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.
Pasco is a city in Franklin County, Washington, with about 82,000 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 Pasco offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 city office pages for Pasco, 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 Pasco records are kept
- Kept by the City of Pasco: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Franklin 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 Franklin County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Pasco police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Pasco 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 Pasco police records.
- Website: pasco-wa.gov/396/Police-Report-Request (page title: Police Report Request | Pasco, WA)
- Phone: 509-545-3421
- Address: 215 W. Sylvester Street, Pasco, WA 99301
- Hours: Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Franklin County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Pasco 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: pasco-wa.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/City-Hall-2 (page title: Facilities, City Hall)
- Phone: 509-544-3080
- Address: 525 N. Third Ave. Pasco, WA 99301
- Checked: October 1, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Pasco
Washington public records law applies to the city government of Pasco. 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: pasco-wa.gov/193/Public-Records-Requests (page title: Public Records Requests | Pasco, WA)
- Phone: 509-545-3421
- Address: 215 West Sylvester Avenue, Pasco, WA 99301
- 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 police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Other cities and towns in Franklin County
SearchSystems has a guide like this one for these other cities and towns in Franklin County. The Franklin County public records guide covers the records the county keeps for all of them.
Pasco Arrest Records
The Pasco arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Pasco's arrests to the FBI and the 2,337 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Pasco is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Pasco Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Pasco, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Pasco warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Pasco inmate search (the custody page of the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Pasco criminal records (the court file, the Washington criminal history and the local arrest records), Pasco court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Pasco police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56) requires), Pasco traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Pasco DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Pasco divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Pasco property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Pasco website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Pasco offices listed above, and the city's own website is pasco-wa.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Pasco?
Request it from the Pasco police records unit at pasco-wa.gov/396/Police-Report-Request, phone 509-545-3421. 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 Pasco?
Pasco cases are heard by the courts that serve Franklin County, and people arrested in Pasco are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Franklin County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Pasco?
Through the city's records request page at pasco-wa.gov/193/Public-Records-Requests, phone 509-545-3421. A record it does not cover 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.