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.
Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, with about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the borough and the county. The borough 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 Dumont 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 Dumont, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Clerk, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Dumont records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Dumont: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Bergen 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 Bergen County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Dumont Borough Clerk: council records and ordinances
The Borough Clerk keeps the official records of the borough government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the borough's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for Dumont.
- Website: dumontnj.gov/clerks-office (page title: Clerk's Office | Borough of Dumont)
- Phone: 201-387-5022
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Dumont 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: dumontnj.gov (page title: Borough of Dumont)
- Phone: 201-387-5022
- Address: 50 Washington Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628
- Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Dumont
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Dumont. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the Borough Clerk for council and borough records 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 Bergen County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Bergen County. The Bergen County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
- Hackensack
- Fort Lee
- Fair Lawn
- Garfield
- Englewood
- Bergenfield
- Paramus
- Ridgewood
- Cliffside Park
- Elmwood Park
- Palisades Park
- Rutherford
- New Milford
- North Arlington
- Fairview
- Tenafly
- Edgewater
- Ridgefield Park
- Glen Rock
- River Edge
- Ridgefield
- Westwood
- Franklin Lakes
- Little Ferry
- East Rutherford
- Wood-Ridge
- Waldwick
- Hillsdale
- Maywood
- Bogota
- Leonia
- Cresskill
- Oradell
- Allendale
- Carlstadt
- Old Tappan
- Harrington Park
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Dumont website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Dumont offices listed above, and the borough's own website is dumontnj.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find Dumont meeting minutes and ordinances?
From the Borough Clerk at dumontnj.gov/clerks-office, phone 201-387-5022. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Dumont?
Dumont cases are heard by the courts that serve Bergen County, and people arrested in Dumont are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Bergen County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Dumont?
From the office that holds it: the Borough Clerk for council and borough records and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. New Jersey public records law applies to borough governments.