Illinois, Edgar County
Where Paris's records are kept. Paris has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Paris's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Edgar County offices are on our Edgar 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 CorrectionsFederal
Population, race and ethnicity, housing units, home values, household income, poverty and travel time to work for Paris city, Illinois, set out in a single U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts table.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsState records
The Illinois State Archives in Springfield keeps state government records and offers online databases, digital collections and research visits for historical and genealogy work.
Open official site Illinois State ArchivesCounty court
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.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of IllinoisCounty court
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.
Open official site Illinois CourtsVital 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 RecordsPolice & jail
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.
Open official site Illinois State Police Bureau of IdentificationPolice & jail
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.
Open official site Illinois Department of Corrections Wanted FugitivesPolice & jail
Illinois State Police offender registration records show each registered sex offender's address on a map that refreshes hourly, along with murderer and violent offender against youth registrants; adjudicated juveniles are excluded.
Open official site Illinois State Police Sex Offender RegistrationState records
City of Paris site with City Hall and City Council pages, a FOIA request form, codes and inspections, police, fire, streets and water departments, city parks and council meeting notices.
Open official site City of ParisState records
Government and municipal administration 206 S Central Ave Paris, IL 61944-2104 Phone: (217) 465-7601
Open official site Paris City HallCity records
City of Paris page for starting or growing a business, with TIF and retail incentive applications and city plans; City Hall, 206 S. Central Avenue, Paris. Phone 217-465-7601.
Open official site City of Paris Business DevelopmentEverything else, organized
13 more Paris sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Paris, a place of 8,291 people, is the seat of Edgar County. Court and property records sit with Edgar County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Paris's own offices are in the cards above, and our Edgar County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
What the records show here, and the office that holds the mine maps.
Paris sits over the Eastern Region and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The USGS coal fields map is drawn at a small scale, so it shows the ground, not a parcel.
Nothing at all is on record inside the town limits: no mine, no shaft, no adit and no pit. That is what the files say, and it is not a clearance. Those files record a working only where one was catalogued or drawn on a survey sheet, and on coal ground the sheets are thin: the maps that show the rooms and the pillars are held by ISGS Coal Mines in Illinois Viewer (ILMINES) and that office is where to ask for them.
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 7 investigations with a Paris address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $8,400 in back wages agreed for 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North American Lighting, Inc. | 3 | $6,212 | 40 |
| Paris Health Care Center Investors, LLC | 1 | $2,188 | 10 |
| IWD, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Cargill Dry Corn Ingredients, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Paris, by back wages agreed; 1 employer has 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 local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Paris.
Deeds for property in Paris are recorded by the Edgar County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Edgar County page lists the county offices.
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.
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.