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.
Northlake is a town in Denton County, Texas, with about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the town and the county. The town 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 Northlake 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 town office pages for Northlake, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: Town or county, Town Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.
Town or county record: where Northlake records are kept
- Kept by the Town of Northlake: council and board meeting records, ordinances and the town's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Denton County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not town records; they are in the Denton County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Northlake Town Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the town's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The town's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: town.northlake.tx.us (page title: Northlake, TX)
- Address: 1500 Commons Circle Suite 300 Northlake, TX 76226
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Northlake
Texas public records law applies to the town government of Northlake. The town 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: town.northlake.tx.us/250/Public-Information-Request (page title: Public Information Request | Northlake, TX)
- Phone: (940) 648-4804
- 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 Denton County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Denton County. The Denton County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Northlake Arrest Records
The Northlake arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Northlake's arrests to the FBI and the 171 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Northlake is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Northlake Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Northlake, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Northlake warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Northlake inmate search (the jail page of the Denton County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Northlake criminal records (the court file, the Texas criminal history and the local arrest records), Northlake court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Northlake traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Northlake DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Northlake divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Northlake property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Northlake website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Northlake offices listed above, and the town's own website is town.northlake.tx.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Northlake?
Northlake cases are heard by the courts that serve Denton County, and people arrested in Northlake are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Denton County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Northlake?
Through the town's records request page at town.northlake.tx.us, phone (940) 648-4804. 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.