Service and Records Bureau

1 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ 07748
732-615-2060

Bureau Hours: Mon – Fri, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (excluding holidays)
Fingerprinting Hours: 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
Photo IDs Hours: 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

The Police Department's Records Bureau is responsible for maintaining all Police Department Records, including Arrest Reports, Investigation Reports, and Motor Vehicle Accident Reports.

Motor Vehicle Accident Reports
Accident reports may be picked up at the Records counter during business hours. There is a fee of $.05 per page.

Firearms Permits
Firearms purchaser permit and pistol purchase permit applications are available at the records counter during business hours. The fees are as follows:

• Firearms purchaser permit and pistol purchase permit applications are available at the records counter during business hours. The fees are as follows:
• Application fee for firearms purchaser identification card (rifles & shotguns): $5.00 to Township of Middletown
• Application fee for permit to purchase handgun:
  $2.00 to Township of Middletown
• Request for criminal history (all firearms permit activity after initial issue, yellow form SBI 212A):
  $18.00 money order payable to “NJ Division of State Police – S.B.I.

Fingerprinting for firearms permits is no longer conducted at the Middletown Twp. Police Department. The New Jersey State Police now require that fingerprinting for firearms purposes is done through their state contractor MorphoTrak. Their contact information can be found here: https://www.bioapplicant.com or by telephone : 1-877-503-5981.

  Laws Regarding Firearms Permits

Open Public Records Act Requests
Many records maintained by the Records Bureau are confidential. Examples of documents that are confidential and not releasable are:

• Criminal investigatory records (investigation reports) are confidential (NJSA 47:1A-1.1).
• Domestic violence records are confidential (NJSA 2C:25-33).
• Records containing medical information are confidential (Executive order #26 (McGreevey 2002)).
• Firearms applicant information is confidential (NJAC 13:54-1.15).
• Juvenile records are confidential (NJSA 2A:4A-60).
• No person who has been convicted of an indictable offense may obtain information regarding a victim (NJSA 47:1A-1.1).

Examples of reports that are releasable are:

• NJTR-1 motor vehicle accident reports (17:33A-29).
• Certain fraud reports (NJSA 2C:21-17.6).
• Incident reports unrelated to any exemption or requirement making the document confidential.

Document copy fees are $.05 per page for letter size and $.07 for legal size.

Criminal History and Background Checks
On March 15, 2008 the NJ State Police (NJSP) changed the fingerprinting procedure for employment background checks, personal criminal history background requests, volunteer review operation, and volunteer care providers.

NJSP is no longer accepting paper fingerprint submissions for those purposes. They now require those fingerprint submissions to be done electronically on the Live Scan machine through the state contract vendor MorphoTrak

The necessary forms and instructions for making an appointment for fingerprinting are on the NJSP website.