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Official Hancock County criminal records must be requested from the government office that keeps them. The contact routes below distinguish court files, city police reports, county booking records, and Illinois criminal-history responses.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference site cannot retrieve or correct records, perform an official check, or receive an expungement or sealing filing. Contact the responsible public office directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the following Hancock County and Illinois custodians:

  • Court case files: see criminal court cases or contact the Hancock County Circuit Clerk, 500 Main Street, Carthage, IL 62321, 217-357-2616
  • Criminal-history responses: contact the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: contact the Hancock County Sheriff's Office
  • Official Illinois conviction inquiries: use the ISP CHIRP process
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report
  • Expungement and record sealing: file with the court that heard the case

For sheriff and jail records, contact the Hancock County Sheriff's Office, 98 Buchanan Street, Carthage, IL 62321, 217-357-2115. Published county office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.