Illinois, Lake County
Where Lake Villa's records are kept. The Village of Lake Villa has its own village government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lake Villa's own offices, along with the Lake County and State of Illinois offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
County court
The Lake County Circuit Clerk in Waukegan: civil, criminal, traffic, probate and juvenile case records of the 19th Judicial Circuit, with the online case search, e-filing and copies of court documents.
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The Village of Lake Villa site: the village clerk, board agendas and minutes, the village code and ordinances, building permits, online bill payment and Freedom of Information Act requests.
Open official site Village of Lake VillaProperty records
Lake County recorded documents from the County Clerk's recording division: deeds, mortgages, liens and plats searched online by name or PIN, with certified copies and e-recording.
Open official site Lake County recorded documentsPolice & jail
The Lake County Sheriff's Office in Waukegan: the county jail and inmate search, warrants, civil process and evictions, sheriff's sales and FOIA requests.
Open official site Lake County Sheriff's OfficeVital records
Lake County death certificates from the County Clerk: certified copies for deaths in Lake County, ordered online, by mail or in person.
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The Lake County Chief County Assessment Office: the parcel search with assessed values, exemptions, sales and tax maps for every township in the county.
Open official site Lake County assessment recordsPolice & jail
Lake County Jail inmate information: people in custody at the Waukegan jail by name with charges and bond, visitation and commissary.
Open official site Lake County Jail inmate searchVital records
Lake County birth certificates from the County Clerk: certified copies for births in Lake County, ordered online, by mail or in person.
Open official site Lake County birth certificatesPolice & jail
The Illinois Sex Offender Registry from the Illinois State Police: registered offenders by name, city, county or zip code, with photos and addresses.
Open official site Illinois sex offender registryPolice & jail
Illinois Department of Corrections search for individuals in its custody, alongside links to wanted fugitives, sex offender information, parolee sex registrant search, visitation rules and victim services.
Open official site Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody SearchPolice & jail
The Bureau of Identification of the Illinois State Police: statewide conviction record checks by name or fingerprint under the Uniform Conviction Information Act, for a fee.
Open official site Illinois criminal history record checkState courts
Illinois circuit court records are kept by the clerk of the circuit court in each county. The Illinois Courts site lists every circuit clerk with links, plus the Supreme and Appellate Court case search.
Open official site Illinois court recordsVital records
Illinois birth and death certificates from 1916 and marriage and divorce verifications from the Department of Public Health Division of Vital Records, ordered online, by mail or in person. Certified marriage copies come from the county clerk.
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The Illinois Secretary of State business entity search: corporations, LLCs and partnerships by name or file number, with status, agent and filing history.
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I-Cash, the Illinois State Treasurer unclaimed property search: dormant accounts, uncashed checks, safe deposit box contents and other property, claimed online by name.
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Local record guide
Local profile
The Village of Lake Villa, a place of 8,741 people, is in Lake County, whose county seat is Waukegan. Court and property records sit with Lake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Lake Villa's own offices are in the cards above, and our Lake County page lists each county office.
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Inspecting records is free under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, the first 50 black and white pages are free and later pages cost 15 cents each. Circuit clerk case searches are free, a certified Illinois birth certificate costs $15 from IDPH or about $16 from a county clerk, and a certified death certificate is $19.
Ask the Lake Villa Village police department records division for incident and accident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Lake County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crashes worked by the Illinois State Police are bought online or by mail from the ISP, and reports are released in redacted form under FOIA.
Cases filed in Lake County are heard by the circuit court for the county, and the Lake County Circuit Clerk runs the case search and sells copies. The Illinois Courts website covers the Supreme and Appellate Courts.
Deeds and mortgages are recorded by the Lake County Recorder of Deeds, a duty of the county clerk in many counties. Property is assessed by the township assessor or the county supervisor of assessments, and the Lake County Treasurer mails and collects the tax bills.
The Lake County Clerk issues certified birth, death and marriage certificates for events in the county, usually over the counter. The Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital Records in Springfield also issues birth and death certificates by mail, which takes about 12 weeks.
Yes. The Illinois State Police offers name-based criminal history checks of conviction information through its CHIRP system for a fee, and fingerprint checks for full records. Circuit clerk case searches also show criminal cases by name.
Illinois agencies must respond within five business days under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, and may extend that once by five more business days with written notice. Requests for commercial purposes get 21 business days.
Same county
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.