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.
Bernardsville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, with about 8,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the borough and the county. The borough 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 Bernardsville 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 borough office pages for Bernardsville, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Police records, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Bernardsville records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Bernardsville: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Somerset County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not borough records; they are in the Somerset County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Bernardsville police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Bernardsville 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 Bernardsville police records.
- Website: bernardsville.gov/departments/police (page title: Bernardsville Borough | Police)
- Phone: 908-766-3000
- Address: 166 Mine Brook Road (lower level) Bernardsville, NJ 07924
- Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the borough police. They are in the Somerset County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Bernardsville Borough Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the borough's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The borough's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: bernardsville.gov/resident/contact (page title: Bernardsville Borough | Contact)
- Phone: 908-766-3000
- Address: 166 Mine Brook Road Bernardsville NJ 07924
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Bernardsville
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Bernardsville. 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 Somerset County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Somerset County. The Somerset County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Bernardsville Arrest Records
The Bernardsville arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Bernardsville's arrests to the FBI and the 36 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Bernardsville is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Bernardsville Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Bernardsville, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Bernardsville warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Bernardsville inmate search (the custody page of the Somerset County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Bernardsville criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), Bernardsville court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Bernardsville police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Open Public Records Act requires), Bernardsville traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Bernardsville DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Bernardsville divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Bernardsville property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Bernardsville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Bernardsville offices listed above, and the borough's own website is bernardsville.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Bernardsville?
Request it from the Bernardsville police records unit at bernardsville.gov/departments/police, phone 908-766-3000. 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 Bernardsville?
Bernardsville cases are heard by the courts that serve Somerset County, and people arrested in Bernardsville are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Somerset County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Bernardsville?
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. New Jersey public records law applies to borough governments.