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Requests for official Morgan County criminal records belong with the government office that created or filed the material. This private reference site cannot retrieve or change a record. The contacts below route court files to the Circuit Clerk, sheriff and jail records to the Sheriff's Office, and statewide history questions to Illinois State Police.

This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot pull criminal records, run official background checks, remove or correct a record, or accept expungement filings for anyone. For any of those, you need to reach the right government office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Morgan County records should be directed as follows:

  • Court case files: see criminal court case records, or contact the clerk of the court that heard the case
  • Criminal history and personal record review: contact the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: call the Morgan County Sheriff at 217-243-6123
  • Official state checks: use the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification channel appropriate to the request
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report
  • Expungement and sealing: file through the Circuit Clerk for the court tied to the case

For sheriff-created reports and jail records, contact the Morgan County Sheriff, 300 W. Court St., Jacksonville, IL 62650, 217-243-6123, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Court files are held separately by the Morgan County Circuit Clerk, 300 W. State St., Jacksonville, IL 62650, 217-243-5419, during the same weekday hours.