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.
Cedar Hill is a city in Dallas County, Texas, with about 50,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city 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 Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
City or county record: where Cedar Hill records are kept
- Kept by the City of Cedar Hill: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Dallas 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 Dallas County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Cedar Hill 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: ci.cedarhill.tx.us/58/City-Services (page title: Departments | Cedar Hill, TX)
- Phone: 972-291-5100
- Address: 285 Uptown Boulevard Cedar Hill, TX 75104
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Cedar Hill
Texas public records law applies to the city government of Cedar Hill. 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: cedarhilltx.com/73/Open-Records-Request (page title: Open Records | Cedar Hill, TX)
- Phone: (972) 291-5307
- Address: 285 Uptown Boulevard Cedar Hill, TX 75104
- Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 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 Dallas County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Dallas County. The Dallas County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Cedar Hill Arrest Records
The Cedar Hill arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Cedar Hill's arrests to the FBI and the 740 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Cedar Hill is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Cedar Hill Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Cedar Hill, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Cedar Hill warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Cedar Hill inmate search (the custody page of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Cedar Hill criminal records (the court file, the Texas criminal history and the local arrest records), Cedar Hill court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Cedar Hill traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Cedar Hill DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Cedar Hill divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Cedar Hill property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Cedar Hill website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Cedar Hill offices listed above, and the city's own website is ci.cedarhill.tx.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Cedar Hill?
Cedar Hill cases are heard by the courts that serve Dallas County, and people arrested in Cedar Hill are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Dallas County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Cedar Hill?
Through the city's records request page at cedarhilltx.com/73/Open-Records-Request, phone (972) 291-5307. 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.