Reviewed and updated October 11, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest 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 October 11, 2026.
Union Beach, New Jersey, in Monmouth County, has about 5,700 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 Union Beach is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County
In New Jersey the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Union Beach are heard by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County, which hears every civil, criminal, family and probate case, and the file of each case is kept by the Superior Court Clerk and the County Clerk.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at oprs.co.monmouth.nj.us/Oprs/clerk/ClerkHome.aspx?op=basic (page title: Open Public Records Search System), phone 100 500 1000, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 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
New Jersey does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the New Jersey State Police goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court file in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County is the public record.
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 Union Beach
The Monmouth County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Union Beach (filed by the FBI as Union Beach Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Union Beach: 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 two campus police departments, one other agency and one state police unit in Monmouth County (the arrest records guide names each one); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the 38 agencies in Monmouth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 10,853 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 Union Beach arrest records.
The County Prosecutor for Monmouth County
The County Prosecutor decides which arrests in Monmouth County become charges and files them in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at njoag.gov/news (page title: News | New Jersey Office of Attorney General), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Union Beach
Registered sex offenders living in Union Beach 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 Monmouth 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 monmouthcountynj.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Union Beach?
The court files of criminal cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth 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 Union Beach criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at oprs.co.monmouth.nj.us (page title: Open Public Records Search System). 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 Union Beach?
The County Prosecutor, which files its cases in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County.
Is this the official Union Beach 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.