This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, arrange jail time, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office or facility contacts below for those requests.
Where to Start
Franklin County has no jail in the county. For a current inmate-location question, the official local channel is the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at the Law Enforcement Center.
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Aaron Dodd
Address: 105 5th Street SW, PO Box 57, Hampton, IA 50441
24-hour non-emergency and inmate-location phone: 641-456-2731
Administrative phone: 641-456-6035
Fax: 641-456-2216
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:00 pm
After Franklin County confirms the holding jail, contact that receiving jail for visitation, mail, money, phone, bond, and facility-specific booking questions.
- For a Franklin County arrestee or custody-location question, start with jail inmate records and call the sheriff at 641-456-2731.
- For booking-photo availability, use jail roster mugshots and then ask the receiving jail or lawful records custodian.
- For charges, court dates, dispositions, or filed documents, use court records after a jail arrest and the clerk contact below.
- For facility rules, use the Hardin, Butler, Wright, and Cerro Gordo facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Iowa prisoner, use the Iowa Department of Corrections offender search rather than a county jail roster.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator because those systems are separate from Franklin County jail records.
Receiving Jail Contacts
- Hardin County Correctional Center: 641-939-8189; Franklin County jail-time listing: 641-939-8194.
- Butler County Jail: 319-346-6621; Franklin County jail-time listing: 319-267-2410.
- Wright County Jail: 515-602-6152.
- Cerro Gordo County Jail: 641-421-3019; Franklin County jail-time listing: 641-421-3004.
Court and Prosecutor Contacts
Franklin County Clerk of District Court
Address: 12 1st Ave NW, Suite 203, Hampton, IA 50441
Phone: 641-456-5626
Fax: 641-456-5628
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm; closed 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Franklin County Attorney
County Attorney: Andrea Miller
Address: Courthouse, 12 - 1st Ave NW, PO Box 477, Hampton, IA 50441
Phone: 641-456-6027
Fax: 641-456-6028
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
The clerk is the court-record contact for filed case records. The county attorney handles prosecution and is not the public docket search office.
IowaVINE Notifications
IowaVINE and VINELink can help with custody-status notifications for participating Iowa jail and corrections records. IowaVINE is available by phone at 1-888-742-8463, and VINELink is available online. It is a notification channel, not a bond-payment service or a substitute for calling Franklin County to learn which receiving jail holds a person.