Cocke County Civil Docket Searches
The Cocke TNCRTInfo search handles Circuit and General Sessions civil cases. Pick the court office first, then Civil. From there you can search by Party Name. You can also pair the four-digit Case Year with the numeric suffix of the local case number. Notice what the form leaves out. There is no Chancery, Probate, municipal, judge, hearing-date, or document-type field. If an option is missing, the file sits with another custodian. That does not mean the case never existed.
The Circuit docket page posts judge PDFs as well. Still, each link deserves a check before you trust it. The Civil Judge Moore link, for instance, has pointed to criminal content instead of civil. For an official record, go to the Circuit clerk's counter or public terminal. You can call 423-623-6124, or confirm the mail, email, and fax requirements. General Sessions civil records run through that clerk at 423-623-8619.
- Identify Circuit or General Sessions jurisdiction.
- Select that office and the Civil case type.
- Search a full party name or year and numeric suffix.
- Compare the result with the current docket and notice.
- Request the needed pleading, order, judgment, or certified copy.
Cocke Civil Cause Number Clues
Older Judge Slone civil dockets used cause numbers like #33,534-IV and #35,835-II. Each one pairs a number with a judicial-part suffix. Treat them as format clues only. They do not prove that current Cocke County cases keep the same punctuation. TNCRTInfo splits the entry into Case Year and Case Number, so follow its help text rather than pasting a historic formatted cause number into a single field.
- Cause number
- The court's local identifier for the civil matter.
- Style
- The plaintiff-versus-defendant caption.
- Matter description
- A short note about the motion or issue set.
- Resolved
- A status clue, not a substitute for a signed judgment.
Searching the wrong office causes most failed lookups. Chancery and Probate never appear in the portal, so route those cases to the Clerk and Master.
Civil Dockets: What They Show
A Circuit Court Civil Motion and Non-Jury Trial Docket for Cocke County at Newport packs a lot into one page. It names the presiding judge. It gives the date and time, and lists numbered matters with local cause numbers, party style, attorney lines, a short matter description, and a disposition note. Think of it as a compact session list. It is not the whole case. Every pleading, exhibit, service record, image, balance, or the full text of a judgment will not appear there.
| Cause number | The local case reference, sometimes with a part suffix. |
|---|---|
| Parties | Plaintiff and defendant in the case style. |
| Attorneys | Counsel lines shown with the listed matter. |
| Setting | Session date, time, and civil motion or non-jury category. |
| Status note | A short result such as resolved, subject to the signed order. |
A docket is the calendar-facing index, not the case itself. Behind it sits the official file, which can hold a complaint, answer, motion, proof of service, order, and judgment. Ask the clerk for those by name.
Cocke Civil PDF Check
Official placement is no promise that every docket link holds current civil content. The Civil Judge Moore link, for example, leads to a criminal docket. The older Judge Slone PDF still works well as a format reference. Whatever you open, verify the court, title, judge, date, and case type. Do that before you rely on it.
Source check: If a civil-labelled link opens criminal content, return to TNCRTInfo and contact the Circuit clerk. Do not treat the wrong PDF as a civil result.
The source image comes from the official Cocke Circuit filing-fees page.
Fees change, so check the official fee page before you file or order a record. That page carries the current filing and copy charges.
What Cases Fill the Civil Docket
Circuit civil filings in Cocke County run wide: contract and debt disputes, damages and torts, personal injury, malpractice, civil-rights suits, and appeals from General Sessions or Juvenile Court. Name changes and domestic-relations matters appear there too. Other remedies are listed on the current fee handout. General Sessions hears civil matters up to its statutory limit. Chancery and Probate sit with a different office entirely.
- Contract, debt, damages, tort, and personal-injury matters
- Divorce and residential parenting or child-support matters
- Name change, paternity, legitimation, and adoption filings
- Appeals or transfers reaching Circuit Court
- Real-estate, estate, guardianship, and conservatorship matters routed as jurisdiction requires
A fee category label alone does not decide jurisdiction. Confirm the right court with the clerk before filing. Orders of protection and family matters may also carry restricted or safety-sensitive material.
Cocke Circuit Versus Chancery Records
The Circuit Court Clerk keeps Circuit civil cases and lower-court appeals. The General Sessions clerk runs its own limited-jurisdiction civil docket. The Clerk and Master holds Chancery, Probate, and Child Support Court records, covering estates, partitions, guardianships, conservatorships, real-estate matters, and assigned domestic-relations work. TNCRTInfo offers no Chancery or Probate checkboxes.
| Record path | Custodian | First access step |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit civil | Circuit Court Clerk | TNCRTInfo, terminal, counter, or phone |
| General Sessions civil | General Sessions clerk | TNCRTInfo or clerk contact |
| Chancery, Probate, Child Support | Clerk and Master | Call 423-623-3321 and confirm location |
| Older files | Originating clerk or Records and Archives | Ask where the indexed file now rests |
Official sources list two addresses for the Clerk and Master: 360 East Main Street and 301 Cosby Highway. Call before visiting to confirm which one is right.
Hearings on the Civil Docket
The Fourth Judicial District calendar separates civil settings with codes. CM means civil motions, NJ means non-jury, and J means jury. A judge's docket may add a case-level matter description, time, and status. Keep one caution in mind. That yearly calendar covers the whole district. So a listed civil session is not automatically in Cocke County. Confirm the county, judge, courtroom, and current date.
A continuance or reset simply moves the planned setting. A resolved note reports status in shorthand, but it does not reproduce the signed judgment. When a notice, portal result, and PDF disagree, the clerk is the tiebreaker. The broader Cocke County Court Schedule explains how to check local settings.
Note: A calendar proves a session was planned. It does not prove a hearing occurred or that a ruling became final.
Cocke Civil Filing and Copy Fees
The Circuit fee handout effective January 1, 2026 sorts complaints and petitions into categories. Category One runs $374.50, Category Two $299.50, Category Three $249.50, and Category Four $75. Separate lines and exceptions apply to named case types. Divorce filings are listed at $349.50 with minor children and $274.50 without. These amounts are not a jurisdiction test. Recheck them with the clerk before you file.
| Service | Published amount |
|---|---|
| Plain copy | $0.50 per page |
| Certification and seal | $6 |
| Continuance | $10 per occurrence |
| Subpoena | $10 |
| Appeal record preparation | $300 |
A certified judgment is not the same thing as a portal printout. When you contact the clerk, say which one you need: a plain docket, a certified order, a judgment, or an appeal record. That way the office can quote the current charge and confirm how it will be delivered.
Cocke Civil Workload in Context
How busy is the Cocke County civil docket? One useful measure is the state's own reporting. The Tennessee AOC did the counting. It counted 344 Cocke Circuit civil filings and 274 dispositions between July 2024 and June 2025. Divorces without minor children led the categories at 83, followed by 75 residential parenting or child-support matters. Damages and tort cases added 51, divorces with minor children 46, miscellaneous general civil cases 42, and adoption or surrender matters 27. Keep the dates in mind. Those totals describe one report period, not the live docket you would pull up today.
Be careful about doing math on these figures. The filings and the dispositions in a given year may involve different groups of cases, so dividing one by the other does not give a clearance rate. A 2021 pending-case report is out there too, but read it as history rather than as a measure of today's backlog.
Who Can See Civil Dockets
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34 makes court records open to the public. Statutes, rules, and sealing orders set limits. Record integrity gets protection too. Some material stays out of ordinary public view. Drafts, working copies, deliberative notes, internal case-management data, and protected records are examples. And if something is missing from an online docket, that alone does not prove a judge sealed it.
Cocke County has its own local e-filing rules on this point. Filers must redact sensitive identifiers and shield a minor's true name. Domestic-relations filings, child-related matters, medical records, financial details, and orders of protection may call for a closer check by the clerk. Ask for the public or redacted version instead. Skip material the court must restrict.
Access rules:
Rule 34 covers public access to Tennessee case, administrative, and judicial records.
T.C.A. ยงยง 10-7-503 and 10-7-504 address inspection and confidentiality.
Cocke's Part 14 places primary redaction responsibility on the filer.
If the online docket leaves gaps, other routes exist. The Circuit terminal and counter, the General Sessions clerk, the Clerk and Master, and the archives can all fill in what the screen does not show.