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.
Lehighton is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, with about 5,300 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 Lehighton 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 Lehighton, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Hall, Records requests and Questions.
Borough or county record: where Lehighton records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of Lehighton: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Carbon 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 Carbon County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Lehighton 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: lehightonborough.com/generalinfo (page title: General Information | Lehighton Borough)
- Phone: 610-377-4002
- Address: 124 South Third St. Lehighton, PA 18235
- Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Lehighton
Pennsylvania public records law applies to the borough government of Lehighton. 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: lehightonborough.com/open-records (page title: General Information | Open Records | Lehighton Borough)
- Phone: (610) 377-4002
- Address: 124 South Third Street Lehighton, PA 18235
- 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Lehighton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Lehighton offices listed above, and the borough's own website is lehightonborough.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Lehighton?
Lehighton cases are heard by the courts that serve Carbon County, and people arrested in Lehighton are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Carbon County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Lehighton?
Through the borough's records request page at lehightonborough.com/open-records, phone (610) 377-4002. 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.