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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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Vital records
Franklin County Marriage Licenses, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Franklin County Real Estate Tax Claim Office: Collection of delinquent real estate taxes, payment information.
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Franklin County Criminal Records, with the criminal case, warrant and offender information the agency publishes.
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Franklin County Birth Records, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Voter registration and election information from Franklin County Municipal Election Results, the office that keeps the county voter roll.
Open official site Franklin County Municipal Election ResultsState records
Franklin County Office of Open Records: Request forms for copies of official public records and documents.
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Franklin County Office of Veterans Affairs: Assistance to veterans to obtain entitled benefits, services.
Open official site Franklin County Office of Veterans AffairsPolice & jail
Franklin County Sheriff, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Franklin County Treasurers Office Tax Collection, with the property tax bills, payment information and collections the office reports.
Open official site Franklin County Treasurers Office Tax CollectionPolice & jail
Franklin County Sheriff Sales of Foreclosed Properties, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
Open official site Franklin County Sheriff Sales of Foreclosed PropertiesVital records
Division of Vital Records Death Certificates, the office that issues certificates for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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Franklin County Regional Airport: Flight and airline information, general aviation services, on the official site of the office that keeps it.
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28 more Franklin County sources not listed above.
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Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Franklin County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Franklin County.
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 over its respective county, while the Sheriff's Office covers unincorporated areas and provides support for major investigations.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Franklin County Sheriff's Office, located at 270 North Second Street in Chambersburg, PA 17201, provides law enforcement services including court security, warrant service, and prisoner transport. Franklin County Correctional Facility, operated by the Sheriff's Office, houses inmates awaiting trial and those serving sentences. Inmate information and jail rosters can be accessed through Franklin County website at www.franklincountypa.gov or by calling the facility directly. Arrest records in Franklin County are considered public information under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq.
Arrest Records. Arrest records in Franklin County are maintained by Franklin County Sheriff's Office and local police departments.
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 submitting a formal request.
Business licensing and registration in Franklin County operates at multiple governmental levels. Franklin County Planning Department at 218 North Second Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201 (phone 717-261-3855) handles certain business permits and zoning matters. 218 North Second Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201 • Phone: 717-261-3865 Birth and death certificates for Franklin County are maintained by the Division of Vital Records at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, as Pennsylvania operates a state-level vital records system. However, Franklin County Register of Wills office at 157 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201 (phone 717-261-3886) can provide information and assistance with vital records requests.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 93 named mine sites inside the county, 89 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 37 holes drawn inside the county, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; crushed stone; Limestone, General.
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. DEP has an address lookup for mine subsidence risk at gis.dep.pa.gov/msiRisk where you enter a street address: if the site falls in a gray Underground Mining Area it is over or near a known mined area. The PHUMMIS inventory of historic underground mine maps sits at www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/Phummis and is linked from the DEP Act 54 maps page.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
The Pennsylvania criminal history record comes from the Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH). Run a name based PATCH check online at epatch.pa.gov or send a mail in PATCH request. Fee: $22.00 for each PATCH check; online card payments add a 2% fee.
Search the Pennsylvania State Police Megan's Law Website, or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county voter registration office (county board of elections) or through the Pennsylvania Department of State. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must register at least 15 days before the election.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Franklin County are kept by the Franklin County recorder of deeds. Property values are set by the county assessment office, and tax bills come from the local elected tax collector; county treasurer in some counties. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Pennsylvania come from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. The Department of Health runs six Vital Records public offices across the state for in person requests. Online through VitalChek at mycertificates.health.pa.gov, the state's only authorized vendor, by mail to Division of Vital Records, Birth Certificate Processing Unit, PO Box 1528, New Castle, PA 16103, or in person at a Vital Records public office. Fee: $20 for each birth certificate; online orders add a $10 processing fee.
Business entity filings are searched with the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations. There is no general business license that all Pennsylvania businesses must obtain; licensing depends on the business activity and location, and owners contact their locality about local business licenses.
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