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Find the right office in Franklin County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Property records
The Franklin County Tax Collector bills and collects the property taxes, and the records show the parcel, the owner and what is charged and paid on it each year.
Open official site Franklin County Property Tax InformationPolice & jail
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement search lists the sexual offenders and predators registered in Franklin County and can be searched by name, address or neighborhood.
Open official site Franklin County Sex OffendersVital records
Official death certificates from the county of Franklin.
Open official site Franklin County Death RecordsCity records
City of Apalachicola City Hall, 1 Bay Avenue, phone (850) 653-9319, issues the annual city business license, with the ordinance, application forms and vacation rental license.
Open official site City of Apalachicola City HallState records
Voter registration and election information from Franklin Voter Registration, the office that keeps the county voter roll.
Open official site Franklin Voter RegistrationPolice & jail
Search the inmate search public database.
Open official site Franklin County Inmate and Most WantedCity records
Search and order recorded documents in the county.
Open official site Franklin County Recorded DocumentsProperty records
Link to Franklin County judgments and liens.
Open official site Franklin County Judgments and LiensEverything else, organized
8 more Franklin County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Franklin County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Franklin County. Notable divisions within the Sheriff's Office include the patrol division, criminal investigations, and a dedicated narcotics unit that addresses drug-related crimes in Franklin County.
Police Departments. In addition to Franklin County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Franklin County is supported by municipal police departments, including the Apalachicola Police Department and the Carrabelle Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Franklin County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 270 State Road 65, Eastpoint, FL 32328, is the primary law enforcement agency for Franklin County. Sheriff A.J. Smith leads the department, which provides patrol services, criminal investigations, and operates Franklin County Detention Facility. Municipal police departments operate in the incorporated municipalities within Franklin County, including the Apalachicola Police Department at 1 Avenue E, Apalachicola, FL 32320, and the Carrabelle Police Department serving the City of Carrabelle.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
• Phone: (931) 962-0123
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 3 named mine sites inside the county, 0 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 8 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. Florida sinkholes are karst, not mine subsidence.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Franklin County Sheriff or a city police department in Franklin County. Ask that agency for its record. Under section 901.43, Florida Statutes, anyone who publishes arrest booking photographs may not solicit or accept a fee to remove them, and must remove a photograph without charge within 10 calendar days after a written request sent by registered mail.
The Florida criminal history record comes from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Information Services. Online name based search of public Florida criminal history through the FDLE Instant Search (results are not certified), or a certified request; FDLE no longer takes mailed request forms. Fee: $24.00 per search, plus a $1.00 credit card processing fee.
Search the Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators (FDLE), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county Supervisor of Elections or through the Florida Division of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. The deadline to register to vote for an upcoming election is 29 days before the election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Franklin County are kept by the Franklin County Clerk of the Circuit Court, as county recorder. Property values are set by the county Property Appraiser, and tax bills come from the county Tax Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Florida come from the Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Local county health departments take mail in and walk in requests for Florida birth records from 1917 to the present; fees vary by county. By mail to Florida Department of Health, Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 210, Jacksonville, Fl 32231-0042, walk in at 1217 N Pearl St., Jacksonville, at a county health department, or online and by phone through VitalChek (877-550-7330), the only contracted vendor. Fee: $9 for the first computer generated birth certification (includes the $9 search fee); $4 for each additional copy.
Court records for Franklin County are kept by the clerk of the court that heard the case. See Franklin County Criminal Court (https://www.franklinclerk.com/) to search cases and request copies.
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