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.
Fairview is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, 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 Fairview 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 Fairview, 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 Fairview records are kept
- Kept by the City of Fairview: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Multnomah 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 Multnomah County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Fairview police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Fairview 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 Fairview police records.
- Website: fairvieworegon.gov/474/Public-Safety (page title: Public Safety | Fairview, OR)
- Phone: 503-988-7300
- 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 Multnomah County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Fairview 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: fairvieworegon.gov (page title: Fairview, OR)
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Fairview
Oregon public records law applies to the city government of Fairview. 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: fairvieworegon.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2559/Public-Records-Request- (page title: Public Records Request City of Fairview)
- 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 Multnomah County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Multnomah County. The Multnomah County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Fairview Arrest Records
The Fairview arrest records guide says who makes arrests in Fairview. It also says where a person arrested in Fairview is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Fairview Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Fairview, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Fairview warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Fairview inmate search (the jail page of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Fairview criminal records (the court file, the Oregon criminal history and the local arrest records), Fairview court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Fairview police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Oregon Public Records Law requires), Fairview traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Fairview DUI (the DUII law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Fairview divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Fairview property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Fairview website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Fairview offices listed above, and the city's own website is fairvieworegon.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Fairview?
Request it from the Fairview police records unit at fairvieworegon.gov/474/Public-Safety, phone 503-988-7300. 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 Fairview?
Fairview cases are heard by the courts that serve Multnomah County, and people arrested in Fairview are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Multnomah County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Fairview?
Through the city's records request page at fairvieworegon.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.