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.
Kenilworth is a borough in Union County, New Jersey, with about 8,500 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 Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Kenilworth records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Kenilworth: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Union 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 Union County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Kenilworth 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: kenilworthborough.com (page title: Kenilworth, NJ)
- Phone: 908-276-9090
- Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Kenilworth
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Kenilworth. The borough runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: kenilworthborough.com/296/Records-Bureau (page title: Records Bureau | Kenilworth, NJ)
- Phone: 908-276-1700
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Union County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Union County. The Union County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Kenilworth Arrest Records
The Kenilworth arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Kenilworth's arrests to the FBI and the 99 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Kenilworth is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Kenilworth Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Kenilworth, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Kenilworth warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Kenilworth inmate search (the custody page of the Union County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Kenilworth criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), Kenilworth court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Kenilworth traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Kenilworth DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Kenilworth divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Kenilworth property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Kenilworth website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Kenilworth offices listed above, and the borough's own website is kenilworthborough.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Kenilworth?
Kenilworth cases are heard by the courts that serve Union County, and people arrested in Kenilworth are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Union County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Kenilworth?
Through the borough's records request page at kenilworthborough.com/296/Records-Bureau, phone 908-276-1700. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.