Run his name through Grainger County Inmate Search. If the first search is empty, try the last name alone. A fresh booking may need a few hours before it posts.

Still nothing? Call 865-828-3613 and ask the booking staff. Have his full name and birth date in front of you.

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No. Grainger County people stay in the county's own detention facility at 270 Justice Center Drive, Rutledge, TN 37857. The mailing address is PO Box 65, Rutledge.

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Visiting and bail are separate. The detention facility allows in-person visits Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on a first-come basis, with two 30-minute visits permitted in any seven-day period. Remote visits can be scheduled on any day through the facility's scheduling service.

None of this affects release. Only a bond posted with the court can do that.

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A judge or magistrate decides it, looking at the specific person. Tennessee Code 40-11-105 entitles anyone arrested on a bailable offense to be admitted to bail. Under 40-11-106, a sheriff or officer may take bail and release someone only once it has been set. Jail staff cannot read a number off a published chart and let someone go.

The Circuit Court Clerk, 865-828-3605, can tell you when the next court date is.

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The whole amount is due, not a fraction. Tennessee Code 40-11-118(a)(1) lets the defendant leave a cash deposit equal to the bail with the court clerk. The clerk may take debit cards or mobile cash apps and pass its fee to the payer.

Call the Circuit Court Clerk at 865-828-3605 for the clerk's office location and times. When the clerk is closed, ask the Sheriff's Department at 865-828-3613 what the jail accepts.

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No, and mixing them up is a common and costly mistake. The detention facility has a lobby kiosk and phone and online services for adding money to an inmate's account, and a separate phone service for call time. All of it stays on the account for his own use. None of it posts bail.

Bail goes to the clerk, a bondsman or a property bond.

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The statutory notice in Tennessee Code 40-11-151 says a Tennessee resident should pay about 10 percent of the bond. A $25 initiation fee and a $12 bail tax can be added once. People from out of state pay 10 to 15 percent.

Every fee needs a written receipt. Collateral beyond the premium requires a receipt that describes each item and how to get it back.

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Check two approvals. One is the license from the Board of Professional Bondsmen under 40-11-321. The other is approval by the courts of the judicial district. Grainger County is in the Fourth Judicial District, which also covers Cocke, Jefferson and Sevier counties.

If either is missing, walk away. A legitimate bondsman also may not re-arrest a client without good cause.

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It can, if the land is in Tennessee. The four recognized routes are cash, Tennessee real estate, two sufficient sureties who are not professional bondsmen or attorneys, and a professional bondsman.

Real estate means paperwork the court must review, so plan on extra time. Ask the Circuit Court Clerk at 865-828-3605 what to bring.

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Section 40-11-118(b) lists them: how long he has lived in the area, job history and finances, family ties, character and mental condition, past record and court attendance, the charge, the likely sentence and whether anyone could be in danger. Responsible community members may vouch, up to two defendants each.

Documents showing a job and a home do more than promises.

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Yes. By law the court weighs a promise-to-appear or unsecured release first (40-11-115(b)), then the least onerous conditions (40-11-116). Money bail comes in only when the lesser steps will not reasonably assure he returns (40-11-117).

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A capital charge, a hold from another agency, or the waiting period that follows certain domestic and stalking arrests. That waiting period is 12 hours, and up to 24 hours for aggravated assault involving strangulation or a deadly weapon (40-11-150). In those cases the court sets no-contact terms, and GPS monitoring can be ordered.

865-828-3613 reaches the staff who can tell you which applies.

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Section 40-11-118(d) calls for an ignition interlock device in DUI cases involving a crash with property damage, a minor in the vehicle, a prior suspension or a prior listed conviction. Third and later alcohol DUIs trigger transdermal monitoring, paid for by the defendant.

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A magistrate must see the person "without unnecessary delay" under Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 5, explain the charge and set conditions. If a felony defendant is held, the preliminary hearing comes within 14 days. If released, within 30 days.

The Fourth Judicial District public defender, 865-397-0108, serves Grainger County.

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Bean Station, Blaine and Rutledge are the county's three incorporated towns, and each can have its own officers. Ask the arresting department for a report number, then watch Grainger County Inmate Search for the booking.

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The adult search will not show a child. Juvenile matters go through the court system by petition, and the Circuit Court Clerk at 865-828-3605 can tell you which office and judge to contact.

Records of children's cases are not public.

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The court can forfeit the bond under 40-11-139 and 40-11-201 and order his arrest, and a surety may surrender him to the jail (40-11-132). If the case ends well, the clerk returns the cash deposit under 40-11-119, after fines and costs are taken under 40-11-121. A surety is not liable for fines, costs or restitution unless the bond says so (40-11-118(c)).

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