The Knox County Governmental Law Library is located on the Main Level of the City-County Building. The Law Library provides immediate access to legal information for the Knox County courts, judges, elected officials, government employees, the general public and members of the Knoxville Bar Association.
Memberships are available.
The library shelves contain a comprehensive collection of law books, codes, treatises, periodicals and case reporters focused primarily on Tennessee state and local government, but including the federal code and case reporters. Legal encyclopedias and law treatises cover issues, such as Uniform Commercial Code, bankruptcy, wills and estates, and criminal and civil law procedures. A computer provides access to some publications and documents. The Knox County Governmental Law Library was created in 1955 when the Tennessee State Legislature enacted Chapter 50 of the Knox County Private Acts. This act calls for a Governmental Library to be set up for the use of the courts, judges, state, county, and municipal officials, as well as attorneys and the general public.