This is a private reference site, not a Franklin County office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking record, or change a court file. For an official answer, use the agency that holds the person or maintains the record.
Where to Ask
For a current Franklin County jail custody question, start with the Franklin County Jail and Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page lists Sheriff Ricky Jones at 208 TX Hwy 37, Mt. Vernon, TX 75457, with phone 903-537-4539 and fax 903-537-2632. No separate jail records-unit number, jail information line, or public records counter hours were located, so call before visiting and ask whether a written Texas Public Information Act request under Texas Government Code Chapter 552 is needed.
Franklin County Jail and Sheriff's Office
208 TX Hwy 37
Mt. Vernon, TX 75457
Phone: 903-537-4539
Fax: 903-537-2632
Public jail records hours: not published in the reviewed official sources. Call ahead.
Use the office or locator that matches the record type.
- For someone who may be held in the county jail, use the sheriff's office and the jail inmate records page.
- For a booking photo or mugshot request, use the sheriff's office and the jail roster mugshots page.
- For charges, dockets, bond entries, or case settings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For the local detention facility, use the Franklin County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Texas prisoner, use the Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate locator, not the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
Court records and custody records are not the same file. Franklin County District Clerk Ellen Jaggers handles district-court filings from P.O. Box 750, Mount Vernon, TX 75457, with a physical office at Franklin County Courthouse Annex West, 204 Texas Highway 37, Mount Vernon, TX 75457. The district clerk phone is 903-537-8337 and fax is 903-537-8338.
County Clerk Brook Bussell is listed at 200 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, TX 75457. The county clerk phone is 903-537-8357, and the published email is countyclerk@co.franklin.tx.us. Felony prosecution contact belongs with District Attorney Will W. Ramsay at 282 Rosemont, Suite 1, Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, phone 903-885-0641. County Attorney Landon Ramsay is listed at 200 North Kaufman, Mt. Vernon, TX 75457, phone 903-537-2342 ext. 4.