Illinois, Cook County
Where Evanston's records are kept. Evanston has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Evanston's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Cook County offices are on our Cook County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Illinois' state prison agency, with links to the Individual in Custody Search, victim notification, wanted fugitives, sex offender information and Freedom of Information Act requests.
Open official site Illinois Department of CorrectionsState records
The Illinois State Archives in Springfield keeps state government records and offers online databases, digital collections and research visits for historical and genealogy work.
Open official site Illinois State ArchivesCounty court
Northern Illinois federal bankruptcy court with clerk's offices in Chicago and Rockford, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the site links PACER, electronic filing, unclaimed funds, online payments and a volunteer attorney panel.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of IllinoisCounty court
Official site of the Illinois Judicial Branch, with Supreme and Appellate Court news and opinions, a Find Your Court guide to each county, e-FileIL information and Re:SearchIL for documents filed through eFileIL.
Open official site Illinois CourtsVital records
Handles mailed requests for Illinois birth and death records, which take about 12 weeks; death records go only to people with a personal or property interest, and marriage copies come from county clerks.
Open official site Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Keeps Illinois criminal history records tied to more than five million fingerprint files; people review or challenge their own record through a Live Scan Access and Review request, and the Joliet office requires appointments.
Open official site Illinois State Police Bureau of IdentificationPolice & jail
Names people wanted on fugitive warrants issued at the request of the Illinois Department of Corrections; tips about where they are go to a toll free line, and information from the public stays confidential.
Open official site Illinois Department of Corrections Wanted FugitivesPolice & jail
The Illinois State Police posts every sex offender required to register, except adjudicated juveniles, with name, birth date and address, and maps murderer and violent offender against youth registrants as well.
Open official site Illinois State Police Sex Offender RegistrationCity records
Use Evanston's City Council meeting portal for documents and written public comment, or browse ward pages and boards and commissions. Lorraine H. Morton City Hall is at 909 Davis Street.
Open official site City of EvanstonCity records
Evanston City Clerk, the office that keeps county filings and public records, with the copies and searches it publishes.
Open official site Evanston City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 1454 Elmwood Avenue Evanston, IL 60201-4808 Phone: (847) 866-5000
Open official site Evanston Police DepartmentCity records
City of Evanston Fire Department, 909 Lake St., Evanston, phone (847) 448-8191, handling fire and emergency medical response, with alarms, permits, incident reports and community programs.
Open official site Evanston Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Evanston sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Evanston, a place of 78,110 people, is in Cook County, whose county seat is Chicago. Court and property records sit with Cook County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Evanston's own offices are in the cards above, and our Cook County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed. The mineral the records name is crushed stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. The Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund is a not for profit created by statute, not a state agency; the cover is bought through the homeowner insurer.
Illinois abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 45 investigations with a Evanston address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $461,871 in back wages agreed for 255 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Evanston | 1 | $176,422 | 16 |
| Botti Studio of Architectural Arts, Inc. | 1 | $91,103 | 56 |
| The Grove of Evanston, LLC | 1 | $71,940 | 31 |
| FINNPRO, Inc. | 1 | $29,731 | 9 |
| Gigio's Pizzeria | 1 | $29,143 | 10 |
| E. Hsieh, Inc. | 1 | $20,840 | 9 |
| Albany Care, L.L.C | 1 | $10,997 | 72 |
| Joy Yee Noodles, Limited | 1 | $8,838 | 14 |
| Clean Plate Club LLC. | 1 | $6,225 | 2 |
| Nature's Perspective Landscape, Inc. | 1 | $6,092 | 1 |
| The Boiling Point, Inc. | 1 | $5,059 | 7 |
| Clarke's on Belmont, Inc. | 2 | $2,641 | 6 |
| KARIM Inc | 1 | $1,682 | 10 |
| Vianna INC | 1 | $1,161 | 1 |
| Egg'em On Clarke's, Inc | 1 | $965 | 6 |
| North Shore Towing, Inc | 1 | $446 | 2 |
| Evanston Skilled Nursing Facility, LLC | 1 | $277 | 5 |
| The Traismans, Benuck, Merens, and Kimball | 1 | $144 | 1 |
| Tip Top INC | 1 | $60 | 1 |
| City of Evanston Robert Crown Community Cntr | 1 | $31 | 1 |
| Dozika, Inc. | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Care Centers, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| National Award Service, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Evanston Art Center | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Celtic Knot, LLC. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 42 whose address on the record is in Evanston; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 17 more with smaller records are on the Illinois wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Illinois is run by the Illinois State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Evanston.
Deeds for property in Evanston are recorded by the Cook County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Cook County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Illinois come from the state vital records office, Illinois Division of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.