This is a private reference site, not the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, a jail, a court, or a records desk. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain official booking records for you. For any official action, contact the agency that holds the record or custody decision.
Where to Start for Custody or Records
For a person who may be in the Franklin County Detention Complex, start with the Sheriff's Office and have the person's full name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number ready.
Franklin County Sheriff's Office / Franklin County Detention Complex
285 T Kemp Road, Louisburg, NC 27549
Office: (919) 496-2186
Fax: (919) 340-0172
After-hours non-emergency: (919) 496-2511
Main office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday
Franklin County public records requests
Email: Records@franklincountync.gov
North Carolina Chapter 132, including G.S. 132-1 and G.S. 132-6, governs access to many public records. G.S. 132-1.4 separately addresses criminal-investigation records and public law-enforcement information.
Public Information Officer
James F. Hicks III
113 Market Street, Louisburg, NC 27549
(919) 496-5994 and (919) 514-9982
Franklin County courts and bond-related contacts
Clerk of Superior Court: (919) 497-4200
Magistrate: (919) 497-4280
Use the list below to match the question to the most useful page or official system.
- For someone in the county jail, use the jail inmate records workflow and then call the Sheriff's Office if custody is not confirmed online.
- For booking photos, read the jail roster mugshots page before requesting a photo, because Franklin County does not publish an official online mugshot roster.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the North Carolina eCourts Portal or Clerk of Superior Court.
- For facility-specific rules, use the footer links for the Franklin County Detention Complex or Franklin Correctional Center.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, search through the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator rather than the county jail.
- For a federal inmate or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator, depending on custody type.