Find Franklin County 24 Hour Booking

Franklin County 24 hour booking records document every arrest processed at the county jail in Carnesville. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office handles all jail intake and keeps a record of each person brought into custody. This northeast Georgia county sits along the I-85 corridor between Atlanta and the South Carolina border. Arrests by county deputies, local police, and state troopers all funnel through the same Franklin County jail. You can check on recent bookings by contacting the sheriff's office. The jail log includes names, charges, arrest times, and bond amounts for everyone currently in custody.

Franklin County Sheriff Booking Office

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is at 1 James Little Street in Carnesville. This office runs the county jail and processes every arrest that happens within Franklin County borders. The jail operates 24 hours a day. Staff at the facility handle intake around the clock, logging each person's data into the booking system as they come in. Every new entry creates a 24 hour booking record that is kept on file.

You can call the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at (706) 384-2525. The staff can answer questions about recent arrests and current inmates. Franklin County is part of the Northern Judicial Circuit, which also covers Elbert, Hart, Madison, and Oglethorpe counties. Each county has its own jail though. Booking records for Franklin County stay at the sheriff's office in Carnesville.

The I-85 corridor runs through Franklin County. That highway brings a mix of local and pass-through traffic. Arrests along I-85 in Franklin County are processed at the same jail as any other local arrest. All booking data ends up in the same system at the sheriff's office.

How Franklin County 24 Hour Booking Works

After an arrest in Franklin County, the person is taken to the jail in Carnesville. Jail staff start the booking process right away. They collect the person's name, date of birth, home address, and physical description. Each charge from the arresting officer is logged. A photograph is taken during intake. The person receives a booking number and is placed in a holding area. All of this information enters the Franklin County jail system and becomes part of the official record.

The booking process takes some time. Depending on how busy the jail is, it can be a couple of hours before the record is fully in the system. On a slow day, it goes faster. But every arrest in Franklin County follows the same steps regardless. Once the process is done, the booking shows up in the 24 hour log.

Franklin County is a smaller county with around 23,000 people. Carnesville, Lavonia, Canon, and Royston are the main towns. Local police in these towns may make arrests, but they bring everyone to the Franklin County jail for processing. So the sheriff's office has the complete booking record for the whole county in one place.

Note: All local police departments in Franklin County bring their arrests to the county jail in Carnesville for intake.

Franklin County 24 Hour Booking Records Access

Booking records from the Franklin County jail are public under Georgia law. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 defines public records as all documents prepared or kept by any public agency. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office falls under that definition. You have the right to see or copy booking records without explaining why you need them.

The rules for requesting records are in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71. You can make your request in writing or orally. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has three business days to respond. Copy fees are around $0.10 per page, and the first quarter hour of search time is free. If total estimated costs will go over $500, the office can ask you to pay up front before they begin the search. Personal data like social security numbers and cell phone numbers are redacted from Franklin County records before release, as required by O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72.

Georgia Resources for Franklin County 24 Hour Booking

The GDC Find Offender tool lets you search for anyone in the Georgia state prison system. This is different from the Franklin County jail. State prisons hold people serving longer sentences. If someone arrested in Franklin County ends up with a prison sentence, they transfer from the county jail to a GDC facility. The GDC search tool shows current facility location and basic inmate information.

For criminal history records, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation runs the state database through the Georgia Crime Information Center. You can get your own record from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office or from the GBI directly. Under O.C.G.A. § 35-3-34, private persons can get another person's record with signed consent. Felony convictions are available without consent. For fingerprint-based checks, use the Georgia Applicant Processing Service at IdentoGO.

The GDC homepage links to the offender search tool, facility information, and family resources for people with loved ones who were transferred from a county jail like Franklin County's to state prison.

The Governor's Office open records page explains the general rules for public records requests in Georgia. While the Governor's Office itself does not hold booking records, the same Open Records Act applies to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office and every other county agency in the state.

Franklin County Booking Photo Rules

Georgia restricts how booking photos can be shared. O.C.G.A. § 35-1-18 prevents law enforcement in Franklin County from posting booking photographs on any website. If you want a copy of a booking photo from the Franklin County jail, you must provide a written statement about how you intend to use it. Lying on that statement is a crime under O.C.G.A. § 16-10-20.

Third-party mugshot sites that post booking photos from Franklin County or anywhere else in Georgia must remove them within 30 days if you send a written request and the arrest qualifies for record restriction under O.C.G.A. § 10-1-393.5. Include your name, date of birth, arrest date, and the arresting agency. If the site does not take the photo down, the Georgia Department of Law's Consumer Protection Division handles complaints.

Franklin County 24 Hour Booking Record Restriction

Some Franklin County arrests can be sealed on your criminal history. O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37 allows restriction when charges are dismissed, not presented to a grand jury, or nolle prossed. The prosecutor in the Northern Judicial Circuit must approve it. Once restricted, the arrest is only visible to judges and criminal justice agencies. Private employers and other civilians cannot see it.

The First Offender Act at O.C.G.A. § 42-8-60 is another option. If you completed a first offender sentence in a Franklin County case, you are exonerated of guilt. The charge is sealed on your Georgia criminal history record. This is a state-level law that applies to all counties. Guilty dispositions on standard sentences do not qualify for restriction anywhere in Georgia.

Note: Record restriction applications for Franklin County cases go through the prosecutor assigned to the Northern Judicial Circuit.

Cities in Franklin County

Franklin County has several small towns including Carnesville, Lavonia, Canon, and Royston. All arrests made in these communities are booked at the Franklin County jail in Carnesville.

Nearby Counties

These counties are next to Franklin County. Each one has its own jail and keeps separate 24 hour booking records. If you are not sure where an arrest was processed, check the location of the incident.