Illinois, Madison County
Where Highland's records are kept. Court and property records for Highland sit with Madison County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois.
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As a small town, Highland relies on Madison County and the State of Illinois for its public records. The cards below are the Illinois state offices, and the Madison County offices are on our Madison 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 Highland.
Open official site Highland Illinois Archives and GenealogyCounty court
Covers southern Illinois from the Melvin Price Federal Courthouse in East St. Louis and a second office in Benton, posting opinions, court calendars, local rules, general orders and forms.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of IllinoisEverything else, organized
15 more Highland sources not listed above.
Local record guide
What we hold on Highland, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Highland in ZIP code 62249 keeps its own council and town business records. Edwardsville, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Madison 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 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.
Highland 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
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 9 investigations with a Highland address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $34,834 in back wages agreed for 205 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korte Construction Company | 2 | $13,349 | 4 |
| Clean The Uniform Company Highland | 1 | $11,465 | 186 |
| El Rancherito of Highland, Inc. | 1 | $7,960 | 10 |
| Highland Liquor & Food Mart, Inc | 1 | $2,011 | 4 |
| MJ Taylor Enterprises Inc. | 1 | $50 | 1 |
| Manpower, Inc | 3 | $0 | 0 |
| Mike A. Maedge Trucking, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Sam's Pizza and Pub Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Highland, by back wages agreed; 4 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.
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 Highland. 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 Highland 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 Madison County page lists those offices.
Businesses that operate in Highland 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 Madison County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Madison County records are on the county page.