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.
Garden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho, with about 13,000 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 Garden 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 2 city office pages for Garden 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 Garden City records are kept
- Kept by the City of Garden City: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Ada 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 Ada County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Garden City police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Garden 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 Garden City police records.
- Website: gardencityidaho.org/departments/police/police-records (page title: Records Request | City Of Garden City)
- Phone: (208) 472-2997
- Address: 301 E. 50th Street Garden City, ID 83714
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Ada County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Garden 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: gardencityidaho.org/contact-us (page title: Contact Us | City Of Garden City)
- Phone: (208) 472-2900
- Address: 6015 N. Glenwood Street Garden City, ID 83714
- Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Garden City
Idaho public records law applies to the city government of Garden City. 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 Ada County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Ada County. The Ada County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Garden City Arrest Records
The Garden City arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Garden City's arrests to the FBI and the 586 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Garden City is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Garden City Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Garden City, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Garden City warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Garden City inmate search (the custody page of the Ada County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Garden City criminal records (the court file, the Idaho criminal history and the local arrest records), Garden City court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Garden City police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Idaho Public Records Act requires), Garden City DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Garden City divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Garden City property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Garden City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Garden City offices listed above, and the city's own website is gardencityidaho.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Garden City?
Request it from the Garden City police records unit at gardencityidaho.org, phone (208) 472-2997. 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 Garden City?
Garden City cases are heard by the courts that serve Ada County, and people arrested in Garden City are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Ada County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Garden City?
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. Idaho public records law applies to city governments.