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.
Hillsborough is a town in Orange County, North Carolina, with about 9,800 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 Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough, 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 Hillsborough records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Hillsborough: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Orange 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 Orange County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Hillsborough police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough police records.
- Website: hillsboroughnc.gov/Home/Components/ServiceDirectory/ServiceDirector... (page title: Police Records | Service Directory List | Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina)
- Phone: 919-296-9500
- 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 Orange County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Hillsborough 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: hillsboroughnc.gov/Home/Components/FormBuilder/FormBuilder/72371958... (page title: Contact Town Clerk | Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina)
- Phone: 919-296-9443
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Hillsborough
North Carolina public records law applies to the town government of Hillsborough. 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 Orange County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Orange County. The Orange County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Hillsborough Arrest Records
The Hillsborough arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Hillsborough's arrests to the FBI and the 197 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Hillsborough is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Hillsborough Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Hillsborough, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Hillsborough warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Hillsborough inmate search (the jail page of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Hillsborough criminal records (the court file, the North Carolina criminal history and the local arrest records), Hillsborough court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Hillsborough police reports (which agency holds a report and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires), Hillsborough traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Hillsborough DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Hillsborough divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Hillsborough property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Hillsborough website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Hillsborough offices listed above, and the town's own website is hillsboroughnc.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Hillsborough?
Request it from the Hillsborough police records unit at hillsboroughnc.gov, phone 919-296-9500. 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 Hillsborough?
Hillsborough cases are heard by the courts that serve Orange County, and people arrested in Hillsborough are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Orange County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Hillsborough?
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. North Carolina public records law applies to town governments.