General Sessions Criminal Court is held on Tuesdays promptly at 9:00a.m. unless notified otherwise. Please give yourself plenty of time to go through the metal detectors and be seated before court starts.

Items NOT Allowed in Court:

*HATS

*PURSES/BRIEFCASES

*CELL PHONES

*SHARP OBJECTS

*FOOD OR DRINKS

*LIGHTERS

*TOBACCO PRODUCTS

*SHORTS/ TANK TOPS

*SUNGLASSES

Please leave items at home or in your vehicle. The Justice Center has no place to hold these items.

Worthless checks are a drain on the bottom line of any business whether it's large or small. Follow these easy steps to get the law to help you collect:

1. Notify the check writer with a certified letter giving them 10 days to pick up the bad check. If the check is over $500, the letter must be sent certified mail, return receipt. After ten (10) days have elapsed with no payment from the check writer, the merchant/individual can begin the process of prosecution.

2. Submit a completed and sworn affidavit of complaint, available at the Sheriff's Department, accompanied by the original worthless check, a copy of the ten (10) day letter and a copy of the certified mail receipt, if required, to a Judicial Commissioner (who will be contacted by the Sheriff's Department.

3. Affidavits of complaint can be filed at the White County Sheriff's Department:

111 Depot Street, Suite 4, Sparta, TN 38583

(931) 836-2700