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.
Trenton is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, with about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps 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 Trenton 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 Trenton, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Clerk, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Trenton records are kept
- Kept by the City of Trenton: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Wayne 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 Wayne County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Trenton City Clerk: council records and ordinances
The City Clerk keeps the official records of the city government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the city's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for Trenton.
- Website: trentonmi.org/871/Clerks-Office (page title: Clerk's Office | Trenton, MI)
- Phone: 734-675-8600
- Address: 2800 Third St. Trenton, MI 48183
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Trenton 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: trentonmi.org (page title: Trenton, MI)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Trenton
Michigan public records law applies to the city government of Trenton. 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: trentonmi.org/299/FOIA-Information (page title: FOIA Information | Trenton, MI)
- 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 City Clerk for council and city records and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Wayne County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Wayne County. The Wayne County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Trenton Arrest Records
The Trenton arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Trenton's arrests to the FBI and the 97 arrests it reported for 2024. It also says where a person arrested in Trenton is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Trenton Records Guides
SearchSystems has seven more guides to Trenton, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Trenton warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Trenton inmate search (the jail page of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Trenton criminal records (the court file, the Michigan criminal history and the local arrest records), Trenton court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Trenton traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Trenton DUI (the OWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case) and Trenton property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Trenton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Trenton offices listed above, and the city's own website is trentonmi.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find Trenton city council minutes and ordinances?
From the City Clerk at trentonmi.org/871/Clerks-Office, phone 734-675-8600. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Trenton?
Trenton cases are heard by the courts that serve Wayne County, and people arrested in Trenton are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Wayne County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Trenton?
Through the city's records request page at trentonmi.org/299/FOIA-Information. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.