Open the sheriff's inmate roster and look for the name. If it is missing or you need the charge and bond, call adult detention at 785-229-1220, a line separate from the sheriff's front desk at 785-229-1200.

• Franklin County Detention Center, 220 S. Beech St., Ottawa, KS 66067; adult detention 785-229-1220, fax 785-229-1221. The sheriff's office is in Suite A of the same building.
• Osage County Jail, Law Enforcement Center, 131 W. 14th St., Lyndon, KS 66451, jail 785-828-4991
• Anderson County Jail, 135 E. 5th Ave., Garnett, KS 66032, 785-448-5678
• Coffey County Jail, 625 Neosho St., Burlington, KS 66839, jail 620-364-3199
• Linn County Jail, Linn County Justice Center, 308 Main St., Suite 103, Mound City, KS 66056, 913-795-2665 (Alternative number: 913-795-2666)

VINELink lets you search Kansas custody by name and sign up to hear by text, call or email when an Ottawa prisoner leaves custody. Help line: 866-574-8463.

The sheriff does not post a mugshot gallery. Booking photos and arrest reports can be requested from the sheriff at 785-229-1200 under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215); some records can be withheld. ICE detainee records: ICE FOIA.

Ottawa is home to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, which serves the county court's warrants; deputies answer at 785-229-1200. No Kansas agency offers a public statewide warrant search, but Ottawa's district court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, where a bench warrant would appear. A planned surrender at the Franklin County Detention Center, with a lawyer at your side, is the ordinary way to clear one. After a missed hearing, Ottawa's district court clerk at 301 S. Main St. is the one to call, at 785-242-6000.

Bond is decided at a first court appearance that K.S.A. 22-2901 requires without unnecessary delay. Adult detention at 785-229-1220 can say how to post it. Our Franklin County bail page covers bond types and conditions.

- District court, 301 S. Main St., Ottawa, 785-242-6000. It is part of the 4th Judicial District; look up cases on Case Search. - Ottawa Municipal Court, 715 W. 2nd St., Ottawa, KS 66067; 785-242-5333, fax 785-242-2564. It offers DUI diversion, and unpaid fines can lead to a driver's license suspension. Ottawa police at 785-242-2561 can say which court has a city ticket. Our Ottawa court page explains each stage.

Yes. Once a sworn affidavit shows no ability to pay, the court names defense counsel, paid by the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Visiting is arranged by the detention staff rather than the sheriff's front office. Call adult detention at 785-229-1220 for visiting days, times and registration. See our visitation page.

• Mail: inmate's full name, Franklin County Detention Center, 220 S. Beech St., Ottawa, KS 66067. Ask 785-229-1220 what may be enclosed; see our mail page.
• Calls: see our phone page and messaging page.
• Money: call 785-229-1220 for deposit methods; see our money page and commissary page.

The arresting agency holds the report, while the detention center holds the person. An arrest in Ottawa comes from Ottawa police, whose dispatch also answers at 785-242-3800; one in Wellsville comes from Wellsville police, and Wellsville City Hall is 785-883-2296. Arrests anywhere else in the county are by sheriff's deputies at 785-229-1200. Whichever agency made the arrest, the person is booked on Beech Street, so custody and bond questions go to 785-229-1220. The arresting agency is the one to ask for a report or about property it took as evidence.

The county's juvenile detention center closed in 2022. Franklin County Juvenile Services runs Juvenile Intake and Assessment at 226 S. Beech St., Ottawa, KS 66067, 785-229-3405, weekdays 8 to 5 with intake screening around the clock. The sheriff at 785-229-1200 can say where a child was taken.

Search KASPER from the Kansas Department of Corrections, then use our Kansas prisons directory.

Federal charges from Ottawa are heard in the Kansas City division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, clerk at 500 State Ave., Room 259, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913-735-2200. The U.S. Marshals Service in Kansas City, Kansas, 913-748-8550, houses federal pretrial detainees. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE can send a Form I-247A detainer after booking.
2. Posting the state bond does not cancel it.
3. Detention staff may hold the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)); absent an ICE pickup, the hold ends.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office handles Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. Use the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

The district court at 301 S. Main St. (785-242-6000) schedules trials, and the jail at 785-229-1220 can say whether the person is still in custody. K.S.A. 22-3402 requires trial within 150 days of arraignment when the defendant is jailed only on that charge, or 180 days when released on bond. If the defense asks for more time, that period is charged to the defendant.

Yes, $100. A defendant who qualifies for appointed counsel pays it to the district clerk on Main Street (785-242-6000) under K.S.A. 22-4529. The judge may excuse some or all of it if paying would be a manifest hardship, and it is sent back to the defendant when the charges are dismissed or the trial ends in acquittal. The same fee applies to a probation violation hearing.

Yes. Judges at 301 S. Main St. (785-242-6000) must give a start date reflecting each pretrial day in custody under K.S.A. 21-6615; the jail at 785-229-1220 has the dates.

• Franklin County Sheriff's Office, 220 S. Beech St., Suite A, Ottawa, KS 66067: 785-229-1200; emergency communications non-emergency line 785-242-3800
• Ottawa Police Department, 715 W. 2nd St., Ottawa, KS 66067: admin 785-242-2561, non-emergency dispatch 785-242-1700
• Wellsville Police Department, 704 E. 7th St., Wellsville, KS 66092: 785-883-2691
• Pomona, Richmond, Williamsburg, Princeton, Lane and Rantoul have no police department on the KBI list; sheriff's deputies cover them.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.