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Find the right office in Adams County. Court cases, deeds and parcels, sheriff and jail records, vital records and county filings, each linked to the office that keeps them.
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Court records
Adams County Criminal and Civil Court Records, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
Open official site Adams County Criminal and Civil Court RecordsProperty records
County clerk recorder information and recorded documents.
Open official site Adams County Official Public Records SearchPolice & jail
The Adams County Sheriff in Quincy runs patrol, the county jail and civil process; contact the office for incident reports, inmate information and warrant questions.
Open official site Adams County Sheriff & JailVital records
Official death certificates from the county of Adams.
Open official site Adams County Death RecordsCity records
Search for information by business name or business owner.
Open official site Adams County Fictitious Business Name FilingsState records
Index of Adams County's services and resources.
Open official site Adams County DirectoryCounty court
Civil Cases, records and information of General and Limited jurisdiction.
Open official site Adams County Circuit Clerk's OfficeProperty records
Property assessment and other county real estate resources.
Open official site Adams County Property AssessorPolice & jail
The Adams County Sheriff's Office publishes the people it is looking for and the warrants out for them, with the charge and the date each warrant was issued.
Open official site Adams County Most WantedVital records
Order records of births in the county of Adams.
Open official site Adams County BirthsCounty court
Official county court source for Adams County.
Open official site Adams County Court CalendarProperty records
Review and obtain property taxes and more.
Open official site Adams County Tax InformationEverything else, organized
2 more Adams County sources not listed above.
Local record guide
County profile
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Adams County Sheriff's Office is responsible for maintaining law and order in Adams County's unincorporated areas.
Police Departments. In addition to Adams County Sheriff's Office, law enforcement in Adams County is provided by several municipal police departments, including the Quincy Police Department, Camp Point Police Department, and Liberty Police Department.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Adams County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 507 Vermont Street in Quincy, Illinois 62301, is the primary law enforcement agency for unincorporated areas of Adams County and operates Adams County Jail. Adams County Jail, also located at 507 Vermont Street, houses inmates awaiting trial and those serving sentences of less than one year. Arrest records in Adams County are considered public records under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq, which requires public bodies to provide access to public records upon request.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Vital records for Adams County, Illinois, including birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage records, are maintained by multiple agencies depending on the record type and date. Adams County Clerk's Office, located at 521 Vermont Street, Quincy, Illinois 62301, phone (217) 277-2100, maintains marriage license applications and marriage records for ceremonies performed in Adams County.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 21 named mine sites inside the county, 11 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 68 holes drawn inside the county, 42 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; construction sand and gravel.
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.
Rows taken off the old survey maps open the USGS record of what sits at that spot, because no single feature on those maps has a page of its own. Rows from the mine records open their own USGS page.
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.
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Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Adams County Sheriff or a city police department in Adams County. Ask that agency for its record. Under 815 ILCS 505/2QQQ, anyone who publishes criminal record information, including photographs, may not charge a fee to remove, correct or modify it. Under 5 ILCS 140/2.15(e), a law enforcement agency may not post booking photographs on its social networking site for civil, petty or business offenses or Class B and C misdemeanors, except to help find a missing person or a wanted person.
The Illinois criminal history record comes from the Illinois State Police, Bureau of Identification. Under the Uniform Conviction Information Act, conviction information is public: request it by name with the UCIA name based request form or by fingerprints through a Live Scan vendor.
Search the Illinois Sex Offender Registry (Illinois State Police), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Register with the county clerk, or the board of election commissioners where one exists (the local election authority) or through the Illinois State Board of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. Regular registration closes 27 days before Election Day and online registration 16 days before; grace period registration and voting run in person at designated sites from the 27th day before through Election Day.
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Adams County are kept by the Adams County Recorder of Deeds. Property values are set by the Township Assessor in township counties, or the County Supervisor of Assessments, and tax bills come from the County Treasurer, also called the County Collector. Source: official state page.
Certified birth and death certificates for Illinois come from the Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records. You may contact the county clerk where the event occurred. By mail with a check or money order payable to IDPH to Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records, 110 W Lawrence Ave., Springfield, IL 62704-2610, or through the county clerk where the birth occurred. Fee: $10 for a certified copy (or $15 for a certified copy with the information collected at birth); $2 for each additional copy requested at the same time.
Business entity filings are searched with the Illinois Secretary of State, Business Services. Sole proprietorships and general partnerships using a business name other than the owners' legal names register it with the county clerk under the Assumed Name Act; some municipalities and counties impose their own taxes.
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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.