Smith County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, authorize a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Direct those matters to the office that created or holds the record.
Official contacts and where to look
Smith County does not have a verified public jail roster, booking-photo feed, booking archive, or sheriff app. For a specific booking record or photograph, use the sheriff's department or the public-records route below. Include the person's name, relevant date range, booking number if known, and the exact record requested.
- Smith County Sheriff's Department: Sheriff Steve Hopper, 322 Justice Drive, Suite 200, Carthage, TN 37030. Phone: 615-735-2626. Email: Sheriff@smithcountytn.gov. This is the primary official route for a county jail or sheriff-created booking record. A public jail records line and public records-unit hours were not verified in the source review.
- Smith County Public Records Request Coordinator: Smith County Mayor's Office, 122 Turner High Circle, Carthage, TN 37030. Phone: 615-735-2294. The county's Open Records Policy identifies this office as the coordinator and says it forwards a request to the appropriate custodian when needed.
- General Sessions Court: 322 Justice Drive, Carthage, TN 37030. Clerk phone: 615-735-0500. Criminal court is scheduled for Thursdays except fifth Thursdays at 9 a.m. This is a court-follow-up route, not a county booking roster.
- Smith County Circuit Court Clerk: 322 Justice Drive, Suite 115, Carthage, TN 37030. Phone: 615-735-0500. Listed office hours are weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clerk can direct case and disposition questions to the proper court record.
- State and federal systems: Tennessee Department of Correction's Felony Offender Information Lookup is a separate state custody and supervision system. The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator and ICE Online Detainee Locator are separate systems for federal and immigration custody.
- Records guide: The home page explains the local request path, the absence of a public roster, court follow-up, and the distinction between local custody and state, federal, or immigration systems. Sheriff's Most Wanted covers the official warrant-check path; Mugshots in the News explains why reporting and third-party indexes do not replace official records.