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 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.  

The Mission of the Benton & Franklin Counties Office of Public Defense is to provide quality, cost-effective, legal representation to indigent and other qualified persons charged with criminal offenses, or otherwise facing incarceration or loss of liberty interest, so as to protect their Constitutional and other legal rights, educate them about the criminal justice system, and champion the interests of justice.