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.
Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, with about 41,000 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 Fort Lee 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 Fort Lee, 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 Fort Lee records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Fort Lee: 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.
Fort Lee 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 Fort Lee.
- Website: fortleenj.org/158/Borough-Clerk (page title: Borough Clerk | Fort Lee Borough, NJ)
- Phone: 201-592-3500
- Address: 309 Main Street Room 102 Fort Lee, NJ 07024
- Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30am-4pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Fort Lee 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: fortleenj.org (page title: Fort Lee Borough, NJ)
- Address: 309 Main Street Fort Lee, NJ 07024
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Fort Lee
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Fort Lee. 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
- Fair Lawn
- Garfield
- Englewood
- Bergenfield
- Paramus
- Ridgewood
- Cliffside Park
- Elmwood Park
- Palisades Park
- Rutherford
- Dumont
- 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 Fort Lee website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Fort Lee offices listed above, and the borough's own website is fortleenj.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find Fort Lee meeting minutes and ordinances?
From the Borough Clerk at fortleenj.org/158/Borough-Clerk, phone 201-592-3500. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Fort Lee?
Fort Lee cases are heard by the courts that serve Bergen County, and people arrested in Fort Lee 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 Fort Lee?
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.