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.
Clayton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, with about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city 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 Clayton 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 city office pages for Clayton, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Clayton records are kept
- Kept by the City of Clayton: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Montgomery County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Montgomery County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Clayton City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: clayton.oh.us (page title: Clayton, OH)
- Phone: (937) 836-3500
- Address: 6996 Taywood Road Corner of Old Salem & Taywood Englewood, OH 45322
- Hours: Tuesday, October 6th from 4:30-7:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Clayton
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of Clayton. The city 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: clayton.oh.us/305/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | Clayton, OH)
- Phone: 937-836-3500
- 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 department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Montgomery County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Clayton Arrest Records
The Clayton arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Clayton's arrests to the FBI and the 155 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Clayton is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Clayton Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Clayton, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Clayton warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Clayton inmate search (the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Clayton criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), Clayton court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Clayton traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Clayton DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Clayton divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Clayton property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Clayton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Clayton offices listed above, and the city's own website is clayton.oh.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Clayton?
Clayton cases are heard by the courts that serve Montgomery County, and people arrested in Clayton are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Montgomery County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Clayton?
Through the city's records request page at clayton.oh.us/305/Records-Request, phone 937-836-3500. 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.