Illinois, DuPage County
Where Winfield's records are kept. The Village of Winfield has its own village government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Winfield's own offices, along with the DuPage 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 DuPage County Circuit Clerk at 505 North County Farm Road in Wheaton: case lookup and online payment, civil and criminal e-filing, protection orders, court forms, passports and wedding registration.
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The Village of Winfield site: the village clerk, the police department, building permits, board agendas and minutes, the village code and ordinances and online bill payment.
Open official site Village of WinfieldProperty records
The DuPage County property lookup: assessments, tax bills, payment history, exemptions and sales by parcel number or address, from the county clerk, treasurer and supervisor of assessments.
Open official site DuPage County property lookupPolice & jail
The DuPage County Sheriff's Office in Wheaton: the county jail roster, warrants, civil process and evictions, the sex offender list for the county, records requests and fingerprinting.
Open official site DuPage County Sheriff's OfficeCourt records
DuPage County Probation and Court Services in Wheaton: adult and juvenile probation, DUI evaluations, drug testing and the specialty courts.
Open official site DuPage County Probation and Court ServicesPolice & 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.
Open official site Illinois unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
The Village of Winfield, a place of 9,835 people, is in DuPage County, whose county seat is Wheaton. Court and property records sit with DuPage County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Winfield's own offices are in the cards above, and our DuPage County page lists each county office.
Straight answers
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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 Winfield Village police department records division for incident and accident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the DuPage 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 DuPage County are heard by the circuit court for the county, and the DuPage 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 DuPage 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 DuPage County Treasurer mails and collects the tax bills.
The DuPage 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.