Grundy County 72 Hour Booking Lookup

Grundy County 72 hour booking records list everyone booked into the Grundy County Jail over the past three days. The county seat is Altamont, and about 13,300 people live in this rural part of Middle Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau. Sheriff Clint Shrum runs the jail at 62 Spring Street. The facility holds an average of 114 inmates on any given day and processes around 2,280 arrests each year. Grundy County's weekly inmate turnover rate is close to 55 percent, which means the booking list changes fast. Checking for recent arrests can be done online through the jail roster or by calling the jail directly at any hour.

Grundy County Sheriff's Department

Sheriff Clint Shrum heads the Grundy County Sheriff's Department at 62 Spring Street in Altamont. This office handles all 72 hour booking records for the county. The jail is at the same address and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can call 931-692-3466 at any hour to ask about someone in custody or to get basic booking information.

The department manages intake, booking, and records for everyone arrested in Grundy County. The public records coordinator is Michael Brady, the County Mayor, at 68 Cumberland Street, PO Box 177, Altamont, TN 37301. His phone number is 931-692-3718. For formal records requests, you need to submit them in writing, either in person or by mail. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503, all booking records are public and the coordinator must respond within 7 business days.

The screenshot below shows the Grundy County jail booking resources page, which provides access to inmate search tools.

From this page you can search current inmates and find contact details for the Grundy County jail and sheriff's department.

Grundy County 72 Hour Booking Search

The quickest way to check recent bookings in Grundy County is through the online inmate roster. It shows inmates in alphabetical order with basic details like name, age, charges, and bond information. No login is needed. The data updates regularly.

If the person you are looking for is not listed, call the jail at 931-692-3466. Staff can check on someone's status at any time of day or night. For a formal records request, go to the sheriff's department during business hours or mail your request to 62 Spring Street, Altamont, TN 37301. Include the full name, date of birth, and date range. The office has 7 business days to respond per state law.

Grundy County also uses VINELink for inmate tracking. This national resource lets you check custody status and sign up for alerts when an inmate is moved or released. It covers every county in Tennessee.

Grundy County Booking Charges

Grundy County law enforcement arrests around 2,280 people each year. The weekly turnover rate is about 55 percent. That means more than half the inmates are released and replaced with new bookings every week. The 72 hour booking list changes fast here.

Booking records show the full name, physical characteristics, mugshot, booking number, inmate ID, booking date and time, charges with the applicable statute, bond amount, and court date. Common charges include drug offenses, theft, DUI, domestic assault, failure to appear, and probation violations. Bond amounts depend on the charge. A minor misdemeanor might carry a bond of a few hundred dollars. Serious felonies can run much higher. Some entries show $0 bond for holds from other counties or probation violations with no bond set. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-103, officers can arrest without a warrant in certain situations. Those warrantless arrests show up in the 72 hour booking data the same as any other.

Note: Bond amounts are set by a judge or magistrate and can change after an initial appearance hearing.

Grundy County Arrest Records Request

Online inmate searches are free. No fees to browse the roster.

Physical copies carry a small per-page fee. Contact the jail for the current cost schedule. For older jail records from years past, send a written request to: Grundy County Sheriff, Att: Jail Records, 62 Spring Street, Altamont, TN 37301. Include the inmate's name, any known aliases, date of birth, date range of incarceration, and the charge they were held on. The more details you give, the faster the search goes.

For a statewide criminal history check, use the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's TORIS system at tbibackgrounds.tbi.tn.gov. It costs $29 per name and covers all adult criminal history in Tennessee. The Felony Offender Information Lookup is free and lets you search for anyone in state prison. Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-118, Tennessee officers can issue a citation instead of making a full arrest for certain misdemeanors. If that happened, no booking record was created. Reach out to the arresting agency for details.

Grundy County Jail Details

The Grundy County Jail holds an average of 114 inmates at any given time. It is a local facility that houses adults charged with misdemeanors and felonies. The jail processes all bookings for the county, including arrests by the sheriff's department and local police agencies.

Mail for inmates should be sent to: Inmate Name, Grundy County Jail, 62 Spring Street, Altamont, TN 37301. All mail is opened and searched for contraband. For information on visitation hours and commissary services, call the jail at 931-692-3466. Juvenile records are not publicly available. Medical and mental health records are also kept confidential. Records that could affect facility security may be restricted as well.

Cities in Grundy County

Grundy County includes Altamont, Tracy City, Coalmont, Beersheba Springs, Gruetli-Laager, and Palmer. All arrests in the county are processed through the Grundy County Jail in Altamont. None of these cities have individual pages on this site, but every booking flows through the same county jail system.

Nearby Counties

Grundy County sits on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee. If you are not sure where someone was booked, check the county where the arrest took place. Each county keeps its own booking records and runs its own jail.

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