Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 26, 2026.
Butler, New Jersey, in Morris County, has about 8,200 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In New Jersey the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk; the statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Butler is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
Related guides: Butler public records, Morris County criminal records, Butler arrest records, Butler warrants, Butler inmate search, Butler court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County
A criminal case from Butler is filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County, and the court file, kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk, is the record of it that the public may see.
For Morris County, SearchSystems opened and checked the court records page for the county at morriscountynj.gov/Government/Court-System (page title: Court System | Morris County, NJ), phone 862-397-5700, 10 Court Street Morristown, NJ 07963, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
The New Jersey Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police is closed to the public in New Jersey: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the State Police. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at njsp.njoag.gov/criminal-history-records.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Butler
The Morris County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Butler (filed by the FBI as Butler Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Butler: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Morris County: Prosecutor in Morris County and the Morris County Park Police (other agency); the Morris County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 36 agencies in Morris County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,472 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Butler arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Butler in 2025
The agency that reports for Butler had 10 violent and 49 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The County Prosecutor for Morris County
The County Prosecutor decides which arrests in Morris County become charges and files them in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at morriscountynj.gov/Departments/Prosecutor (page title: Morris County Prosecutor's Office | Morris County, NJ), phone (973) 285-6200, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Butler
Registered sex offenders living in Butler are listed on the New Jersey Sex Offender Internet Registry, run by the New Jersey State Police at njsp.njoag.gov/nj-sex-offender-registry. Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders are listed online, unless a court excludes them.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Morris County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Open Public Records Act a county office must answer a request within 7 business days, and it may charge copying at 5 cents a page for letter size. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at morriscountynj.gov/Government/Open-Government/County-Open-Public-Re... (page title: Open Public Records Request (OPRA) | Morris County, NJ).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Butler?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the New Jersey State Police is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Open Public Records Act.
Can I search Butler criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at morriscountynj.gov/Government/Court-System (page title: Court System | Morris County, NJ). Statewide, New Jersey Courts Public Access is the Judiciary's free online case search for civil and criminal cases.
How do I get my own New Jersey criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the State Police.
Who prosecutes crimes in Butler?
The County Prosecutor, reached at (973) 285-6200, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Morris County.
Is this the official Butler website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.