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.
Forest Park is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, with about 20,000 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 Forest Park 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 Forest Park, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Forest Park records are kept
- Kept by the City of Forest Park: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Hamilton 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 Hamilton County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Forest Park 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: forestpark.civicweb.net/Portal (page title: City of Forest Park)
- Phone: 513.595.5200
- Address: 1201 West Kemper Road Forest Park, OH 45240
- Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Forest Park
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of Forest Park. 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: forestpark.org/government/city_council/public_records.php (page title: Welcome to Forest Park, OH)
- 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 Hamilton County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Hamilton County. The Hamilton County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Forest Park Arrest Records
The Forest Park arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Forest Park's arrests to the FBI and the 283 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Forest Park is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Forest Park Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Forest Park, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Forest Park warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Forest Park inmate search (the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Forest Park criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), Forest Park court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Forest Park traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Forest Park DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Forest Park divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Forest Park property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Forest Park website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Forest Park offices listed above, and the city's own website is forestpark.civicweb.net; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Forest Park?
Forest Park cases are heard by the courts that serve Hamilton County, and people arrested in Forest Park are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Hamilton County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Forest Park?
Through the city's records request page at forestpark.org. 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.