Local Rules of Practice | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

This page provides the local rules of practice for trial courts. However, please note that this listing may not comprise the entirety of local rules of practice, but reflect only the rules that have been provided by the listed districts. Additional rules may be obtained from the court clerks' offices in each district or county.

1st Judicial District
Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington counties

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts

Johnson City Juvenile Court

2nd Judicial District

Sullivan County

Circuit and Chancery Court Rules

Criminal Court Rules

3rd Judicial District
Hancock, Hawkins, Hamblen, Greene counties

Circuit Court Rules

Chancery Court Rules

Chancery Court Electronic Filing Rules (E-filing Rules)

Chancery Court Financial Statement (Excel format)

4th Judicial District

Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, Sevier counties

Circuit Court Rules (Criminal)

Circuit Court Rules (Civil)

Amendment-Rule 19.01 Procedure for Motions for Summary Judgment and Motions to Dismiss

Circuit Court Electronic Filing Rules

Chancery Court Rules

General Sessions Court Rules of Jeffferson County

General Sessions Electronic Filing Rules

5th Judicial District
Blount County

Circuit Court Divisions I and II, and Chancery Court for Blount County Cases Only

6th Judicial District
Knox County

Chancery Court Rules

Circuit Court - Divisions I, II, III

Criminal Court Rules (revised 4-6-23)

Juvenile Court Rules

7th Judicial District
Anderson County

Circuit, Chancery, Probate and Criminal Court

8th District

Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott and Union counties

Amendment to Circuit Court Rule 20.01
Criminal Court - Proposed

9th District

Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and Roane counties

Circuit, Chancery & Criminal Courts

10th District

Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties

Circuit, Chancery & Criminal Courts Rules
General Sessions Division I

11th District

Hamilton County

Criminal Court Rules

Local Rules of Civil Practice - Chancery and Circuit Courts

Chancery Court Electronic Filing Rules (E-Filing Rules)

General Sessions Court Rules

Juvenile Court Rules

12th Judicial District

Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea and Sequatchie counties

Local Rules for the 12th Judicial District – Circuit and Chancery Courts

*Blank Income and Expense Statement (Excel)

*Blank Asset and Liability (Excel)

13th Judicial District

Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties

Chancery Court Rules
Circuit Court Rules (effective 01-01-24)
Income Expense Asset Liability 2024 (effective 01-01-24)

Criminal Court Rules

14th Judicial District
Coffee County

Circuit Court and Chancery Court Rules

Circuit and Chancery Courts Electronic Filing Rules

15th Judicial District

Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale and Wilson counties

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal

Order Amending Local Rules 08/25/21

Criminal Court Rules

Wilson County General Sessions Court Rules

Wilson County General Sessions Division III - Family Court (effective June 1, 2022)

16th Judicial District

Rutherford and Cannon counties

Chancery Court and Circuit Court Rules

Juvenile Court Rules - Rutherford County

Chancery Court E-Filing Rules - Rutherford County

17th Judicial District

Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties
Chancery, Circuit and Criminal Court Rules

Chancery Court Procedures

18th Judicial District

Sumner County

Circuit, Chancery, Criminal and Probate Courts Rules

Sumner County Circuit and Chancery Court Electronic Filing Rules

Sumner County Juvenile Court Rules (effective July 1, 2023)

19th District

Montgomery and Robertson counties

Chancery Court Rules

*Circuit Court Rules

*Amendment to Circuit Court Rule 3.09 (effective April 17, 2018)

*Amendment to Circuit Court Rule 8.02 (effective January 1, 2019)

Robertson County General Sessions Court Rules

Robertson County Juvenile Court Rules

20th Judicial District
Davidson County

General Sessions Court Rules
Davidson County Chancery Court Electronic Filing Rules
Circuit, Chancery, Criminal and Probate Court Rules
Circuit, Probate, and General Sessions-Civil Electronic Filing Rules
Criminal Court - Division III
Juvenile Court Rules
Davidson County - Chamber Rules
Criminal Court - Division VI

21st Judicial District

Williamson County

Circuit, Chancery, and Criminal Court Rules

Williamson County Juvenile Court Rules
Electronic Filing (E-Filing) for Chancery, Circuit, and Criminal - effective 12/01/23
Amendment to Local Rules of Practice - Probate

22nd Judicial District

Giles, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties

Circuit, Chancery and Criminal Courts Rules

23rd Judicial District

Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart counties

Circuit and Chancery Courts Rules

24th Judicial District

Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin and Henry counties

Circuit and Chancery Courts Rules

Henry County Juvenile Court Rules

25th Judicial District

Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy and Tipton counties

Circuit Court Rules

Chancery Court Rules

25th District Tipton County Juvenile Court local rules (7-1-24)
25th District Tipton Co General Sessions Local Rules 2024 ( effective 9-1-2024)

26th Judicial District

Madison, Chester and Henderson counties

Circuit & Chancery Court Rules

Circuit Court Bonding Rules

27th Judicial District

Obion and Weakley Counties

Chancery and Circuit

28th Judicial District

Crockett, Gibson and Haywood Counties

Chancery Court Rules

Circuit Court Rules

29th Judicial District

Lake and Dyer counties

Revised Local Rules for the 29th Judicial District (effective September 1, 2023)

30th Judicial District
Shelby County

General Sessions Court - Civil Division Rules

General Sessions Court - Criminal Division Rules

Order Amending Local Rule 3.1 - Criminal Court E-Filing Eff. 10/01/2021

Circuit Court
Probate Court

Chancery Court
Criminal Court
Order Amending Criminal Court Rule 4.01 - effective May 1, 2023
Order delaying new criminal court Rule 4.01 until September 1, 2023
Juvenile Court
Environmental Court

31st Judicial District

Van Buren and Warren counties

Circuit and Chancery Court Rules

32nd Judicial District

Hickman, Lewis and Perry Counties

Chancery and Circuit Court Rules (Effective Sept. 1, 2022)