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information. ILLINOIS STATE
INFORMATION HOT LINE:
(217)782-2001
ILLINOIS STATE
WEB SITE:
www.state.il.us
Governor's Office
Attorney General's Office
Legislative Records
State
Archives
Criminal Records
Illinois State
Police
Bureau of Identification
260 N. Chicago
St.
Joliet IL 60432
(815) 740-5216
x5184
(815) 740-5215
(fax)
www.isp.state.il.us
Department of Corrections
E-CriminalBackgroundCheck.net
Driving Records
Driving Analysis Section
Drivers Services Department
2701 S Dirksen Parkway
Springfield IL 62723
(217) 782-2720
(fax number not provided)
www.sos.state.il.us
Vehicle Ownership
Information
Vehicle
Services Department
Vehicle
Record Inquiry
408 Howlett
Building
Springfield
IL 62756
(217)
782-6992
(217)
524-0122 (fax)
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Vital Statistics
(birth, death,
divorce) [no marriage certificates]
State Department
of Health
Division of
Vital Records
605 W. Jefferson
St.
Chicago IL 60601
(217) 782-6554
(217) 782-6553
(fax)
www.idph.state.il.us/vital/vitalhome.htm
Genealogical
Marriage Index (1763 to 1900)
Business/Corporate
Records
Department of
Business Services
Corporate Department
Howlett Building
Springfield
IL 62756
(217) 782-7880
(217) 782-9521
(fax)
www.sos.state.il.us
Corporations
and LLC's
Workers Compensation
Information
Industrial Commission
100 W. Randolph,
8th Fl
Chicago IL 60601
(312) 814-6611
(fax number
not provided)
www.state.il.us/agency/iic
UCCs and Federal
Tax Liens
(state tax liens
available only at county level)
Secretary of
State
UCC Division
Howlett Building,
Room 030
Springfield
IL 62756
(217) 782-7518
(fax number
not provided)
www.cyberdriveillinois.com
State Fishing
& Hunting Licenses
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STATE FACTS, INFO & NEWS
ILLINOIS COURTS
ILLINOIS STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
PHONE DIRECTORY
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RECORDS LINKS
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PUBLIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL:
CIVIL AND
CRIMINAL RECORDS
Brief tutorial on accessing civil and criminal records.
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may be accessible online or by phone, mail or in person.
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Adams County
507 Vermont
St.
Quincy, IL 62301
(217) 277-2100
ONLINE:
Circuit Court Records
www.circuitclerk.co.adams.il.us
Alexander County
2001 Washington
Ave.
Cairo, IL 62914-1717
(618) 734-0107
Bond County
203 West College
Greenville,
IL 62246-0407
(618) 664-3208
Boone County
601 N. Main
St., Suite 202
Belvidere, IL
61008-2609
(815) 544-0371
Brown County
200 W. Court,
Room 4
Mount Sterling,
IL 62353
(217) 773-2713
Bureau County
700 S. Main
St.
Princeton, IL
61356-2037
(815) 872-2001
ONLINE: Circuit Court Index
www.bccirclk.gov/remote.htm
Calhoun County
P.O. Box 187
Hardin, IL 62047
(618) 576-2451
Carroll County
301 North Main
St., P.O. Box 152
Mount Carroll,
IL 61053
(815) 244-0230
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL008015J
Cass County
County Courthouse
100 E. Springfield
St.
Virginia, IL
62691-1599
(217) 452-7225
Champaign County
1776 E. Washington
Urbana, IL 61802
(217) 384-3725
ONLINE: Circuit Court
https://secure.jtsmith.com/clerk/clerk.asp
Christian County
P.O. Box 647
Taylorville,
IL 62568-0647
(217) 824-4966
Clark County
501 Archer Ave.
Marshall, IL
62441
(217) 826-2811
Clay County
P.O. Box 160
Louisville,
IL 62858-0160
(618) 665-3253
Clinton County
County Courthouse
Carlyle, IL
62231-1840
(618) 594-2464
Coles County
651 Jackson
Ave., Rm 122
Charleston,
IL 61920-0227
(217) 348-0516
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL015025J
Cook County
P.O. Box 642570
Chicago, IL
60664-2570
(312) 603-7586
[criminal]
(773) 869-3140
[Circuit Court]
ONLINE:
Cook County
Circuit Court Records
www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/Terms/Case_Snapshot_Intro/case_snapshot_intro.htm
Chicago City Sex
Offenders
http://12.17.79.4/
Crawford County
1 Courthouse
Square
Robinson, IL
62454
(618) 544-3512
Cumberland County
Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 146
Toledo, IL 62468-0146
(217) 849-3601
De Witt County
P.O. Box 439
Clinton, IL
61727
(217) 935-2195
DeKalb County
110 E. Sycamore
St.
Sycamore, IL
60178
(815) 895-7131
Douglas County
401 S. Center
St.
P.O. Box 467
Tuscola, IL
61953
(217) 253-2352
Du Page County
505 N County Farm Rd
Wheaton, IL
60187
(630) 682-7100
ONLINE: Most Wanted, Deadbeat Dads
http://www.co.dupage.il.us/sheriff
Sex Offenders
www.co.dupage.il.us/sheriff/Offender/sexoffenderhome.htm
Bloomington Township
Assessor, Property
www.bloomingdaletownshipassessor.com/OPID/opid.asp
Edgar County
115 West Court,
Room J
Paris, IL 61944-1739
(217) 466-7447
Edwards County
50 E. Main St.
Albion, IL 62806
(618) 445-2016
Effingham County
P.O. Box 628
Effingham, IL
62401-0628
(217) 342-4065
Fayette County
P.O. Box 401
Vandalia, IL
62471-0401
(618) 283-5009
Ford County
200 W. State
St., Room 101
Paxton, IL 60957
(217) 379-2461
Franklin County
P.O. Box 607
Benton, IL 62812-0607
(618) 439-2011
Fulton County
100 N. Main
St.
P.O. Box 152
Lewistown, IL
61542-0226
(309) 547-3041
Gallatin County
P.O. Box 550
Shawneetown,
IL 62984-0550
(618) 269-3140
Greene County
519 N. Main
St.
Carrollton,
IL 62016
(217) 942-3421
Grundy County
111 E. Washington
St.
P.O. Box 675
Morris, IL 60450-0675
(815) 941-3256
Hamilton County
Public Square
McLeansboro,
IL 62859-1489
(618) 643-3224
Hancock County
Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 39
Carthage, IL
62321-0039
(217) 357-2616
Hardin County
Main St.
P.O. Box 187
Elizabethtown,
IL 62931
(618) 287-2735
Henderson County
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 308
Oquawka, IL
61469
(309) 867-3121
Henry County
100 S. Main
Cambridge, IL
61238
(309) 937-3572
ONLINE: Assessor
www.henrycty.com/assessor/search.asp
Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL037015J
Iroquois County
1001 E. Grant
Watseka, IL
60970
(815) 432-6950
Jackson County Clerk
1001 Walnut St.
Murphysboro, IL 62966
(618) 687-7300
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/search/search.html?court=1L039015J
Jasper County
100 W. Jourdan
St.
Newton, IL 62448
(618) 783-2524
Jefferson County
County Courthouse,
Room 105
100 South Kent
St.
Mount Vernon,
IL 62864
(618) 244-8008
Jersey County
201 W. Pearl
St.
Jerseyville,
IL 62052
(618) 498-5571
Jo Daviess County
330 N. Bench
St.
Galena, IL 61036
(815) 777-2295
Johnson County
P.O. Box 96
Vienna, IL 62995-0096
(618) 658-4571
Kane County
County Clerk
719 S. Batavia
Ave.
Geneva, IL 60134
(630) 232-3413
ONLINE:
Assessor
www.co.kane.il.us/treasurer/
Kankakee County
189 E. Court
St.
Kankakee, IL
60901-3997
(815) 937-2905
Kendall County
111 W. Fox St.
Yorkville, IL
60560
(630) 553-4183
Knox County
200 S. Cherry
St.
Galesburg, IL
61401
(309) 345-3817
Lake County
18 N. County
St.
Waukegan, IL
60085
(847) 360-6680
LaSalle County
P.O. Box 430
Ottawa, IL 61350
(815) 434-8671
ONLINE:
LaSalle County Assessor
www.lasallecounty.org/contents3.htm
Lawrence County
County Courthouse
1100 State Street
Lawrenceville,
IL 62439
(618) 943-2815
Lee County Clerk
and Recorder
P.O. Box 329
Dixon, IL 61021
(815) 284-5234
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL052025J
Livingston County
112 W. Madison
St.
Pontiac, IL
61764
(815) 844-20602
Logan County
P.O. Box 278
Lincoln, IL
62656-0278
(217) 735-1163
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/search/search.html?court=1L054025J
Macon County Clerk
141 S. Main
St., Room 104
Decatur, IL
62523-1488
(217) 424-1454
ONLINE: Macon
County Circuit Court
www.court.co.macon.il.us
(free civil
and criminal case docket information)
Macoupin County
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 107
Carlinville,
IL 62626
(217) 854-3211
Madison County
County Clerk
157 N. Main
St., P.O. Box 218
Ewardsville,
IL 62025
(618) 692-6240
Marion County
Clerk and Recorder
101 E. Broadway,
P.O. Box 637
Salem, IL 62881-0637
(618) 548-3856
Marshall County
P.O. Box 328
Lacon, IL 61540-0278
(309) 246-6435
Mason County Clerk
County Courthouse
P.O. Box 77
Havana, IL 62644
(309) 543-6619
Massac County
P.O. Box 429
Metropolis,
IL 62960-0429
(618) 524-9359
McDonough County
County Courthouse
1 Courthouse
Square
Macomb, IL 61455
(309) 837-4889
McHenry County
Clerk
2200 N. Seminary
Ave.
Woodstock, IL
60098
(815) 334-4307
ONLINE: McHenry
County Circuit Court
www.co.mchenry.il.us
(civil, criminal,
probate, traffic, and domestic records)
McHenry County
Assessor/Treasurer, Property Tax
http://taxweb2k.co.mchenry.il.us/cidnet/publictreasurer.htm
Foreclosure Sales
www.co.mchenry.il.us
McLean County
P.O. Box 2400
Room 704
Bloomington,
IL 61702
(309) 888-5301
ONLINE:
Assumed
Names
www.mclean.gov/CountyClerk/CountyClerkAssumedNamesMain.asp
Circuit Court
www.mcleancountyil.gov/circuitclerk/PA_main.htm
Election Officials
www.mclean.gov/countyclerk/CountyClerkElectionsLookup.asp
Recorder, Deeds, Liens, Judgments, Uccs, Vital Statistics
www.mclean.gov/resolution
Sex Offenders
www.mclean.gov/sheriff/SexOffenderPage.htm
Menard County
P.O. Box 465
Petersburg,
IL 62675-0465
(217) 632-2615
Mercer County
P.O. Box 66
Aledo, IL 61231-0066
(309) 582-7122
Online: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL066015J
Monroe County
100 S. Main
St.
Waterloo, IL
62298-1322
(618) 939-8681
Montgomery County
#1 Courthouse
Square
Hillsboro, IL
62049-1196
(217) 532-9546
Morgan County
P.O. Box 1286
Jacksonville,
IL 62651-1387
(217) 243-5419
Moultrie County
Clerk
10 S. Main St.
Sullivan, IL
61951
(217) 728-4622
Ogle County
Clerk and Recorder
P.O. Box 357
Oregon, IL 61061-0357
(815) 732-1130
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/search/search.html?court=IL071015J
Sexual Offenders, Most Wanted
www.oglecountysheriff.org
Peoria County
324 Main St.
#101
Peoria, IL 61602
(309) 672-6953
Perry County
Clerk and Recorder
P.O. Box 438
Pinckneyville,
IL 62274
(618) 357-6726
Piatt County
101 W. Washington
St., P.O. Box 558
Monticello,
IL 61856
(217) 762-4966
Pike County Courthouse
Clerk
100 E. Washington
St.
Pittsfield,
IL 62363
(217) 285-6612
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL075015J
Pope County
Clerk's Office
P.O. Box 216
Golconda, IL
62938-0216
(618) 683-3941
Pulaski County
P.O. Box 118
Mound City,
IL 62963-0109
(618) 748-9300
Putnam County
120 N. 4th St.,
P.O. Box 236
Hennepin, IL
61327
(815) 925-7016
Randolph County
1 Taylor St.,
P.O. Box 309
Chester, IL
62233
(618) 826-5000
Richland County
Clerk
Courthouse
103 W. Main
St.
Olney, IL 62450
(618) 392-2151
Rock Island County
210 15th St.
PO Box 5230
Rock Island,
IL 61204
(309) 786-4451
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records (Click on "Record Search")
www.co.rock-island.il.us/Government/CircuitClk/CircuitClk.html
Saint Clair County
10 Public Square
Belleville,
IL 62220
(618) 277-6832
ONLINE: Recorder, Grantor/Grantee, Property, Divorce, Liens, Judgments
www.stclaircountyrecorder.com/cgi-bin/query.cgi
Saline County
10 E. Poplar
St.
Harrisburg,
IL 62946
(618) 253-5096
Sangamon County
200 S. 9th St.
Springfield,
IL 62701
(217) 753-6674
Schuyler County
102 S. Congress
St., P.O. Box 200
Rushville, IL
62681
(217) 322-4633
Scott County
101 E. Market
St.
Winchester,
IL 62694
(217) 742-5217
Shelby County Courthouse
301 E. Main
St., P.O. Box 230
Shelbyville,
IL 62565
(217) 774-4212
Stark County
130 W. Main,
P.O. Box 97
Toulon, IL 61483
(309) 286-5941
Stephenson County
15 N. Galena
Ave.
Freeport, IL
61032
(815) 235-8266
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL089015J
Tazewell County
11 S. 4th St.
Mc Kenzie Building
Pekin, IL 61554-4298
(309) 477-2214
Union County
Box H
Jonesboro, IL
62952
(618) 833-5913
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL091015J
Vermilion County
6 N. Vermilion
St.
Danville, IL
61832-5806
(217) 554-7700
Wabash County
4th & Market
St., P.O. Box 277
Mount Carmel,
IL 62863
(618) 262-5362
Warren County Courthouse
100 W. Broadway
Monmouth, IL
61462-1797
(309) 734-5179
Washington County
101 E. Saint
Louis St.
Nashville, IL
62263
(618) 327-4800
Wayne County
301 E. Main
St., P.O. Box 187
Fairfield, IL
62837
(618) 842-7684
White County
301 E. Main
St., P.O. Box 339
Carmi, IL 62821
(618) 382-2321
Whiteside County
200 E. Knox
St.
Morrison, IL
61270
(815) 772-5188
ONLINE: Circuit Court Records
www.judici.com/courts/index.jsp?court=IL098015J
Will County
14 W. Jefferson
St.
Joliet, IL 60432
(815) 727-8592
ONLINE: Real Estate, Deeds, Liens, Mortgages
www.willcountydata.com/rec/searchselect.htm
Voter Registration
www.willcountydata.com/voterstatus/Voter_lookup_input.htm
Williamson County
200 W. Jefferson
St.
Marion, IL 62959
(618) 997-1301
Woodford County
115 N. Main
Eureka, IL 61530-1293
(309) 467-3312
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