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.
Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, with about 5,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the town and the county. The town 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 Surfside 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 town office pages for Surfside, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Police records, Town Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Town or county record: where Surfside records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Surfside: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Miami-Dade County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not town records; they are in the Miami-Dade County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Surfside police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Surfside 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 Surfside police records.
- Website: townofsurfsidefl.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/h... (page title: 1 Rev Sept. 2014 TOWN OF SURFSIDE 9293 Harding Avenue Surfside, Florida 33154)
- Phone: 305.861.4862
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the town police. They are in the Miami-Dade County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Surfside Town Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the town's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The town's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: townofsurfsidefl.gov/contact-us (page title: Contact Us)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Surfside
Florida public records law applies to the town government of Surfside. 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 Miami-Dade County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Surfside Arrest Records
The Surfside arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Surfside's arrests to the FBI. It also says where a person arrested in Surfside is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Surfside Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Surfside, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Surfside warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Surfside inmate search (the custody page of the Miami-Dade County Police Department, the jail numbers and who books people), Surfside criminal records (the court file, the Florida criminal history and the local arrest records), Surfside court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Surfside police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) requires), Surfside traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Surfside DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Surfside divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Surfside property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Surfside website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Surfside offices listed above, and the town's own website is townofsurfsidefl.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Surfside?
Request it from the Surfside police records unit at townofsurfsidefl.gov, phone 305.861.4862. 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 Surfside?
Surfside cases are heard by the courts that serve Miami-Dade County, and people arrested in Surfside are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Miami-Dade County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Surfside?
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. Florida public records law applies to town governments.