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This department is also the County Coroner and the attorney for other Ferry County departments and the County Commissioners. Submit your Public Records Request form to Cindy Nelson, Office Administrative Assistant, or complete an online form.

 Washington State district and municipal courts may consider civil and criminal matters related to misdemeanor criminal cases, traffic, non-traffic, and parking infractions, domestic violence protection orders, civil actions of $75,000 or less, and small claims up to $5,000.  

The Mission Statement of the Franklin County Sheriff is to serve the public, safeguarding lives and property; to protect against deception, intimidation, disorder and violence; to treat the people with respect and dignity; to accept the duties and responsibilities required by law and to serve faithfully and honestly; to investigate diligently those crimes and activities which violate the law or ordinance; and to utilize professional and cost effective implementation of standards and techniques of law enforcement. The Sheriff's department has a $7,688,519.00 operations budget (2012) and 5 Operational Divisions with 88 employees.

 The Corrections Division is managed by a Captain with 1 Lieutenant, 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 23 Corrections Officers, 4 Records clerks, 2 cooks. The current jail opened in 1986 with a capacity of 102 beds. Jail has been modified to 156 beds by double bunking every cell that could be double bunked. They have added a small building onto the jail for work release, which has 38 beds. The daily average population of the jail is 196.