FANNIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
725 COUNTY ROAD 4200
BONHAM, TEXAS 75418
(903) 583-2143- Main Number
(903) 583-4392 - Fax Number
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The Office of Sheriff in Texas was created by the Texas Constitution. There are 254 Counties in Texas and each county has a Sheriff. By statutes, the Sheriff is a Texas peace officer, a conservator of the peace, enforces the criminal laws of the State, and is responsible for the county jail, bail bonds, civil process, and security of the courts. In some small counties the Sheriff is also the tax collector.
The Office of Sheriff is one of the oldest offices known to our system of jurisprudence. Sheriffs are elected to office and serve for a four-year term. The size of Texas Sheriff's offices are as diverse as the population of their counties.
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"At one point in every day one of our county residents will come into contact with one of us, the employees of the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office. Our entire reputation will be in our hands and we will make an impression. That impression will either be good or it will be bad. We will have spoken to our citizens more loudly than all our community involvement and public relations put together." |
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