This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record.
Official Offices by Record
The correct contact depends on who held the person and which fact needs proof. Macon County jail records, court orders, TDOC felony records, supervision files, and federal or immigration custody are maintained by separate offices.
Macon County Sheriff’s Office
902 Highway 52 Bypass East
Lafayette, TN 37083
Phone: 615-666-3325 or 615-666-4046
Fax: 615-666-6909
Ask for the public-records custodian for a booking sheet, release entry, release disposition, or intake photograph. The Sheriff does not publish records-office hours, a request form, or a fee schedule, so call before visiting or mailing a request.
Macon Circuit Court Clerk
904 Highway 52 Bypass East
Lafayette, TN 37083
Phone: 615-666-2354
Fax: 615-666-3001
Email: rick.gann@tncourts.gov
The clerk holds judgments, bond and release orders, dispositions, and probation or discharge entries. Official sites publish slightly different Friday and lunch hours, so call before an in-person visit.
TDOC District 31
851 South Willow Avenue, Suite 202
Cookeville, TN 38501
Phone: 931-526-7165
Fax: 931-528-3267
This office serves Macon County felony parole and probation. TDOC lists a courtesy-reporting location at 902 Highway 52 Bypass East in Lafayette, but no local public hours or direct phone are posted. Call Cookeville before going there.
Tennessee Department of Correction
320 Sixth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0465
Phone: 615-741-1000
Sentence-information fax: 615-259-3783
Use TDOC for state felony custody, sentence, release, and archived offender records. Faxed sentence-information responses are mailed, so the request must include a mailing address.
For a named person or a county release entry, the home page explains the Macon County search and request path. The Parole / Probation page explains how FOIL and District 31 relate to community supervision.
- For recent jail releases, the Sheriff has not published an official feed. Start with the Sheriff’s records custodian.
- For a state felony record, search TDOC FOIL or use TDOC sentence and archive request channels.
- For VINE search or notification help, call Tennessee VINE at 888-868-4631, available 24 hours a day, or TTY 866-847-1298.
- For a former federal prisoner, use the BOP locator and BOP records process. Federal pretrial release may require the court and relevant USMS district.
- For present ICE custody, use ICE ODLS. It is not a lasting archive of past immigration release records.
- For a specific facility or custody system, use the facility pages listed below.