Illinois, Livingston County
Where Pontiac's records are kept. Pontiac has its own city government, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Pontiac's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Livingston County offices are on our Livingston 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
Census Bureau QuickFacts table for Pontiac city, Illinois: population estimates, age, race and Hispanic origin, housing, households, education, income and poverty, drawn from census counts and survey data.
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
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children poster search for missing children, companions or suspects and unidentified remains, filtered by state where missing or found.
Open official site NCMEC Search Missing Children PostersPolice & 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 RegistrationCity records
City Hall for the city of Pontiac is at 115 West Howard Street, 815-844-3396; the city website offers utility bill payment, agendas and minutes, City Council livestreams, garbage route information and Vermillion River flood updates.
Open official site City of PontiacPolice & jail
The mission of the Pontiac Police Department is to work in partnership with the community to protect life and property, solve neighborhood problems. Law enforcement services 413 N Mill St Pontiac, IL 61764-1838 Phone: (815) 844-5148
Open official site Pontiac Police DepartmentCity records
Fire prevention and safety 413 N Mill St. Pontiac, IL 61764 Phone: (815) 842-3225
Open official site Pontiac Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Pontiac sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Pontiac, a place of 11,150 people, is the seat of Livingston County. Court and property records sit with Livingston County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Pontiac's own offices are in the cards above, and our Livingston 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 USGS mineral file records 2 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 1 of them worked out or abandoned; the USGS topographic mine features add 2 features mapped inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts, adits or tunnels, digitised from the old survey sheets. The mineral the records name is Stone.
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.
Pontiac sits over the Eastern Region and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The records only show a hole where somebody wrote one down or drew it on a map, never the outline of the workings themselves, 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.
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 Pontiac.
Deeds for property in Pontiac are recorded by the Livingston County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Livingston 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.