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.
Riverside is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, with about 24,000 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 Riverside 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 Riverside, 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 Riverside records are kept
- Kept by the City of Riverside: police reports, 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.
Riverside police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Riverside 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 Riverside police records.
- Website: riversideoh.gov/government/departments/police/police_report_request... (page title: Riverside, OH)
- Phone: 937-233-1820
- 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 Montgomery County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Riverside 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: riversideoh.gov/how_do_i/contact_us/index.php (page title: Riverside, OH)
- Phone: 937-233-1801
- Address: 5200 Springfield Street, Suite 100 Riverside, OH 45431
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Riverside
Ohio public records law applies to the city government of Riverside. 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: riversideoh.gov/government/public_records_request.php (page title: Riverside, OH)
- 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 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.
Riverside Arrest Records
The Riverside arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Riverside's arrests to the FBI and the 162 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Riverside is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Riverside Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Riverside, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Riverside warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Riverside inmate search (the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Riverside criminal records (the court file, the Ohio criminal history and the local arrest records), Riverside court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Riverside police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Ohio Public Records Act requires), Riverside traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Riverside DUI (the OVI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Riverside divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Riverside property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Riverside website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Riverside offices listed above, and the city's own website is riversideoh.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Riverside?
Request it from the Riverside police records unit at riversideoh.gov, phone 937-233-1820. 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 Riverside?
Riverside cases are heard by the courts that serve Montgomery County, and people arrested in Riverside 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 Riverside?
Through the city's records request page at riversideoh.gov. 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.