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.
Ocean City is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, with about 6,900 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 Ocean 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 town office pages for Ocean City, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Police records, Town Hall, Records requests and Questions.
Town or county record: where Ocean City records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Ocean City: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Worcester 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 Worcester County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Ocean City police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Ocean 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 Ocean City police records.
- Website: oceancitymd.gov/oc/departments/police/crime-reports (page title: Crime Reports | Town of Ocean City, MD | Official Government and Visitor Information)
- 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 Worcester County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Ocean City 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: oceancitymd.gov/oc/contact-us (page title: Contact Us | Town of Ocean City, MD | Official Government and Visitor Information)
- Phone: 410-289-8221
- Address: 301 N. Baltimore Avenue (3rd St) - Ocean City, MD 21842
- Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Ocean City
Maryland public records law applies to the town government of Ocean 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.
Ocean City Arrest Records
The Ocean City arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Ocean City's arrests to the FBI and the 1,459 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Ocean City is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Ocean City Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Ocean City, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Ocean City warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Ocean City inmate search (the jail page of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Ocean City criminal records (the court file, the Maryland criminal history and the local arrest records), Ocean City court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Ocean City police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Maryland Public Information Act requires), Ocean City traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Ocean City DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Ocean City divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Ocean City property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Ocean City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Ocean City offices listed above, and the town's own website is oceancitymd.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Ocean City?
Request it from the Ocean City police records unit at oceancitymd.gov. 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 Ocean City?
Ocean City cases are heard by the courts that serve Worcester County, and people arrested in Ocean City are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Worcester County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Ocean 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. Maryland public records law applies to town governments.