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.
Ardmore is a city in Carter County, Oklahoma, with about 25,000 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 Ardmore 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 Ardmore, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Ardmore records are kept
- Kept by the City of Ardmore: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Carter 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 Carter County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Ardmore police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Ardmore 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 Ardmore police records.
- Website: ardmorecity.org/m/directory/department?did=7 (page title: Staff Directory, Police Department)
- Phone: 580-223-1212
- Address: 23 S. Washington St Ardmore, OK 73401
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Carter County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Ardmore 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: ardmorecity.org (page title: Ardmore, OK)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Ardmore
Oklahoma public records law applies to the city government of Ardmore. 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: ardmorecity.org/472/Open-Records (page title: Open Records | Ardmore, OK)
- Phone: 580-223-1930
- Address: 23 S Washington St 2nd Floor Ardmore OK 73401
- 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.
Ardmore Arrest Records
The Ardmore arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Ardmore's arrests to the FBI and the 882 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Ardmore is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Ardmore Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Ardmore, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Ardmore warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Ardmore criminal records (the court file, the Oklahoma criminal history and the local arrest records), Ardmore court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Ardmore police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Oklahoma Open Records Act requires), Ardmore traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Ardmore DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Ardmore divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Ardmore property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Ardmore website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Ardmore offices listed above, and the city's own website is ardmorecity.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Ardmore?
Request it from the Ardmore police records unit at ardmorecity.org/m/directory/department?did=7, phone 580-223-1212. 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 Ardmore?
Ardmore cases are heard by the courts that serve Carter County, and people arrested in Ardmore are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Carter County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Ardmore?
Through the city's records request page at ardmorecity.org/472/Open-Records, phone 580-223-1930. 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.