Where El Paso's records are kept. El Paso has its own city government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include El Paso's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Woodford County offices are on our Woodford County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
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Illinois Department of Corrections
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.
The Illinois State Archives in Springfield keeps state government records and offers online databases, digital collections and research visits for historical and genealogy work.
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of Illinois
Holds bankruptcy cases for central Illinois at offices in Springfield, Peoria and Urbana; check case status on PACER or the VCIS phone line, or request a free PDF of a discharge order by email.
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.
Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital 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.
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.
Illinois Department of Corrections Wanted Fugitives
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.
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.
Census Bureau profile of El Paso city, Illinois: 2,756 residents in the 2020 Census, a median household income of $75,625 and 1,134 housing units in 2024 American Community Survey estimates.
El Paso residents can pay water bills online, read agendas, minutes and the municipal code, check tree and leaf pickup and read the drinking water report. City offices: 125 W Front Street.
El Paso, a place of 2,756 people, is in Woodford County, whose county seat is Eureka. Court and property records sit with Woodford County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. El Paso's own offices are in the cards above, and our Woodford County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in El Paso
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 processing plant, which is not a working.
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.
El Paso: the boundary from the Census Bureau, and one dot for each old mine or hole on record inside it. The purple dots come off the old survey maps and the darkest of those are shafts and tunnels; the red, green and orange ones are mine records. The pale shapes with a name around it are the neighbouring places, from the Census Bureau. Hover a dot for its name.Illinois mine map and abandoned mine records
El Paso sits over the Eastern Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by ISGS Coal Mines in Illinois Viewer (ILMINES) and linked below.
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
Wage and hour cases in El Paso, Illinois
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 6 investigations with a El Paso address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $5,832 in back wages agreed for 38 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.
Every employer whose address on the record is in El Paso, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The Illinois wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
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El Paso public-records FAQs
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How do I register to vote in El Paso, Illinois?
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 El Paso.
How do I look up property records in El Paso, Illinois?
Deeds for property in El Paso are recorded by the Woodford County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Woodford County page lists the county offices.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in El Paso, Illinois?
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.