Maximum Correctional Center Inmate Bail & Bonds

Use Davidson County Inmate Search before anything else. It shows the booking, the charges, and whether a bond is set. The Sheriff's Office inmate information line is 615-862-8123. A person arrested within the last few hours may not appear yet, so look again before you assume a mistake.

The Sheriff's Office runs the Downtown Detention Center, the Annex, the Behavioral Care Center, two Correctional Development Centers (one male, one female), and the Maximum Correctional Center. The Downtown Detention Center, 200 James Robertson Parkway, 615-862-8224, is the downtown facility. Davidson County Inmate Search shows where your person is housed, which matters for deposits and visits.

Judicial commissioners do. They hold probable cause hearings, issue warrants and set bail bonds. A General Sessions or Criminal Court judge can review the amount later. The Sheriff's Office cannot change it. The bond amounts on the inmate page carry a note that the court may change them.

Look for it on Davidson County Inmate Search, and confirm it with the Criminal Court Clerk's Office at 615-862-5670. The clerk's main office line is 615-862-5601. The office is on the second floor of the Justice A. A. Birch Building, 408 2nd Avenue North, Suite 2120. Bond amounts change when a judge acts, so ask for the current number on the day you pay.

The Criminal Court Clerk's office is at 408 2nd Avenue North, Suite 2120. The State Warrant and Bond Office is at 512 First Avenue North and also works on bonds. Call the clerk at 615-862-5670 before you travel, and ask which office takes your type of payment and what hours apply that day.

Davidson County has Local Rules of Practice for Bail Bonds in the 20th Judicial District, and they cover Criminal Court and Metropolitan General Sessions. Read them before you commit money, or ask the Criminal Court Clerk for the rule that applies to your payment before you put money down.

A Tennessee resident should expect to pay about 10 percent of the bond, and a nonresident 10 to 15 percent. The bondsman may add a one-time $25 fee and a $12 tax. The money stays with the bondsman after the case. Ask for a receipt that lists each charge and describes any collateral in writing.

A bondsman needs a license from the state Board of Professional Bondsmen and approval from the court in each judicial district where the bondsman works. Ask the Criminal Court Clerk's Office, at 615-862-5670, before you sign anything. A court can also remove a bondsman for harming a client or disrupting the court.

Yes. A cash bond is the full bail, and the clerk holds it until the case ends. When the person is discharged, the clerk returns the deposit, less any fines and court costs the court orders in that case. A clerk may take a debit card or payment app and pass the fee on to you. Keep every receipt with the case number.

Tennessee real estate can secure a bond, and so can a written agreement by two sureties who are not professional bondsmen or lawyers. Property bonds take more time than cash. Ask the Criminal Court Clerk's Office, 615-862-5670, for the court's requirements before you gather deeds, and expect every owner to sign.

Tennessee requires that an arrested person be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay. In Nashville a judicial commissioner can handle bail and warrants by video with the Downtown Detention Center. Ask the Criminal Court Clerk when your person's next date is.

A no-bond entry can mean a capital charge, a hold from another court, a probation violation, or a bond that has not been set. Under the constitution today, only capital offenses are excluded from bail.

For stalking, child abuse, elder abuse and some domestic offenses, the official cannot release the person for 12 hours unless a written finding shows no threat to the victim. In an aggravated assault with strangulation or a weapon, the hold can reach 24 hours. Release then requires a no-contact order, and the court may require GPS monitoring.

Yes. For many alcohol-related driving offenses, the judge may order an ignition interlock device, with proof of installation to the district attorney within 10 days. A third or later alcohol offense, or vehicular assault or homicide with a prior alcohol conviction, can bring transdermal monitoring paid for by the defendant.

Deposits are not bail. The Sheriff's Office takes commissary deposits through CorrectPay, JailATM and lobby kiosks, and phone and video accounts through ICSolutions. None of that money frees anyone. Pay bail only through the clerk or a licensed bondsman, and keep the receipt.

Video visits are available for the housing units that allow them, every day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and again from 7:30 p.m. to 9:20 p.m. Lobby visits at the Downtown Detention Center are not offered. Medical housing on the third floor does not get video visits. Call 615-862-8224 to ask about your person's unit.

The Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender represents people who cannot afford a lawyer and is the office for the 20th Judicial District. Call 615-862-7296. Ask the judge for appointed counsel at the first appearance, and ask your lawyer to seek a lower bail or release without money.

The Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center is at 100 Woodland Street, Nashville, 615-862-8066. Juvenile records are private, so Davidson County Inmate Search may not show a minor. Call the detention center for the hearing date and for what a parent can do.

A judge can forfeit the bond and send out an arrest warrant. Fines, costs or restitution fall on a surety only when the bond states it and the surety accepted it. Call the Criminal Court Clerk at 615-862-5670 the same day and speak to a lawyer about resetting the date.

• County jails: Davidson County Sheriff's Office jail system; Downtown Detention Center, 200 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37201; 615-862-8224
• Bond guide: Jail bail and bond page
• Custody lookup: Davidson County Inmate Search
• Sheriff's Office: 1 Jerry Newson Way, Nashville, TN 37206; inmate information 615-862-8123
• Criminal Court Clerk: Justice A. A. Birch Building, 408 2nd Avenue North, Suite 2120; 615-862-5670 or 615-862-5601
• Bond office: State Warrant and Bond Office, 512 First Avenue North, Nashville
• Judicial commissioners: Set bail through video hearings with the detention center
• Public defender: Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender, 615-862-7296
• Juvenile detention: 100 Woodland Street, Nashville; 615-862-8066

Bond amounts, local rules and office hours can change. Verify every figure for your own case with the Criminal Court Clerk or the Sheriff's Office before you pay. We offer general information only, not legal counsel.