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.
Brookhaven is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, with about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the borough and the county. The borough keeps 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 Brookhaven offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 borough office pages for Brookhaven, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Brookhaven records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Brookhaven: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Delaware County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not borough records; they are in the Delaware County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Brookhaven Borough Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the borough's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The borough's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: brookhavenboro.com/contact-us (page title: Contact Us | Brookhaven Borough)
- Phone: (610) 874-2557
- Hours: Monday Thru Friday 9:00am to 4:00pm
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Brookhaven
Pennsylvania public records law applies to the borough government of Brookhaven. The borough 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: brookhavenboro.com/documents/right-to-know-rtk-law (page title: Right-To-Know (RTK) Policy | Brookhaven Borough)
- Phone: 610-874-2557
- 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 department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Delaware County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Delaware County. The Delaware County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Brookhaven Arrest Records
The Brookhaven arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Brookhaven's arrests to the FBI and the 215 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Brookhaven is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Brookhaven Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Brookhaven, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Brookhaven warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Brookhaven inmate search (the jail page of the Delaware County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Brookhaven criminal records (the court file, the Pennsylvania criminal history and the local arrest records), Brookhaven court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Brookhaven traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Brookhaven DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Brookhaven divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Brookhaven property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Brookhaven website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Brookhaven offices listed above, and the borough's own website is brookhavenboro.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Brookhaven?
Brookhaven cases are heard by the courts that serve Delaware County, and people arrested in Brookhaven are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Delaware County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Brookhaven?
Through the borough's records request page at brookhavenboro.com, phone 610-874-2557. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the department that issued a permit or license for its records.