Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Franklin is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, with about 5,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the borough and the county. The borough keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Franklin offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 borough office pages for Franklin, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Police records, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Franklin records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Franklin: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Sussex County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not borough records; they are in the Sussex County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Franklin police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Franklin police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Franklin police records.
- Website: franklintwpnj.org/departments/police-department/professional-servic... (page title: Records Bureau | Township of Franklin, NJ)
- Phone: 732-873-5533
- Address: 5533 Ext. 1020 495 DeMott Lane, Somerset, NJ 08873
- Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the borough police. They are in the Sussex County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Franklin Borough Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the borough's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The borough's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: franklintwpnj.org/departments (page title: Departments | Township of Franklin, NJ)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Franklin
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Franklin. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Sussex County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Sussex County. The Sussex County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Franklin Arrest Records
The Franklin arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Franklin's arrests to the FBI and the 68 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Franklin is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Franklin Records Guides
SearchSystems has four more guides to Franklin, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Franklin warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Franklin inmate search (the jail page of the Sussex County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Franklin police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Open Public Records Act requires) and Franklin property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Franklin website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Franklin offices listed above, and the borough's own website is franklintwpnj.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Franklin?
Request it from the Franklin police records unit at franklintwpnj.org, phone 732-873-5533. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Franklin?
Franklin cases are heard by the courts that serve Sussex County, and people arrested in Franklin are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Sussex County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Franklin?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. New Jersey public records law applies to borough governments.