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.
Fargo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, with about 136,000 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 Fargo 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 Fargo, 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 Fargo records are kept
- Kept by the City of Fargo: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Cass 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 Cass County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Fargo police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Fargo 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 Fargo police records.
- Website: fargond.gov/city-government/departments/police/police-records-data/... (page title: The City of Fargo | Police Reports)
- 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 Cass County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Fargo 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: fargond.gov/maps (page title: The City of Fargo | City Maps)
- Phone: 701.241.8250
- Hours: Monday - Friday 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Fargo
North Dakota public records law applies to the city government of Fargo. 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 Cass County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Cass County. The Cass County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Fargo Arrest Records
The Fargo arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Fargo's arrests to the FBI and the 3,563 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Fargo is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Fargo Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Fargo, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Fargo warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Fargo inmate search (the jail page of the Cass County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Fargo criminal records (the court file, the North Dakota criminal history and the local arrest records), Fargo court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Fargo police reports (which agency holds a report and what the North Dakota Open Records Law requires), Fargo traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Fargo DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Fargo divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Fargo property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Fargo website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Fargo offices listed above, and the city's own website is fargond.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Fargo?
Request it from the Fargo police records unit at fargond.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 Fargo?
Fargo cases are heard by the courts that serve Cass County, and people arrested in Fargo are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Cass County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Fargo?
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 Dakota public records law applies to city governments.