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.
Wharton is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, with about 7,400 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 Wharton 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 Wharton, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Police records, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Wharton records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Wharton: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Morris 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 Morris County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Wharton police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Wharton 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 Wharton police records.
- Website: whartonpolice.com/index.php/forms (page title: Forms)
- Phone: (973) 366-0557
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the borough police. They are in the Morris County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Wharton 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: whartonnj.com/index.php/contact-us (page title: Contact Us)
- Phone: (973) 361-8444
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Wharton
New Jersey public records law applies to the borough government of Wharton. A record that is not posted online 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. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Morris County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Morris County. The Morris County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Wharton Arrest Records
The Wharton arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Wharton's arrests to the FBI and the 131 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Wharton is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Wharton Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Wharton, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Wharton warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Wharton inmate search (the jail page of the Morris County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Wharton criminal records (the court file, the New Jersey criminal history and the local arrest records), Wharton court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Wharton police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Open Public Records Act requires), Wharton traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Wharton DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Wharton divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Wharton property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Wharton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Wharton offices listed above, and the borough's own website is whartonnj.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Wharton?
Request it from the Wharton police records unit at whartonpolice.com/index.php/forms, phone (973) 366-0557. 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 Wharton?
Wharton cases are heard by the courts that serve Morris County, and people arrested in Wharton are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Morris County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Wharton?
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. New Jersey public records law applies to borough governments.