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.
New Braunfels is a city in Comal County, Texas, with about 116,000 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 New Braunfels 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 New Braunfels, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where New Braunfels records are kept
- Kept by the City of New Braunfels: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Comal 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 Comal County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
New Braunfels 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: newbraunfels.gov/2964/City-Hall (page title: City Hall | New Braunfels, TX)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to New Braunfels
Texas public records law applies to the city government of New Braunfels. 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: newbraunfelstx.govqa.us/WEBAPP/_rs/(S(jytghksfb2g2brmng4ek02d3))/Su... (page title: New Braunfels TX | Open Records Center)
- 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.
New Braunfels Arrest Records
The New Braunfels arrest records guide covers the agency that reports New Braunfels's arrests to the FBI and the 3,198 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in New Braunfels is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
New Braunfels Records Guides
SearchSystems has three more guides to New Braunfels, each written from the city's own offices and figures: New Braunfels warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), New Braunfels inmate search (the jail page of the Comal County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people) and New Braunfels property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official New Braunfels website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official New Braunfels offices listed above, and the city's own website is newbraunfels.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for New Braunfels?
New Braunfels cases are heard by the courts that serve Comal County, and people arrested in New Braunfels are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Comal County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from New Braunfels?
Through the city's records request page at newbraunfelstx.govqa.us. 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.