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.
Ridgefield is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, with about 12,000 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 Ridgefield offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 borough office pages for Ridgefield, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Clerk, Police records, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Ridgefield records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Ridgefield: police reports, 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.
Ridgefield 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 Ridgefield.
- Website: ridgefieldnj.gov/index.asp (page title: Borough Clerk | Ridgefield, NJ)
- Phone: (201) 943-5215
- Address: 700 Shaler Boulevard Ridgefield, NJ 07657
- Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Ridgefield police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Ridgefield 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 Ridgefield police records.
- Website: ridgefieldnj.gov/?SEC=FA9614B6-4CED-4065-B659-76795518AF31 (page title: Police Department | Ridgefield, NJ)
- Phone: (201) 943-5210
- Address: 700 Shaler Boulevard, Ridgefield, NJ 07657
- Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the borough police. They are in the Bergen County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Ridgefield 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: ridgefieldnj.gov/contact-us (page title: Borough Directory | Ridgefield, NJ)
- Phone: (201) 943-5215
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Ridgefield
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Ridgefield. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the Borough Clerk for council and borough records, 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 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
- Dumont
- New Milford
- North Arlington
- Fairview
- Tenafly
- Edgewater
- Ridgefield Park
- Glen Rock
- River Edge
- Westwood
- Franklin Lakes
- Little Ferry
- East Rutherford
- Wood-Ridge
- Waldwick
- Hillsdale
- Maywood
- Bogota
- Leonia
- Cresskill
- Oradell
- Allendale
- Carlstadt
- Old Tappan
- Harrington Park
Ridgefield Arrest Records
The Ridgefield arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Ridgefield's arrests to the FBI and the 147 arrests it reported for 2023. It also says where a person arrested in Ridgefield is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Ridgefield Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Ridgefield, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Ridgefield warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Ridgefield inmate search (the jail, its numbers and who books people into it), Ridgefield criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), Ridgefield court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Ridgefield police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Open Public Records Act requires), Ridgefield traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Ridgefield DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Ridgefield divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Ridgefield property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Ridgefield website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Ridgefield offices listed above, and the borough's own website is ridgefieldnj.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Ridgefield?
Request it from the Ridgefield police records unit at ridgefieldnj.gov, phone (201) 943-5210. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find Ridgefield meeting minutes and ordinances?
From the Borough Clerk at ridgefieldnj.gov/index.asp, phone (201) 943-5215. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Ridgefield?
Ridgefield cases are heard by the courts that serve Bergen County, and people arrested in Ridgefield 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 Ridgefield?
From the office that holds it: the Borough Clerk for council and borough records, 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.