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.
Fountain Inn is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, with about 14,000 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 Fountain Inn 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 city office pages for Fountain Inn, 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 Fountain Inn records are kept
- Kept by the City of Fountain Inn: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Greenville 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 Greenville County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Fountain Inn police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Fountain Inn 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 Fountain Inn police records.
- Website: fountaininn.org/189/Police-Department (page title: Police Department | Fountain Inn, SC)
- Phone: 864-531-0644
- Address: 300 N Main Street Fountain Inn, SC 29644
- 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 Greenville County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Fountain Inn 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: fountaininn.org/m/directory/department?did=16 (page title: Staff Directory, City Hall)
- Phone: 864-531-0644
- Address: 200 N Main Street Fountain Inn, SC 29644
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Fountain Inn
South Carolina public records law applies to the city government of Fountain Inn. A record that is not posted online 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. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Other cities and towns in Greenville County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Greenville County. The Greenville County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Fountain Inn Arrest Records
The Fountain Inn arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Fountain Inn's arrests to the FBI and the 516 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Fountain Inn is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Fountain Inn Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Fountain Inn, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Fountain Inn warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Fountain Inn inmate search (the custody page of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Fountain Inn criminal records (the court file, the South Carolina criminal history and the local arrest records), Fountain Inn court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Fountain Inn police reports (which agency holds a report and what the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act requires), Fountain Inn traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Fountain Inn DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Fountain Inn divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Fountain Inn property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Fountain Inn website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Fountain Inn offices listed above, and the city's own website is fountaininn.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Fountain Inn?
Request it from the Fountain Inn police records unit at fountaininn.org/189/Police-Department, phone 864-531-0644. 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 Fountain Inn?
Fountain Inn cases are heard by the courts that serve Greenville County, and people arrested in Fountain Inn are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Greenville County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Fountain Inn?
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. South Carolina public records law applies to city governments.