Arrest Records in Moore County
The Moore County Sheriff's Department is the central local custody and records contact. Tennessee Highway Patrol can also make an arrest in Moore County, and state or federal officers may act within their authority. A report made by another agency remains with that agency even when the person later enters local custody. Official sources did not identify a separate Lynchburg police department or campus police agency, which reflects the consolidated Lynchburg and Moore County government rather than a missing city search.
An arrest creates an allegation record. It may include the officer's basis for custody, the intake event, the alleged charges, and bond or release data. It does not prove that a prosecutor filed the same count. It also does not prove guilt. To rebuild a Moore County event, keep the arrest report, booking sheet, initial court record, and any later statewide history in their proper order.
Call for Moore County Bookings
No separate online Moore County arrest log, public jail roster, dedicated inmate line, or official recent-arrest page was located. The documented route is the sheriff's office at 58 South Elm Street in Lynchburg. Call 931-759-7323 before a visit. Ask whether the person is in custody, has been released, or was transferred, then request the booking number, booking date, alleged charge, bond, arresting agency, and assigned court.
Moore County Sheriff's Department
58 South Elm Street
Lynchburg, TN 37352
931-759-7323
Call for current counter hours and record procedures
The TBI official agency directory provides the Moore County sheriff contact preserved in the captured source.
This state-hosted directory is the strongest official fallback where the local agency has no public booking search or records form.
Moore County Arrest Lookups
A complete lookup uses the office that created each record. Begin with the local call because custody can change before any state database catches up. Give accurate identifying details privately, and use the booking number in later requests when available.
- Call the Moore County sheriff at 931-759-7323 to confirm current custody, release, or transfer and obtain the booking identifier.
- Request the arrest or incident report from the arresting agency. For a Highway Patrol arrest, use the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security records channel.
- Ask the Circuit Court Clerk to search General Sessions after charges are filed. If a felony is bound over, request the later Circuit/Criminal number.
- Use TORIS for TBI's statewide, fingerprint-derived Tennessee history, while allowing for submission and disposition lag.
- Use FOIL for state felony custody or supervision and VINE for custody notices; neither is a Moore County booking log.
- When a direct request is needed, describe the record, event date, incident or booking number, desired format, and whether inspection or copies are sought.
A warrant question needs its own check with the sheriff and the issuing clerk. The absence of a booking, FOIL result, or web page is not proof that no Moore County warrant exists.
Four Moore County Arrest Records
One arrest can produce four files. The arresting agency writes the incident or probable-cause report. The jail custodian records intake, property, fingerprints, alleged charges, bond, and release or transfer. The court creates the complaint, initial appearance, bail event, and later case docket. TBI may then connect a fingerprint submission and a reported disposition to the statewide repository.
These records can disagree without one being wholly false. A prosecutor can amend a count after booking. A court disposition can arrive at TBI later. A name variation can affect a name search, while a missing fingerprint transaction can leave a repository gap. Use dates, identifiers, and the final court order to reconcile the layers. The Moore County court case lookup is the proper next step once charges reach the clerk.
Record flow: Arresting Agency › Booking Custodian › General Sessions › Circuit/Criminal Court › TBI Repository
Arrest Records: What They Contain
A Moore County booking record identifies the custody event, not the final result. Ask which fields can be released and which require redaction. Medical details, juvenile information, victim identifiers, personal identifiers, and security-sensitive content are not presumed public merely because they sit in an arrest file.
| Booking Number | The local intake identifier used to find the booking sheet and custody event. |
|---|---|
| Date, Time, and Place | When and where the arrest or booking was recorded. |
| Arresting Agency | The office that created the underlying arrest or incident report. |
| Alleged Charges | The counts recorded at intake, which may later be amended, dismissed, or replaced. |
| Bond and Court | Bond amount or type, judicial officer, and the court expected to receive the matter. |
| Intake Media | Photograph and fingerprint transaction created during booking; access may be restricted or redacted. |
| Release or Transfer | The date and manner of release, transfer, hold, or continued detention. |
The probable-cause narrative can add context where public, but it remains an allegation. Match it to the clerk's count-by-count disposition before stating how the matter ended.
No Moore County Arrest Blotter
An official online blotter was not found, so the correct response is to use the sheriff's phone and records counter rather than an unofficial roster. A direct request can seek an arrest report, booking sheet, present jail-status confirmation, warrant confirmation, crash report, dispatch material, or body-camera recording. These are different record types. Each may have a different custodian, charge, format, and confidentiality rule.
Under the Tennessee Public Records Act, ask for an existing record with enough detail to locate it. Include the incident or booking number when known, a date range, place, record type, and whether inspection or copies are wanted. The office need not answer questions or create a new list. If prompt access is not practical, the custodian generally has a seven-business-day framework to produce, deny in writing with the legal basis, or give a written estimate.
Note: Ask for a cost estimate before authorizing copies because Moore County has no published sheriff fee schedule in the reviewed official sources.
Recent Moore County Bookings
Recent custody changes fast. A person can be booked, released on bond, transferred, or brought before a judicial officer before a public database updates. Call the sheriff for the present status and keep the booking number. Then check General Sessions with the clerk after filing. If a felony advances, obtain the Circuit/Criminal case number as well.
The best available official capacity context is a Tennessee Department of Correction snapshot from April 30, 2025. It counted 25 people against 29 Moore County Jail beds, an occupancy rate of 86.2 percent. The categories were three local felons, four other convicted felons, nine pretrial felony detainees, six convicted misdemeanor detainees, and three pretrial misdemeanor detainees. That one-day administrative count is not an arrest log and reveals no person's disposition. It simply shows why a custody total and a list of bookings are not the same record. TDOC keeps the surrounding series on its jail summary reports page.
FOIL After Moore County Custody
The Tennessee Department of Correction's Felony Offender Information Lookup covers people currently or formerly in state felony custody or supervision. It can show incarcerated, probation, parole, or inactive status, along with location, offense, sentence, parole-hearing information, and release details. TDOC Community Supervision administers state field supervision, while the Tennessee Board of Parole is the parole authority. FOIL does not cover every county misdemeanor or a new pretrial booking. An inactive label also does not mean that the underlying case was expunged.
The official FOIL form offers name, TDOC ID, and state ID searches. Name search can include aliases and race; the ID fields accept the state correction identifiers. A case-sensitive CAPTCHA applies, and no account or fee is required.
The search form makes clear that FOIL begins at the state felony custody and supervision layer, not at the Moore County intake desk.
TDOC also explains the broader FOIL service and its links to MyTN and VINE.
This guidance helps keep present local jail status, state correction history, and custody notifications in separate lanes. Older TDOC material has a distinct archived offender record request channel rather than a Moore County booking route.
Custody Alerts Beyond Moore County
VINE offers free, confidential custody-status notifications by phone, text, email, or app. It is useful when a local web roster is absent, but its function is notice rather than a full arrest history. A subscriber should still confirm the source record with the sheriff or the court. The official VINE custody search and notification entry appears in the captured interface.
VINE adds a change alert to the process without replacing the booking record or final disposition.
Federal custody uses a different system. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator searches by federal number or by name and covers federal inmates from 1982 forward.
A federal result does not establish Moore County jail custody, and “released” or “not in BOP custody” does not rule out another custody system or supervision.
Arrest Records vs Conviction Records
A Moore County arrest record documents that an agency took a person into custody and listed allegations. A conviction record comes from a court judgment after a guilty plea or verdict. Prosecutors may decline, dismiss, amend, or replace a booking count, and a court may acquit or grant diversion. The two records must not be treated as if they prove the same event.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and booking custodian | Created and maintained by the court clerk |
| Shows custody and alleged charges at that point | Shows a count-by-count judgment and sentence |
| Lives with the sheriff, jail, or other arresting agency | Lives in the General Sessions or Circuit/Criminal file and may be reported to TBI |
| Can end with release, no filing, dismissal, or a changed count | Can lead to sentence, appeal, diversion, or later expungement when legally eligible |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt, and only the final Moore County court disposition shows how each filed count ended.