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.
Ravenna is a city in Portage County, Ohio, with about 11,000 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 Ravenna 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 Ravenna, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Clerk, Police records, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Ravenna records are kept
- Kept by the City of Ravenna: 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.
Ravenna City Clerk: council records and ordinances
The City Clerk keeps the official records of the city government: council and board agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions, and the city's contracts and other official documents. The office below is the one SearchSystems verified for Ravenna.
- Website: ravennaoh.gov/departments/city-council/council-clerk (page title: Council Clerk | City of Ravenna, Ohio)
- Phone: 330.297.2155
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Ravenna police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Ravenna 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 Ravenna police records.
- Website: ravennaoh.gov/departments/police-department/services-functions/poli... (page title: Police Records Division | City of Ravenna, Ohio)
- Phone: 330.296.6486
- Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-3pm
- 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.
Ravenna 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: ravennaoh.gov/contact-us (page title: Contact Us | City of Ravenna, Ohio)
- Phone: (330) 296-6326
- Address: 210 Park Way Ravenna, OH 44266
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Ravenna
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of Ravenna. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, 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 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.
Ravenna Arrest Records
The Ravenna arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Ravenna's arrests to the FBI and the 463 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Ravenna is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Ravenna Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Ravenna, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Ravenna warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Ravenna inmate search (the jail page of the Portage County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Ravenna criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), Ravenna court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Ravenna police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires), Ravenna traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Ravenna DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Ravenna divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Ravenna property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Ravenna website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Ravenna offices listed above, and the city's own website is ravennaoh.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Ravenna?
Request it from the Ravenna police records unit at ravennaoh.gov, phone 330.296.6486. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find Ravenna city council minutes and ordinances?
From the City Clerk at ravennaoh.gov, phone 330.297.2155. The office keeps the official agendas and minutes, ordinances and resolutions.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Ravenna?
Ravenna cases are heard by the courts that serve Portage County, and people arrested in Ravenna 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 Ravenna?
From the office that holds it: the City Clerk for council and city records, the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Ohio public records law applies to city governments.