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.
Montclair is a city in San Bernardino County, California, with about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city 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 Montclair 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 city office pages for Montclair, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Montclair records are kept
- Kept by the City of Montclair: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by San Bernardino County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the San Bernardino County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Montclair police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Montclair 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 Montclair police records.
- Website: cityofmontclair.org/police-reports-and-records-bureau (page title: Police Reports and Records Bureau | Montclair, CA)
- Address: 4870 Arrow Highway, Montclair, CA 91763
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the San Bernardino County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Public records requests to Montclair
California public records law applies to the city government of Montclair. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: cityofmontclair.org/public-records (page title: Public Records | Montclair, CA)
- Phone: (909) 387-8306
- Hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for 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.
Other cities and towns in San Bernardino County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in San Bernardino County. The San Bernardino County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Montclair Arrest Records
The Montclair arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Montclair's arrests to the FBI and the 1,222 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Montclair is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Montclair Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Montclair, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Montclair warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Montclair inmate search (the custody page of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Montclair criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Montclair court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Montclair police reports (which agency holds a report and what the California Public Records Act requires), Montclair traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Montclair DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Montclair divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Montclair property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Montclair website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Montclair offices listed above; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Montclair?
Request it from the Montclair police records unit at cityofmontclair.org. 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 Montclair?
Montclair cases are heard by the courts that serve San Bernardino County, and people arrested in Montclair are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the San Bernardino County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Montclair?
Through the city's records request page at cityofmontclair.org/public-records, phone (909) 387-8306. A record it does not cover 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.