In Illinois, the Circuit Court is the court of original jurisdiction. There are 23 circuits in Illinois. Five are single-county (Cook, Will, DuPage, Lake, and McHenry); the other eighteen circuits contain two to twelve counties per circuit. The Circuit Court hears all civil, criminal, traffic, and probate cases, except those that go to Arbitration Panels (lawsuits of $30,000 or less in Cook County, and $50,000 or less in 16 other counties), and those that go directly to the Supreme Court (which has the discretion to hear cases relating to revenue, mandamus, prohibition, and habeas corpus).
For Illinois statewide Circuit Court records, click on the resource below titled “Court Records – Illinois Circuit Courts.” Otherwise, use the databases listed below for Supreme, Appellate, or U.S. District Court records, or the county resources for Circuit Court records.
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| Bankruptcies, Judgments, Tax Liens Pay Site Need to find background information or evaluate a debtor? Use the huge SearchSystems.net Premium database to search Illinois or U.S. Nationwide tax liens, bankruptcies, and judgments for only $5.00. Immediate results. |
| Circuit Clerk Court Records Use this Judici service to access court records from 64 courts in Illinois. From their page, select the county at the top menu. |
| Court Records | U.S. District PACER Illinois Pay Site Search Illinois U.S. District Courts PACER civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court records. |
| Illinois Circuit Courts Information List by judicial district of Illinois Circuit Courts websites. |
| Bureau County Circuit Court Civil, small claims, criminal, probate, traffic, and child support cases records from the Bureau County Clerk of the Circuit Court. |
| Carroll County Probate Records Search the Carroll County, Illinois Clerk of the Circuit Court closed probate records. Tip: ID is probate, password is cccc. |
| Champaign County Clerk of the Circuit Court for Champaign County court records. |
| Cook County Court - Black Line Trial Call Search Search the Cook County Clerk of Court for cases included in the Black Line Pool by case number, plaintiff or defendant name, or by attorney code. |
| Cook County Court - Court Call Search the Cook County Clerk of Court Civil and Law Division Court Call for "data for today and for the next three business days." |
| Cook County Court - Probate Dockets Search the Cook County, Illinois Clerk of the Circuit Court probate dockets. |
| Cook County Court - Probate Wills Search the Cook County, Illinois Clerk of the Circuit Court probate wills dockets. |
| Cook County Court Full Case Dockets Search the Cook County, Illinois Clerk of Circuit Court for Chancery, Civil, Law, and Domestic Relations records for dockets. |
| Court Opinions | Supreme Illinois Supreme Court Opinions database. |
| DeKalb County | Civil Civil court record searches from the DeKalb County Circuit Clerk. |
| DeKalb County | Criminal Traffic and criminal court records from the DeKalb County Circuit Clerk. |
| DuPage County Court Records Search DuPage County, Illinois Office of the Circuit Court for court records by case number, case name, or complaint number. |
| Fulton County Court Index 1825-1876 Search Illinois State Archives database of Fulton County, Illinois Circuit Court Case Files for the period 1825-1876. |
| Jackson County Court - Historical Probate Browse Jackson County, Illinois historic probate records by name. |
| Jackson County Court - Historical Records Browse this listing of historical court records in Jackson County. |
| Jefferson County Court Records (selected years) 1889 - 1911 Search for court filings in Jefferson County, Illinois. Includes Dec. 1898, Feb. 1899, Oct-Dec. 1899, May 1903, and March-April 1911. |
| Jersey County Circuit Court Records Search Jersey County, Illinois Circuit Court records for civil, criminal, probate and traffic filings by name, case number, or view the daily docket. |
| Judgments Pay Site Need to find background information or evaluate a debtor? Use the huge SearchSystems.net Premium database to search Illinois or U.S. Nationwide tax liens, bankruptcies, and judgments for only $5.00. Immediate results. |
| Kane County Hearing dates and court record record searches from the Kane County Circuit Clerk 16th Judicial Circuit Court. |
| Kane County Court Index 1836-1870 Search Illinois State Archives database of Kane County, Illinois Circuit Court Case Files for the period 1836-1870. |
| Lake County Court Index 1840-1898 Search Illinois State Archives database of Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court Case Files for the period 1840-1898. |
| Lake County | Court Records 19th Judicial Circuit Court records from the Lake County Clerk of Court. |
| LaSalle County Criminal, civil, family, and traffic court record search from the LaSalle County Circuit Clerk. |
| LaSalle County Court Records Pay Site Search the LaSalle County, Illinois Court system by name, address, date, etc. for recorded documents. Requires registration with the Jano Justice System. |
| Livingston County Probate Case Index 1837-1958 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Livingston County Probate Court Case Files Index for the period 1837-1958. |
| Macon County Macon County Circuit Clerk court records and daily docket. |
| Macon County Court Records 1829-1861 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Macon County, Illinois Circuit Court Case Files for the period 1829-1861 by plaintiff and/or defendant name. |
| Madison County Madison County civil, criminal, traffic, probate, family, and small claims case records. |
| Madison County | Dockets Madison County court dockets from the Circuit Court Clerk. |
| McHenry County Court Records Find civil, criminal, small claims, family law, and traffic filings from the McHenry County Circuit Court. Search by name, case number, or ticket number. |
| McLean County McLean County Circuit Clerk civil, criminal, and traffic Court records. |
| McLean County Probate Case Index 1834-1934 Search the Illinois State Archives database of McLean County Probate Court Case Files Index for the period 1834-1934. |
| Menard County Probate Index 1839-1963 Browse this RootsWeb index alphabetically by surname for Menard County, Illinois probate records filed between 1839 and 1963. |
| Peoria County Probate Case Index 1825-1887 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Peoria County Probate Court Case Files Index for the period 1825-1887. |
| Peoria County | Records & Calendars Court record database and court calendars for Peoria County criminal, traffic, civil, probate, and family cases. |
| Protective Orders Search for protective orders in Illinois by case number and respondent name and county of issuance. |
| Rock Island County Probate Case Index 1834-1899 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Rock Island County Probate Court Case Files Index for the period 1834-1899. |
| Sangamon County Divorces Search this Sangamon County, Illinois Circuit Clerk service by date, case type (choose divorce on drop down menu) or case sequence number. |
| Sangamon County IL Court Records Search for Sangamon County, Illinois civil, criminal, traffic, small claims, and family law court records from the Circuit Clerk by name, case number, drivers lic. number or traffic ticket number. |
| Sangamon County Probate Case Index 1821 - 1906 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Sangamon County Probate Court Case Files Index for the period 1821 - 1906. |
| Shelby County Circuit Court Case Files 1828-1871 Search the Illinois State Archives database of Shelby County, Illinois Circuit Court Case Files for the period 1828-1871. |
| St. Clair County Civil, criminal, and traffic court record search provided by the St. Clair County Circuit Clerk. |
| St. Clair County Chancery Court Case Index 1815-1870 Search the Illinois State Archives database of St. Clair County Chancery Court Case Files Index for the period 1815-1870. Chancery Court generally covers wills, divorce, foreclosures, partitions of real estate, etc. |
| Will County | Circuit Court Records & Schedules Will County Clerk of the Circuit Court online court records, payments, and court schedule. |
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