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.
West Long Branch is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, with about 8,600 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 West Long Branch 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 West Long Branch, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where West Long Branch records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of West Long Branch: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Monmouth 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 Monmouth County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
West Long Branch 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: westlongbranch.org (page title: West Long Branch, NJ)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to West Long Branch
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of West Long Branch. 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: westlongbranch.org/1327/Records (page title: Records | West Long Branch, NJ)
- Phone: 732-571-5978
- 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 Monmouth County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Monmouth County. The Monmouth County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
West Long Branch Arrest Records
The West Long Branch arrest records guide covers the agency that reports West Long Branch's arrests to the FBI and the 162 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in West Long Branch is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
West Long Branch Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to West Long Branch, each written from the city's own offices and figures: West Long Branch warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), West Long Branch inmate search (the custody page of the Monmouth County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), West Long Branch criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), West Long Branch court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), West Long Branch traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), West Long Branch DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), West Long Branch divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and West Long Branch property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official West Long Branch website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official West Long Branch offices listed above, and the borough's own website is westlongbranch.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for West Long Branch?
West Long Branch cases are heard by the courts that serve Monmouth County, and people arrested in West Long Branch are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Monmouth County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from West Long Branch?
Through the borough's records request page at westlongbranch.org/1327/Records, phone 732-571-5978. 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.