree. Bon Aqua Junction, Lyles, Ripley, and the county's other named communities have no separate city status. They also have no municipal-court clerks of their own. For that city context, the official Census incorporated-place table is the reference.
That city status creates a useful address split. The Centerville city clerk sits on East Swan Street. The main Hickman trial-court counters are on College Avenue. Do not trade one counter for the other.
Centerville Municipal Court Basics
Centerville Municipal Court handles the town's traffic and ordinance cases. The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts lists Robyn Russell as City Court Clerk. The address is 102 East Swan Street, P.O. Box 238, Centerville, Tennessee. The phone number is 931-729-5588, and the email is rrussell@centervilletn.org. Hours, the current judge, a set docket day, courtroom details, payment methods, a fine schedule, a public terminal, and certified-copy fees are not published. Call before you travel. The clerk can walk you through procedure and record access. The clerk cannot pick a plea, build a defense, or promise any result.
Centerville City Court Clerk
102 East Swan Street, P.O. Box 238
Centerville, Tennessee
931-729-5588
Centerville Code Search Is Not Court Search
The town does publish a code library. A code is not a docket. The Centerville Municipal Code portal offers a Text Search, book selection, and navigation covering the Municipal Code, Legislative History, Standards and Specifications, Administrative Rules, Stormwater Management, Zoning Code, Fee Schedule, and Whitaker Museum Policies.
None of that amounts to case lookup. The portal has no citation-number field, party-name search, court calendar, plea form, payment control, or docket register. It also warns that the online text comes from the official hard copy and may lag behind amendments. Where the two versions differ, the official copy controls.
Court Dates and Settings in Centerville
Your citation gives the first date. The Centerville clerk should confirm the setting that counts now. The city posts no public court calendar. The Hickman County public calendar tracks county meetings and events, not hearings. Ask whether the date moved and whether a newer notice or order replaces the ticket.
| Date | The current setting confirmed by the city clerk. |
|---|---|
| Time | The stated call or appearance time; no routine schedule was published. |
| Location | The hearing place confirmed for this case. |
| Citation number | The printed municipal identifier used to locate the matter. |
| Setting type | The plea, appearance, trial, or other event described by staff or notice. |
If a date has passed, call promptly. Ask what the docket shows today and whether a judge still needs to act. Missed dates do not all bring the same outcome, added charge, or warrant process.
Centerville Citation Fields That Matter
The city offers no web search form, so the identifiers a clerk can work with are what matter. Keep the original paper even after a county case number is assigned. It can help both offices match their records.
| Identifier | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Citation number | Primary city reference printed by the issuing authority. |
| Full name | Supports a clerk search when paired with date or citation. |
| Issue and appearance dates | Separate the incident from the court setting. |
| Ordinance or statute | Identifies the cited rule without proving disposition. |
| Receiving court number | Tracks a matter that later enters a county court. |
Ask the clerk what can be handled by phone and what needs a written request. The city publishes no request form, fax process, drop box, or online payment tool.
Traffic Tickets in Centerville
A Centerville ticket belongs first with the municipal clerk. Confirm whether paying before court is allowed. Ask whether an appearance or plea is required. Get the exact amount and the accepted method. The city publishes no official fine list or general payment instruction. A generic online payment suggestion would be unsafe. To fight the citation, ask how to enter a plea and which date controls. Clerk staff explain steps, but only a lawyer can advise on defenses or consequences. For the wider picture, see the Hickman County traffic ticket record resource. A city matter stays at city altitude until the clerk says otherwise.
Before paying: Confirm with Centerville Municipal Court what the payment resolves and whether the case requires an appearance.
Where Centerville Cases Go
A Centerville ordinance citation does not turn into a General Sessions or Circuit case on its own. That is the first rule to remember. A matter filed directly at the county level belongs to that county court from day one. An appeal or other authorized transfer can open a new number in the receiving court. The exact route depends on the judgment, statute, court status, and procedure.
Docket flow: Centerville Municipal Court › applicable Hickman County court when authorized › Tennessee appellate court where applicable
Once the city clerk confirms a case moved to county court, the choice in TnCIS is simple. Pick the court that now holds the file. A lower-court matter goes to Hickman General Sessions. A trial-level or appeal-level record belongs to Hickman Circuit instead. Jot down both identifiers so nothing gets lost in the shuffle. Remember that a city ticket does not automatically become a county case. For the wider picture across the county, the Hickman County court docket pulls the county-level view together in one place.
Centerville Records Beyond State Court
A routine Centerville traffic ticket never becomes a federal matter. Those dockets stay at the state and municipal level. Federal cases are different. Hickman County sits inside the Columbia Division of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Civil and criminal filings there run through PACER and CM/ECF. The Middle District division page confirms Hickman’s federal division.
The federal district home shows that distinct court system.
Centerville Federal File Boundaries
Records filed in the Middle District carry a federal number format, and filing access is tied to the specific court. The official CM/ECF information page lays out those federal system details.
Bankruptcy stands apart too, with its own court and docket system. The Middle District bankruptcy court posts its own links and public information.
Centerville Court Record Access Rules
Tennessee’s court-record and public-record framework covers municipal court records in Centerville. That access has limits. Sealed, confidential, juvenile, expunged, and protected-identifier material can be withheld or redacted. When you make a request, include the citation or case number, the document you want, the date range, and whether you need a plain or certified copy.
Key rules:
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34 supports public access to court records subject to lawful restrictions.
Tennessee Code sections 10-7-503 and 10-7-504 address public access and statutory confidentiality.
Juvenile and expunged records have separate limits under sections 37-1-153 and 40-32-101.
If only part of a file is restricted, ask for the public portion. A formal copy request may have to be in writing. State guidance gives an agency that cannot respond promptly seven business days to provide the records, send a written denial with legal grounds, or give a time estimate. Note the limit: that deadline promises a response, not a finished request inside seven days.
Historic Centerville Docket Records
Centerville’s paper trail goes back far beyond today’s tickets. The Tennessee State Library and Archives inventory lists a mayor’s docket covering November 1905 through February 1933. It also includes municipal minutes, ordinances, and resolutions. Genealogists and civic-history researchers work from these sources often. Give the archive a date range, a name, and the record series you seek.
An old bound docket is not a current ticket database, though. For modern citation status, the City Court Clerk is still the right office. That split between archival volumes and today’s clerk-led search is clear. It is one of Centerville’s clearest record features.
Keeping a Centerville Search Focused
Keep every Centerville request tied to one task. A current-date search needs the citation and confirmation from the clerk. Proving an outcome may take a disposition, judgment, or receipt. An ordinance question can start at the city code portal. Case status still rests with the Centerville clerk.
When a Centerville record lands in another system, note the receiving court. Write down its new number before you switch databases. Keep the municipal citation as well. That habit stops a city citation, a county case, and an unrelated federal record from blurring into one file. It also gives each office the detail needed to pull the right public material.