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Franklin County at a glance
- State
- Ohio
- County seat
- Columbus
- Population
- 1,323,807
- Area
- 543 sq mi
- Founded
- 1803
- Cities and towns
- 20
Franklin County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Franklin County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Franklin County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. Franklin County is served by several law enforcement agencies, including Franklin County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments. Each department has jurisdiction within its respective city limits, while the Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Franklin County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 373 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (phone: 614-525-3333, website: www.franklincountysheriff.com), provides law enforcement services to unincorporated areas and operates Franklin County Corrections Center. Inmates can be searched through the Sheriff's online inmate lookup portal at the official website, which provides booking information, charges, bond amounts, and projected release dates. Arrest records in Franklin County are public records under Ohio Revised Code §149.43, the state's public records law, which mandates prompt disclosure of most law enforcement records unless specific exemptions apply.
Criminal Records. Franklin County Clerk of Courts maintains records of criminal cases processed through Franklin County's court system.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Franklin County are maintained by Franklin County Sheriff's Office and the Columbus Division of Police.
Mugshots & Booking Photos. Mugshots in Franklin County are taken and retained by Franklin County Sheriff's Office during the booking process. These booking photos are part of the public record and can be accessed through the Sheriff's Office website or by request.
Business licensing and registration in Franklin County operates through multiple agencies depending on business type and location. Franklin County Clerk of Courts does not maintain a centralized business license registry, but the Ohio Secretary of State Business Services Division (phone: 614-466-3910, website: businessservices.ohiosos.gov) maintains the statewide business entity database where corporations, LLCs. Building permits, zoning approvals, and construction-related licensing in unincorporated Franklin County are handled by Franklin County Building Regulations and Code Enforcement Division (phone: 614-525-3035). Franklin County Board of Elections, located at 1700 Morse Road, Columbus, OH 43229 (phone: 614-525-3100, website: vote.franklincounty.oh.us), administers all federal, state, and local elections within Franklin County under the supervision of the Ohio Secretary of State. Franklin County Treasurer at 373 South High Street (phone: 614-525-3438) collects property taxes and maintains payment records. The court operates divisions including General Division, Domestic Relations & Juvenile Division, and Probate Division, with case information available at www.fccourts.org and phone inquiries at 614-525-3622. Marriage licenses are issued by Franklin County Probate Court at 373 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (phone: 614-525-3894), with a fee of $60.00 and a 3-day waiting period unless waived. Franklin County Recorder's Office, located at 373 South High Street, Columbus, OH 43215 (phone: 614-525-3930, website: recorder.franklincountyohio.gov), maintains all land records including warranty deeds, mortgage documents, liens, releases, easements, plat maps, military discharge records (DD-214s), and manufactured home titles. The City of Columbus Division of Income Tax (phone: 614-645-7370) administers business tax registration for entities operating within city limits. Franklin County Municipal Court, located at 375 South High Street (phone: 614-645-8214), handles misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic violations, and civil cases up to $15,000, serving the Columbus area with multiple judges.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Franklin County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Franklin County
- Old mine sites
- 13
- Sites with no status in the records
- 3
- Still producing
- 10
- Main minerals
- construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; Calcium
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 39
- Shafts and tunnels
- 0
- What they are
- gravel pit, quarry, open pit mine or quarry, quarry - limestone
- Maps surveyed
- 1954 to 1995
- Records behind them
- 69 records for 65 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 26 named mine sites inside the county, 13 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 39 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are construction sand and gravel; Limestone, General; Calcium.
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. Coverage is automatic in the 26 mandatory counties (Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Scioto, Stark, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, Washington) and optional in 11 more.
Ohio mine map and abandoned mine records
- ODNR Ohio Mines Locator (Mines of Ohio)Locations and permit information for thousands of mapped surface and underground coal and mineral mines, found by entering a street address or clicking mining features, with statewide shapefile download; the viewer itself opens at https://gis.ohiodnr.gov/MapViewer/?config=OhioMines.
- ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management, Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation ProgramsThe state and federal AML programs that investigate and fix hazards from pre law coal mining; questions and concerns to minerals@dnr.ohio.gov.
- ODNR Map Viewer, Mines of Ohio layers (Divisions of Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Management)The map application behind the Mines Locator with the abandoned underground mine polygons digitized from archival mine maps, organized by county, with a Data tab listing the shapefiles.
- ODNR Mine Subsidence Insurance (Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund)The 1985 state fund administered by the Mine Subsidence Insurance Governing Board through the Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Underwriting Association: in 26 mandatory counties the cover is added to every homeowner policy for $1 a year, in 11 optional counties it is $5 a year by choice, and claims go to the homeowner agent or insurer.
Named workings recorded in Franklin County (26 shown, 39 unnamed on the map)
- Columbus QuarryCalcium | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Claycraft No 4 & 5 PitsClay | Producer | Surface
- Claycraft PitClay | Past Producer
- Columbus Limestone QuarryLimestone, General | Past Producer
- Big Walnut Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | 2 records for this one site
- Blacklick PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Columbus No. 210 Plant and PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Columbus South #210Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Franklin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Hart Road Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- J.P. Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- J.P. Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Lockbourne No. 213 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | Surface
- Lockbourne Number 213 PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Masons Plant Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Masons Plant Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Mcdaniel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Mcdermit Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Medusa PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Olen Corporation PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Olen PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Olen PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Skyview Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Columbus 210 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, Construction; Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | Surface
- Columbus Limestone #221Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface
- (Facility) Asarco Columbus SmelterZinc | Plant | A processing plant, not a working
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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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Franklin County, Ohio?
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 Ohio Revised Code 2927.22 no one who publishes criminal record information, booking photographs included, may ask for or accept a fee to remove, correct or stop publishing it; a violation is a first degree misdemeanor.
How do I get a criminal background check in Franklin County, Ohio?
The Ohio criminal history record comes from the Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). Checks are fingerprint based: submit fingerprints electronically through a WebCheck location, or mail the BCI Civilian Background Check card with payment to P.O. Box 365, London, Ohio 43140. Fee: $22.00 for a BCI check.
How can I look up sex offenders in Franklin County, Ohio?
Search the Ohio Attorney General Electronic Sex Offender Registration and Notification (eSORN), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Franklin County, Ohio?
Register with the county board of elections or through the Ohio Secretary of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. Registration forms must be received or postmarked by the 30th day before the election.
How do I look up property records in Franklin County, Ohio?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Franklin County are kept by the Franklin County recorder. Property values are set by the county auditor, and tax bills come from the county treasurer. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Franklin County, Ohio?
Certified birth and death certificates for Ohio come from the Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. More than 100 local vital statistics offices at local health departments in Ohio offer in person or other same day certified copies of Ohio vital records. Online through the Department of Health order portal with a credit card, by mail with check or money order to PO Box 15098, Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098, or in person at a local vital statistics office; the state office at 4200 Surface Road, Columbus serves same day birth record requests Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fee: $21.50 for each certified birth or death record.
How do I find business license records in Franklin County, Ohio?
Business entity filings are searched with the Ohio Secretary of State, Business Services Division. Ohio.gov says some licenses and permits come from the state and others come from your city or county.
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