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.
Kent is a city in Portage County, Ohio, with about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city 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 Kent offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 city office pages for Kent, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Kent records are kept
- Kept by the City of Kent: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Portage 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 Portage County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Kent police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Kent 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 Kent police records.
- Website: kentohio.gov/living-here/police-department/police-records-and-repor... (page title: Requesting Reports | City of Kent)
- Phone: 330.678.8100
- Address: 319 S. Water Street Kent, OH 44240
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Portage County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Kent 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: kentohio.gov/contacts-directory (page title: Contacts Directory | City of Kent)
- Phone: 330-678-8102
- Address: 320 S. Depeyster St. Kent, OH 44240
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Kent
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of Kent. 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: kentohio.gov/our-government/records (page title: Records | City of Kent)
- Phone: 330.678.8100
- Address: 319 S. Water Street Kent, OH 44240
- 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 police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Portage County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Portage County. The Portage County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Kent Arrest Records
The Kent arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Kent's arrests to the FBI and the 874 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Kent is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Kent Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Kent, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Kent warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Kent inmate search (the jail page of the Portage County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Kent criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), Kent court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Kent police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires), Kent traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Kent DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Kent divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Kent property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Kent website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Kent offices listed above, and the city's own website is kentohio.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Kent?
Request it from the Kent police records unit at kentohio.gov, phone 330.678.8100. 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 Kent?
Kent cases are heard by the courts that serve Portage County, and people arrested in Kent are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Portage County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Kent?
Through the city's records request page at kentohio.gov/our-government/records, phone 330.678.8100. 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.