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.
Wanaque is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, with about 11,000 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 Wanaque 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 Wanaque, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Police records, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Wanaque records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Wanaque: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Passaic 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 Passaic County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Wanaque police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Wanaque 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 Wanaque police records.
- Website: wanaqueborough.com/police (page title: Police Department | Borough of Wanaque, New Jersey)
- Phone: 973-839-3000
- 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 Passaic County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Public records requests to Wanaque
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Wanaque. 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: wanaqueborough.com/index.asp (page title: Request Government Records | Borough of Wanaque, New Jersey)
- Phone: (973) 839-3000
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Passaic County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Passaic County. The Passaic County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Wanaque Arrest Records
The Wanaque arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Wanaque's arrests to the FBI and the 100 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Wanaque is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Wanaque Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Wanaque, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Wanaque warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Wanaque inmate search (the custody page of the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Wanaque criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), Wanaque court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Wanaque police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Open Public Records Act requires), Wanaque traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Wanaque DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Wanaque divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Wanaque property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Wanaque website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Wanaque offices listed above; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Wanaque?
Request it from the Wanaque police records unit at wanaqueborough.com/police, phone 973-839-3000. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Wanaque?
Wanaque cases are heard by the courts that serve Passaic County, and people arrested in Wanaque are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Passaic County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Wanaque?
Through the borough's records request page at wanaqueborough.com/index.asp, phone (973) 839-3000. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.