Grundy County Release Records
A person released from Grundy County custody has left the control of the local jail, but the next destination matters. Bond, recognizance, time served, sentence completion, dismissal, and some court orders can return someone to the community. Parole or probation can place the person in the community under rules set by the court, the Tennessee Board of Parole, or the Tennessee Department of Correction. A transfer to TDOC, another county, a federal agency, or immigration custody ends the Grundy jail stay without ending custody.
The Grundy County Sheriff's Office keeps the key local booking and release record. The court file explains the order, case result, or sentence behind the exit. FOIL, Tennessee's Felony Offender Information Lookup, covers people currently or formerly in TDOC felony custody or supervision. Each record answers a different question. A date alone cannot show whether the person went home, began supervision, or entered another agency's custody.
- Time served
- A release after the court credits confinement already completed toward a sentence.
- Parole
- Conditional community release before a state sentence expires, followed by TDOC supervision.
- Probation
- A court-ordered community sentence with conditions, often supervised by TDOC.
- Discharge
- The end of the custody or supervision term shown by the responsible agency's final record.
- Detainer
- A request or legal hold from another authority that may cause a transfer instead of community release.
Grundy County Release Types
Release language should be read with the court and destination fields. Bond means the jail let the person leave while the case continued. Recognizance is a court-authorized release without the same cash or secured bond arrangement. A dismissal or not-guilty result comes from the court record, not from a bare jail status. Parole requires a Board decision, an approved release plan, and physical processing before the person leaves state custody.
| Release type | What it means | Best next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | Local custody ends while the court case may continue. | Sheriff release entry and court bond order |
| Time served or expiration | Confinement ends, though supervision or another case may remain. | Release entry, judgment, and any discharge record |
| Parole or probation | The person is in the community under conditions, not fully discharged. | FOIL and the assigned TDOC field office |
| Dismissal or acquittal | A court action ends or resolves the charge. | Grundy County court disposition |
| Transfer or hold | The person leaves Grundy custody for another custodian. | Release destination plus the receiving agency's locator |
A death entry also ends custody, but it must not be described as an ordinary release. When the local record uses unclear text, request the release authority and destination rather than assigning a meaning from the date.
Grundy County Release Record Fields
The sheriff has not published a field dictionary or sample public release sheet. A narrow request can still name the existing fields needed to identify the event. Ask for the booking sheet and release entry, not an explanation or a newly compiled report. A booking photo may be stored apart from the text record, so it should be requested as a separate item.
| Field to request | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Legal name, aliases, birth date | Which person the booking concerns and whether a namesake was selected |
| Booking number and admission time | The specific Grundy County jail event tied to the release |
| Arresting agency, charge, court, docket | The agency and case that led to custody |
| Release date and time | When physical Grundy custody ended |
| Release type and authority | Whether bond, court action, sentence status, or another authority caused the exit |
| Destination, hold, or detainer | Whether the person entered another agency's custody |
| Bond and booking photograph | Related booking data that may be maintained in separate records |
The court disposition and jail timestamp can differ. A judge may sign a release order before jail processing ends. The court file proves the legal event, while the sheriff transaction is stronger proof of the actual time and recorded destination.
Request Grundy County Release Records
For a local booking, contact the Grundy County Sheriff's Office at 227 Maple Street, P.O. Box 218, Altamont, TN 37301, by telephone at (931) 692-3466 or fax at (931) 692-2400. No dedicated online request form, records email, fee table, or records-office hours were found. Call first to learn the current custodian, accepted delivery channel, and correct address for a visit or mailed request.
- Identify the person by full name, date of birth, known alias, approximate booking dates, and booking number when available.
- Ask for the existing booking and release record, actual release date and time, release type, authority, destination, holds, and any corrected version.
- Request the booking photograph separately if needed. Ask for inspection, electronic copies, mail, or pickup under the office's current policy.
- Seek a cost estimate before copies are made. If information is withheld, ask for the nonexempt portions and the legal basis for each redaction.
- Use the Circuit Court Clerk for the judgment, bond order, dismissal, sentence, or other court record behind the release.
Tennessee law requires enough detail for the custodian to locate the record. It does not require staff to sort broad files or create a new report. If prompt production is not practical, Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(B) requires a response within seven business days that produces the record, denies access in writing, or explains the extra time reasonably needed.
Note: The seven-business-day rule governs the agency response, not guaranteed completion of every large or complex records request.
Grundy Release Fees and Law
The Tennessee Public Records Act guidance explains that inspection is free unless another law permits a charge. The state schedule lists safe-harbor copy rates up to $0.15 per black-and-white letter or legal page and $0.50 per color page. Labor may generally be charged after the first hour. Actual media, delivery, vendor, and archive costs can also apply, and the sheriff's adopted lawful policy controls the final amount.
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 10-7-501 and following provide the public-record framework. Section 10-7-503(a)(1)(A)(i) broadly includes photographs and electronic material made or received in official business. Access is still subject to specific limits. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, medical, confidential identity, protected victim, and security-sensitive material may be withheld or redacted.
Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-32-101, a final expungement order can lead the court, jail, TDOC, and TBI to remove covered material. If an old result disappears, that may reflect expungement. It does not prove that the initial booking never happened, and an old copy should not be used to recreate a record the law removed.
Grundy Release Court Records
One local clerk provides an unusually direct court route. The Grundy County officials page identifies Penny Sons as Circuit Court Clerk and also says the office serves General Sessions and Juvenile Court. It maintains files, minutes, judgments, and decrees. For an adult release inquiry, the office at 68 Cumberland Street, Suite 206, Altamont, TN 37301, telephone (931) 692-3368, can route a request to the division with the relevant public adult case record.
Provide the name, date of birth when known, docket number, charge, and approximate arrest or disposition date. Ask for the docket sheet, judgment, disposition, sentence, bond or release order, dismissal, or later order that changed custody. A General Sessions case may move to a higher trial court, so ask which division holds the final result. Juvenile records follow different access rules and must not be treated as open adult records.
The Tennessee Rule 34 access page describes public access with confidentiality limits. The statewide Public Case History tool is for appeals, not a full Grundy County trial-court name search. A missing appeal result cannot rule out a local case.
Note: Court records explain the legal basis for release, while the sheriff record supplies the actual jail exit time.
Find Grundy County Released Inmates
Begin with the agency that last held the person. Grundy County has no verified sheriff roster, booking archive, or recent-release list on its official site. Tennessee VINELink can search one named person, but it is not a permanent sheriff ledger. A direct sheriff check and the original release record are therefore central to a reliable local search.
- Search the exact name in Tennessee VINELink and compare the reporting agency and available identifiers. Record when the check was made.
- Call the Grundy County Sheriff at (931) 692-3466. Ask whether the person is held, released, or transferred, then request the date, time, type, authority, and destination.
- Check the adult court file for the bond order, disposition, judgment, sentence, dismissal, or later custody order.
- If the person entered TDOC custody or supervision, search FOIL by name and, when known, TDOC or State ID.
- Follow a named receiving agency. Use the BOP locator for federal prison custody and the ICE locator for immigration custody.
The absence of a county feed is addressed in more detail on the Grundy County 24-Hour Releases page. For a named person, the steps above remain the full local search route.
Grundy Released Inmates in FOIL
The Tennessee Department of Correction FOIL service covers felony offenders currently or formerly in TDOC custody or supervision. It can show a photograph, incarceration, parole, probation or inactive status, assigned location, offenses, sentences, parole-hearing information, and release-related dates. It does not replace the sheriff record for a brief county stay, misdemeanor booking, or local case that never entered TDOC custody.
| FOIL search field | Use and limit |
|---|---|
| Last Name and First Name | Required for a name search; compare the full identity before selecting a result |
| Race | An available selector that may narrow a common-name result |
| Include aliases | Useful when an official booking or court record gives another name |
| TDOC ID | The Tennessee Offender Management Information System identifier |
| State ID Number | A separate SID search mode; use a known official number, never a guess |
| CAPTCHA | A case-sensitive manual check, with an audio option |
Open the official FOIL search form and read the complete result. Supervision Status and Assigned Location must be read together. Also save sentence begin and end dates, release eligibility date, parole hearing fields, and active sentences. “Parole” or “Probation” supports community supervision, not full discharge. “Inactive” needs the sentence dates and underlying record for context.
The official FOIL search form shows the fields used to locate Grundy County released inmates in the state system.
The form's separate name, TDOC ID, and State ID modes help avoid treating a same-name record as the correct person.
Grundy County Release Feed Limits
No official Grundy County 24-hour list, 72-hour list, current web roster, release archive, or sheriff inmate app was verified. The county officials page supplies the sheriff's contact details but no public release feed. There is also no posted refresh rate, retention window, public photo policy, or standard set of fields. Commercial directories and search snippets cannot fill that gap because they can lag or copy old data.
VINELink is a named-person search and notification layer. It does not display a complete chronological list of all Grundy County releases. A no-result may reflect spelling, timing, transfer, another custodian, or display retention. Call the sheriff for the source record, especially when the exact time or destination matters.
Does a missing jail result prove release? No. It only shows that the person was not found in that view at that time. Positive sheriff, court, TDOC, or receiving-agency evidence is needed.
Grundy Release Alerts and Supervision
Tennessee VINE is a free, opt-in notification service. Search for the specific person and agency, compare identifiers, then register on the correct record for offered custody events. A release notice is evidence that the reporting agency transmitted a change, but the wording must still be checked for community release, bond, parole, sentence end, or transfer. Delivery can lag or fail, so the original record remains the final check.
For state supervision, the Tennessee Board of Parole decides parole matters while TDOC Community Supervision manages people after release. The TDOC field office directory places Grundy County in District 30, with the Grundy/Marion office in Jasper. FOIL should be checked first. An office assignment in Jasper can mean community supervision for a Grundy resident and does not mean jail custody in Marion County.
Note: A parole hearing or favorable decision may come before plan approval and the person's physical release from custody.
Grundy Federal Release Checks
The Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator is the correct public search for qualifying federal prison records from 1982 forward. Search by federal identifier or by name with the available age, race, and sex filters. Results can show a release date and “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody.” Those terms mean BOP custody ended, but the person may be held by another authority or remain under federal supervision.
The ICE Online Detainee Locator is a current-location tool, not a historical release list. If a Grundy record says “released to ICE” or shows an ICE detainer, the county record proves only the handoff. A no-result in the ICE system does not prove community release or removal. A U.S. Marshals transfer also requires the federal court record, actual holding facility, or later BOP record because USMS has no comparable public historical release locator.
The federal locator presents federal release dates and locations, not Grundy County jail releases.
That jurisdiction line is vital. A federal result cannot confirm a routine Grundy County Detention Facility exit.
Grundy Release Search by Custody
Match the search to the custody level before interpreting the result. Current custody tools describe who is held now. Release and discharge records preserve the event after the person leaves. Court files explain the legal action, while supervision systems show what continued in the community.
- Current Grundy detention
- Use a VINELink named-person check and sheriff call for the current reported status.
- Past county jail stay
- Use the sheriff release record and Grundy court file for the physical exit, destination, and legal event.
- State felony custody
- Use TDOC FOIL and TDOC records for state status, sentence fields, supervision, and release information.
- Federal prison history
- Use the BOP Inmate Locator and federal court for the end of BOP custody and case context.
- Immigration transfer
- Use the county transfer entry and ICE locator for the handoff and possible current location.
Cross-system absence is never enough. A positive record from the releasing agency, receiving agency, or court provides the defensible link between custody stages.
Getting Home After Grundy Release
Transportation should be arranged in advance when a release is expected. The Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency transportation service says public transportation is open to residents of its Southeast Tennessee service area and the public. Its Grundy listings include an Altamont office at 1433 Main Street, Suite 4, (931) 692-8266 and a Coalmont contact at (931) 592-8260.
Those sources do not promise a detention-facility stop, jail-gate pickup, immediate dispatch, or service at a specific release time. Call before relying on the service. The sheriff has not published a release exit, processing hours, weekend plan, property-return rule, or pickup procedure, so family or support contacts should confirm the actual plan with the facility.
Note: Confirm both the release time and available ride before anyone travels to the Grundy County detention facility.
Grundy Release Reentry Programs
Historical University of the South materials describe a local partnership with the Grundy County Sheriff's Office for recovery, education, rehabilitation, and reentry. Bonner Leaders helped incarcerated participants prepare for HiSET or GED testing, while a Carnegie community-engagement document also described tutoring, enrichment, and skills work at the jail.
These documents are evidence of past programs, not a current enrollment notice. Anyone seeking help after a Grundy County release should confirm present services with the sheriff or University before relying on them. The distinction keeps useful local history from being mistaken for a program that is open now.
Grundy Release Address Check
The current Tennessee inspection source uses the formal name Grundy County Detention Facility. Older local and directory sources often call it Grundy County Jail. The current county page lists Sheriff Heath Gunter at 227 Maple Street, while an older sheriff page gives 62 Spring Street and names a former sheriff. No official source explains when or why that address changed.
Use 227 Maple Street as the current county-published sheriff contact, but call before an in-person jail-record visit or mailed request. Do not merge the two addresses or infer a relocation date. The single verified local facility is the Grundy County Detention Facility.
Note: Municipal police may make arrests, but no separate long-term municipal jail in Grundy County was verified.
Grundy County Release Facility
Grundy County Detention Facility is the only local detention facility supported by the current state inspection sources. It is operated by the Grundy County Sheriff's Office at the current published sheriff address, 227 Maple Street, Altamont, TN 37301, telephone (931) 692-3466. A community release can follow bond, recognizance, time served, sentence completion, dismissal, or another court order. A transfer may instead lead to TDOC, another county, BOP, USMS, or ICE custody.
- Grundy County Detention Facility: county jail release records, transfer routes, and the sheriff's current contact details.
No TDOC prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was identified within Grundy County. State, federal, and immigration records can still arise from a Grundy case, but they belong to the receiving system. Confirm the county release type and destination first, then use the matching state or federal locator.