This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot verify custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly for those actions.
Meigs Sheriff and Jail Records
For a current county-custody question, booking record, or booking-photo request, begin with the sheriff's main office. No separate current records-unit number or email was published on the official sheriff contact page. Call first, ask for the public-records custodian, and confirm how the office wants a written request delivered.
Meigs County Sheriff's Department
410 River Road
Decatur, TN 37322
(423) 334-5268
Fax: (423) 334-3165
Emergency: 911
A useful request gives the person's name, approximate booking date or range, arresting agency, and booking number if known. Ask separately for the booking record and a photograph. The home page explains the county's no-public-roster finding and the Tennessee request baseline.
Other Official Record Paths
The correct contact changes with the underlying event and custody state.
- For a Decatur police incident, contact Town Hall at 116 N Main Street, PO Box 188, Decatur, TN 37322, (423) 334-5716, and ask for the current municipal records custodian.
- For a filed case or disposition, contact the Meigs Circuit Court Clerk, 17214 Tennessee Highway 58 North, Suite 202, Decatur, at (423) 334-5821. Published hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. to noon; confirm before travel.
- For a state-sentenced person, use TDOC FOIL or TDOC's archived-record route, not the county jail roster.
- For federal sentenced custody or qualifying immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE official locator that matches the situation.
- For a warrant question, call the sheriff and use the court route when a docket question is involved. The Sheriff's Most Wanted page explains why a docket or old booking is not live warrant confirmation.