Kenton Court Docket Searches
A city citation belongs to Kenton City Court. The town sits at 108 N Poplar Street, Kenton, TN 38233. City Hall answers at `(731) 749-5767`. Per MTAS, Charles Crouson serves as City Judge and City Court Clerk at `(731) 749-0255`. Before you mail anything or drive over, call. Ask which line now handles the record.
Kenton's official pages offer no search fields or case-detail screen. Tennessee Case Finder covers Circuit and General Sessions-Civil matters, not municipal records. Public Case History handles appeals only. None of these replaces a call to the Kenton clerk for a docket search.
- Read the court and citation number from the notice.
- Call the Kenton court line or City Hall.
- Ask for the current setting, plea, status, judgment, and balance.
- Request the docket or filed judgment in plain or certified form.
- If Kenton has no record, ask whether the case moved to an Obion County court.
No Online Kenton Court Payments
Kenton's general-government page says plainly that the town takes no online payments. Checks, cash, money orders, and cards are accepted. There is also a dropbox near the City Hall entrance, plus mail. That is an access fact only, not proof the town lacks court records.
Quick answer: A Kenton payment must use an approved offline route. Call first to confirm the amount, payee, due date, and case.
The official payment-method capture documents the no-online-payment notice.
The notice tells you how to send money and nothing more. It does not show the Kenton court docket or certify any result.
Inside the Kenton Municipal Court
Kenton City Court meets at City Hall, not the Obion County court complex. The city names Charles Crouson as City Judge. MTAS lists him in a combined City Judge and City Court Clerk role. MTAS also lists Shayna Jackson as City Recorder and Sonya Ervin as City Clerk. Call the court line. Ask which official handles docket and copy requests today.
A municipal docket covers local citations, traffic provisions, and ordinance matters within city authority. It will not hold a county Circuit, General Sessions, Chancery, Probate, or Juvenile case. Kenton staff can tell you. Did a citation stay local or move to a county clerk?
Kenton First-Two-Mondays Pattern
The city's police and court page says court is normally held at City Hall on the first two Monday nights of each month at 7:00 p.m. That holds unless otherwise stated. The pattern helps a caller frame the right question. It does not promise your citation is set on the next listed Monday.
Holidays, resets, continuances, and local changes can all move a setting. Call before court night and ask whether the date is firm. Request the event type and any written setting notice. A later docket entry controls over an old date still showing on a notice.
The official Kenton court capture lists the judge, the location, and the normal court-night pattern.
It is the best published calendar clue, while the clerk remains the case-specific source.
Finding Kenton Court Dates
Ask the Kenton clerk to read the newest entry tied to the citation. A setting is only a scheduled appearance, not proof a hearing happened. A reset assigns a new date. A continuance records a postponement. After the appearance, look for a later judgment or disposition.
| Citation number | The identifier printed on the ticket or assigned by court. |
|---|---|
| Date and time | The current case-specific setting, not just the usual Monday pattern. |
| Location | Kenton City Hall unless the clerk gives another court. |
| Judge | The current judicial officer for the setting. |
| Setting type | First appearance, plea, hearing, trial, or another entered event. |
| Status | Pending, reset, disposed, paid, appealed, or another clerk entry. |
Note: Confirm the court date directly, because the published first-two-Mondays pattern is not a case-level calendar.
Kenton City Hall Is Not County Court
The 108 N Poplar Street address belongs to Kenton's town government and city court. Obion County's court clerks work in numbered offices on Bill Burnett Circle in Union City. A Kenton municipal citation should not start at the county complex just because both governments sit within Obion County.
| Matter | Likely first route |
|---|---|
| Kenton city citation | Kenton City Court |
| County misdemeanor or civil warrant | Obion General Sessions |
| Circuit case | Obion Circuit Court Clerk |
| Chancery or Probate | Obion Clerk & Master |
| State appeal | Tennessee Public Case History |
Ask Kenton staff where the matter was filed. If they point you to General Sessions, call `(731) 507-0999`, extension #1 then #2.
Kenton Traffic Ticket Lookups
A Kenton ticket lookup is a clerk request, not a public online form. Give the clerk the citation number. Give the ordinance or traffic code if shown, the issue date, and the issuing agency. Then ask about first appearance, court-night date, plea, reset, judgment, costs, payment, and appeal.
Payment and case status are two different things. Checks, cash, money orders, cards, the dropbox, and mail are payment channels. None of them is a docket search. Keep the receipt. If the outcome matters, ask for written confirmation of the court result. The county-wide Obion County traffic court record route fits only when the county court holds the citation.
Kenton Payment, Judgment, and Docket
Three requests, three different answers. A payment record shows money received. A judgment states the court's ruling. The docket lays out the sequence of case events, so ask for the right product rather than treating one as a stand-in for all three.
- Payment receipt
- Proof that a stated amount was accepted.
- Docket
- The chronological register of filings, settings, and court events.
- Judgment
- The filed result or order entered by the court.
- Certified copy
- A clerk-authenticated copy when Kenton offers that service.
Kenton's municipal copy and certification charges appear in no official posting. Ask the clerk for an estimate, and do not assume Obion County's fee schedule applies.
How Kenton Cases Reach County Court
A municipal case stays with Kenton unless jurisdiction, transfer, or appeal sends it elsewhere. County-level cases go through the Obion clerks even when the events happened in Kenton. After login, Tennessee Case Finder may help. Its stated coverage runs to Circuit and General Sessions-Civil. Municipal coverage should not be assumed.
Docket flow: Kenton Municipal Court › Obion County Courts › Circuit Court
General Sessions handles Kenton matters the town routes to county level, and that office sits at 9 Bill Burnett Circle. Circuit Court filings go to 7 Bill Burnett Circle instead. The Obion County court docket overview lays out both county routes in one place.
Kenton Court Context by Population
Kenton placed fourth among Obion County's incorporated places in the comparable 2020 Census table, counting 1,205 residents. An MTAS listing from a later vintage puts the town at 1,273 for 2025. The two figures measure different years, so treat them separately rather than blending them.
A town this size proves a point. A simple phone call can beat a web portal. So can a trip to the counter, when a portal offers nothing. Population says nothing about caseload, though.
Neither figure tells you how full the Kenton docket runs. A low head count never decides jurisdiction by itself. Court authority matters here. So does the agency that issued the ticket. The actual filing determines where a record lives. The numbers serve as civic background only. Let the citation and the clerk set the route to the case.
Who Can See Kenton Court Records
Requests for public municipal court records go to the Kenton custodian. Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 34 sets out the access framework while carving out confidential and excluded material. When a record mixes public and protected details, ask for the public portion.
Access point: The city court offers no public Kenton search fields. Call the court, give the citation, and ask about the public docket or judgment plus the current copy process.
If Kenton points you to a public-records custodian, follow the town's own process. The Obion County request form shows what a specific description looks like, but Kenton does not automatically accept it. Appeals run through Tennessee Public Case History, which supplements rather than replaces the city record.
Napoleon Gun at Kenton City Hall
Kenton's official history mentions a Napoleon gun on display at City Hall. Baton Rouge Arsenal restored it in 1996 through Tennessee's 200 Bicentennial program. The landmark helps you spot the municipal building where city court normally convenes, nothing more.
Access works the same either way. Confirm the time, the current entrance, and the record counter before you go. Court night and a daytime copy request can involve different office routines. Ask whether records staff will be present during court. Also ask whether a return trip during regular office hours is needed.
Mail and the dropbox deserve equal care. Both are listed for payment. They are not guaranteed intake points for a Kenton docket request, plea, contest, or a request to move a date. For the filed result, call the city court. Give the citation number. Ask how the public judgment will be delivered. If a certified copy is available, pin down the price and wording before sending any funds. Keep the clerk's instructions with your receipt so the payment path and the records path stay separate.
Read the court-night pattern with care too. Words like "normally" and "unless otherwise stated" leave room for holidays, resets, and local changes. The first two Monday nights are a prompt to call. They are not proof your citation sits on the next Kenton docket. Have staff read the newest case-specific setting and name any continuance or written notice that replaced the original date.
Keep the judge's role and the record request distinct. Kenton lists Charles Crouson as City Judge. MTAS shows him in a combined judge and court-clerk entry. A City Recorder and City Clerk are listed alongside him. Municipal duties shift, so ask who currently holds the docket and who issues a certified judgment. Use the published names to route the call rather than assuming each official keeps the file.
An appeal or county transfer changes the paper trail. Save the Kenton citation number and get the receiving court's number too. Tennessee Public Case History serves state appeals only. Tennessee Case Finder's public wording covers Circuit and General Sessions-Civil. It does not cover Kenton municipal cases. The Obion General Sessions clerk matters only once the city confirms that office received the matter. That order of checks prevents false no-result conclusions and duplicate requests.