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.
Union City is a city in Alameda County, California, with about 66,000 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 Union City offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 city office pages for Union City, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Union City records are kept
- Kept by the City of Union City: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Alameda 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 Alameda County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Union City police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Union City 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 Union City police records.
- Website: unioncityca.gov/543/File-a-Police-Report (page title: File a Police Report | Union City, CA)
- 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 Alameda County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Union City City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: unioncityca.gov/151/Contact-Us (page title: Contact Us | Union City, CA)
- Phone: 510.471.3232
- Hours: Monday to Thursday - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Union City
California public records law applies to the city government of Union City. 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: unioncityca.gov/714/Public-Records-Request (page title: Public Records Request | Union City, CA)
- Phone: 888.280.7708
- Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 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 Alameda County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Alameda County. The Alameda County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Union City Arrest Records
The Union City arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Union City's arrests to the FBI and the 629 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Union City is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Union City Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Union City, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Union City warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Union City inmate search (the custody page of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Union City criminal records (the court file, the California criminal history and the local arrest records), Union City court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Union City police reports (which agency holds a report and what the California Public Records Act requires), Union City traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Union City DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Union City divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Union City property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Union City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Union City offices listed above, and the city's own website is unioncityca.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Union City?
Request it from the Union City police records unit at unioncityca.gov/543/File-a-Police-Report. 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 Union City?
Union City cases are heard by the courts that serve Alameda County, and people arrested in Union City are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Alameda County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Union City?
Through the city's records request page at unioncityca.gov/714/Public-Records-Request, phone 888.280.7708. 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.