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FILING A REPORT
In case of an emergency, please call 911.
REQUESTING A COPY OF A RECORD
For non-emergency reports, call our office at (636)583-2560. Please inform the operator that you need to speak with dispatch to file a report. If you receive the automated attendant, please select the option to speak with a dispatcher.
After speaking with dispatch, a deputy may make contact with you via phone or in person, depending on the circumstances.
Requests for records kept by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will be accepted by:
- Email – [email protected]
- Fax – (636) 584-6877
- In person - Monday through Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm, excluding holidays
- Phone – (636) 583-2560
- Mail – Attn: Records #1 Bruns Lane Union, MO 63084
We prefer to receive requests using our Record Request Form. Please include all relevant information about your request to ensure we can locate the correct record in our system. You may call ahead to verify that we have a record and to obtain the report number, however it is not necessary to do so.
Record requests are processed in the order they are received.
The fee schedule for record requests is as follows:
Report Processing Fee Report Detail Availability Incident Report $2.00 A record consisting of the date, time, specific location(s), name of victim(s), and immediate facts/circumstances surrounding the initial report of a crime or incident including a list of involved property and / or vehicles as applies. Any time after a report number has been drawn in the system. It will show the information that has been entered as of the time the report is printed Booking Report $5.00 A record of an arrest and of any detention or confinement incident with the charge therefor. If any person is arrested and not charged with a crime within 30 days, the arrest report shall be a closed record. Investigative Report $5.00 for 1st 50 pages, add $0.10 per black and white page thereafter A record, other than an arrest or incident report, inquiring into a crime or suspected crime, either in response to an incident report or in response to evidence developed by our deputies. May be considered a closed record until such time as the investigation is considered complete. * Other Records Requests - Fees will be assessed at the hourly rate of personnel required to complete the request, plus $0.10 per black and white printed page, other supply fees may apply. Talk to the Records Custodian for further details.
- Records will not be released until the non-refundable processing fee has been paid in full.
- Large requests or those requiring extensive research may require a deposit. Please call in advance when you know your request falls into this category.
- We accept payments through the mail in the form of check or money order. Payments made in person are accepted by cash, check, or money order.
- Our office will notify you when your record copy is ready for pick up. Records may be picked up in person during normal business hours Monday through Friday 8:00am-4:15pm, excluding holidays.
- If you wish for us to mail copies of requested records, along with your payment please include a self-addressed stamped return envelope sufficient in size to hold the records. Not all records are available for release by mail.
- Records released under Sunshine Law will have all social security numbers and juvenile identifiers redacted prior to release. We cannot certify these copies.
If you have any questions regarding obtaining a copy of a report or other records from our office please contact us at 636-583-2560 or [email protected]
Kimberly Moritz
Records Custodian
Franklin County Sheriff's Office