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.
West Chester is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with about 23,000 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 West Chester 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 West Chester, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Borough or county, Borough Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Borough or county record: where West Chester records are kept
- Kept by the Borough of West Chester: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the borough's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Chester 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 Chester County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
West Chester 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: west-chester.com (page title: West Chester Borough, PA)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to West Chester
Pennsylvania public records law applies to the borough government of West Chester. 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: west-chester.com/201/Open-Records (page title: Records Department | West Chester Borough, PA)
- Phone: 610-436-1320
- Checked: September 25, 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 Chester County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Chester County. The Chester County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official West Chester website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official West Chester offices listed above, and the borough's own website is west-chester.com; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for West Chester?
West Chester cases are heard by the courts that serve Chester County, and people arrested in West Chester are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Chester County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from West Chester?
Through the borough's records request page at west-chester.com/201/Open-Records, phone 610-436-1320. 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.