{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Tim Shelton","chatgptsummary":"Tim Shelton's thirty-four-year tenure as Anderson County Register of Deeds demonstrates extensive experience in records management and electronic submission workflows. His leadership roles within state associations and recognition as Tennessee's Register of the Year indicate strong knowledge of recording statutes and public-access service requirements. The biography documents no controversies or disciplinary records. Bio does not indicate prior budget management experience or specific technology implementation experience beyond current office operations.","notes":null,"party":"R","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nTim Shelton is the Republican Anderson County Register of Deeds, running unopposed for reelection in the August 6, 2026 county general election after no other candidate qualified [1][2].\n\n## Career\nShelton has served as Register of Deeds since September 2002 [1]. He was named Tennessee's Register of the Year in 2004 and 2009, elected president of the Tennessee Register of Deeds Association in 2005, elected president of the County Officials Association of Tennessee in 2013, and named Tennessee's County Official of the Year in 2017 [1].\n\n## Office history\nThe office he leads was the first in the country to provide public online access to its indexes and images, beginning March 24, 1997, and it has offered e-recording for banks and attorneys since 2007 [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Register of Deeds \u2013 Anderson County, Tennessee](https://andersoncountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06\n[2] [Update: More candidates file for Anderson County races \u2014 The Courier News](https://www.mycouriernews.com/articles/2026/01/10600/update-more-candidates-file-for-anderson-county-races) \u2014 accessed 2026-07-06","firstname":"Tim","lastname":"Shelton","middlename":null,"suffix":null,"token":"6D7G9E3aKZ"},"token":"tim_shelton"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":null,"office":"register","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":{"retrieved_at":"2026-07-02","title":"Anderson County, TN \u2014 August 6, 2026 Sample Ballot","url":"https://www.acelection.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/August-2026-Sample-Ballot.pdf"},"title":"Register Of Deeds"}