Illinois, Sangamon County
Where Springfield's records are kept. Springfield has its own city government, clerk's office, police department and fire department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Springfield's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Sangamon County offices are on our Sangamon 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 CorrectionsState 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 RecordsState records
NamUs is a free national clearinghouse for missing, unidentified and unclaimed person cases, with a searchable case database plus forensic services and investigative support to help resolve them.
Open official site NamUsPolice & 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
Under 730 ILCS 152/115 the Illinois State Police keep a statewide sex offender database on the internet; the registry's public search covers people who must register in the state.
Open official site Illinois State Police Sex Offender RegistryCity records
Springfield city offices at 800 East Monroe Street handle birth and death records, FOIA requests, parking tickets, liquor and video gaming licenses, public works permits and City Water, Light and Power.
Open official site City of SpringfieldCity records
Administration of public records 300 S. Seventh Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: (217) 789-2216 Fax: (217) 789-2144
Open official site Springfield City ClerkPolice & jail
Law enforcement services 800 E. Monroe Springfield, IL 62701 Phone: (217) 788-8311
Open official site Springfield Police DepartmentCity records
Fire prevention and safety 3009 Singer Ave Springfield, IL 62703-2136 Phone: (217) 788-8430
Open official site Springfield Fire DepartmentEverything else, organized
12 more Springfield sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Springfield, a place of 114,394 people, is the seat of Sangamon County. Court and property records sit with Sangamon County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Springfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our Sangamon 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 4 mine sites inside the city or town limits: 4 past producers, now closed; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 1 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; construction sand and gravel; Fire Clay (Refractory).
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.
Springfield 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 266 investigations with a Springfield address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $7,022,196 in back wages agreed for 29,798 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cingular Wireless, LLC | 7 | $5,581,636 | 27,935 |
| Casa Real of Springfield, LLC | 1 | $141,042 | 83 |
| QSL of Springfield, Inc & Lube Holdings, Inc. | 1 | $104,315 | 224 |
| Family Guidance Centers Inc | 2 | $89,596 | 33 |
| Consolidated Terminals, Inc. | 2 | $85,341 | 33 |
| Hibachi Sushi Supreme Buffet, LLC | 1 | $71,008 | 21 |
| Midwest Cellular, Incorporated | 8 | $69,122 | 207 |
| Sparc | 3 | $61,854 | 54 |
| El Rancherito of Springfield, Inc. | 1 | $53,905 | 16 |
| Casa Real, Inc. | 1 | $51,401 | 18 |
| Cast Industries, Inc. | 2 | $49,550 | 49 |
| Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Incorporated | 1 | $46,079 | 51 |
| Medcomps Corporation | 1 | $40,318 | 1 |
| Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries, Inc. | 2 | $36,553 | 71 |
| BDK Industries LLC | 1 | $34,423 | 122 |
| Hibachi Grill & Supreme, Inc. | 1 | $30,019 | 31 |
| Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts | 2 | $29,704 | 1 |
| T.I.P.S. Remodeling | 1 | $28,580 | 15 |
| Dass Enterprises of Springfield, Inc. | 1 | $27,604 | 58 |
| Capitol Healthcare and Rehab Centre, LLC | 1 | $23,562 | 8 |
| Walton Transportation LLC | 1 | $23,108 | 7 |
| Ruby Electric, Inc. | 1 | $19,000 | 22 |
| Aperion Care Capitol, LLC | 1 | $17,407 | 1 |
| Kuhlmann Tire Company | 2 | $16,029 | 15 |
| Duffy and Associates, Inc. | 1 | $15,596 | 32 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 212 whose address on the record is in Springfield; 61 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 187 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 local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Springfield.
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.
Businesses that operate in Springfield register with the Illinois Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Springfield requires one, comes from the town or Sangamon County.
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.