Illinois, Cook County
Where Harvey's records are kept. Court and property records for Harvey sit with Cook County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois.
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Harvey relies on Cook County and the State of Illinois for its public records. The cards below are the Illinois state offices, and 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 CorrectionsPolice & jail
FBI wanted posters, from the Ten Most Wanted list to fugitives, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, bank robbers and seeking information cases; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Most WantedVital 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 RecordsVital records
USAGov explains how to get certified copies of birth and death certificates, copies of marriage and divorce records, and replacements for lost or stolen government ID cards.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Copies of Vital Records and IDsCounty court
The federal judiciary's national index of district, bankruptcy and appellate court cases. Searching needs a free PACER account; pages cost $0.10, capped at $3 per document, with quarterly charges of $30 or less waived.
Open official site PACER Case LocatorFederal
USAGov sends you to your state's unclaimed property office, which holds most unclaimed money, and to federal searches for back wages, pensions, IRS refunds, savings bonds and deposits from failed banks.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Unclaimed MoneyVital records
The Social Security Administration explains survivor benefits, monthly payments to eligible relatives of workers who paid Social Security taxes before death, including who qualifies, possible amounts and when to report a death.
Open official site Social Security Survivor BenefitsPolice & jail
U.S. Department of Justice search of public sex offender registries from every state, territory and many tribes by name or ZIP code; address radius searches cover only states that send coordinates.
Open official site Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public WebsiteFederal
USAGov explains checking your registration through Can I Vote, which opens your state's election website, and advises doing it before the state deadline, which can be up to 30 days before an election.
Open official site USAGov Guide to Confirming Voter RegistrationCounty court
Federal judiciary guide to finding a case in PACER: search the court where it was filed for current data, or the nationwide PACER Case Locator, updated daily. A PACER account is required.
Open official site PACER Find a CaseState records
Illinois State Archives genealogy and historical records for Harvey.
Open official site Harvey Illinois Archives and GenealogyCounty 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 IllinoisEverything else, organized
17 more Harvey sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Harvey, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Harvey in ZIP code 60426 keeps its own council and town business records. Chicago, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Cook County office is listed on our Cook County page.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 32 investigations with a Harvey address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $486,419 in back wages agreed for 420 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Line Security Solutions, LLC. | 1 | $165,980 | 190 |
| Brackenbox, Inc. | 1 | $90,861 | 19 |
| Payton Corp III | 1 | $87,927 | 16 |
| Hi-way One Tire Shop, Inc. | 1 | $59,500 | 9 |
| Chirldren's Habilitation Center, Inc | 1 | $25,185 | 98 |
| Carter Excavation & Grading, Inc. | 1 | $19,937 | 2 |
| Parasun Motel, Inc. | 1 | $8,802 | 34 |
| Atkore International, Inc | 3 | $4,841 | 1 |
| Shapat1 Hospitality, Inc. | 1 | $4,333 | 1 |
| Community Dialysis LLC | 1 | $3,529 | 13 |
| Illinois Department Of Children & Family Serv | 1 | $3,309 | 1 |
| EdWeathersby & Sons Plumbing,Water Sewers INC | 1 | $3,138 | 2 |
| Quality Mechanical, Inc. | 1 | $2,146 | 3 |
| Dixie, Inc. | 1 | $1,642 | 2 |
| Golden Jubilee Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $1,413 | 5 |
| Carrie's Place | 1 | $1,200 | 1 |
| Jubilee Enterprises Inc. | 1 | $859 | 3 |
| CS Hotel Management | 1 | $526 | 7 |
| Midway Line Inc. | 1 | $346 | 1 |
| Harvey Fresh Market, LLC | 1 | $80 | 1 |
| Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation | 2 | $0 | 0 |
| Senor Salsa | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Ingalls Home Care | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Nuno's Pizza Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sterling Site Access Solutions LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 27 whose address on the record is in Harvey; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 2 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 the county clerk, or the board of election commissioners where one exists keeps the roll for Harvey. You can register online, by mail or in person. 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.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Illinois come from the Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Vital Records. The fee is $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. You may contact the county clerk where the event occurred.
Deeds for property in Harvey are recorded by the county Recorder of Deeds, the Township Assessor in township counties, or the County Supervisor of Assessments sets the assessed value, and the County Treasurer, also called the County Collector sends the tax bill. Our Cook County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Harvey register with the Illinois Secretary of State, Business Services, which runs the state business entity search. 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.
Illinois criminal history checks are run by 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.
Same county
Other places in Cook County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Cook County records are on the county page.