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Official Fayette County criminal-record questions belong with the public office that created or keeps the record. The contacts below route court, arrest, jail, police, state-history, and record-clearing requests to their proper custodians in Vandalia or at the Illinois state level.

This Is Not a Government Office. Fayette County Criminal History is privately operated. It cannot retrieve an official file, perform an authorized check, correct or remove an entry, or receive an expungement petition. Those services remain with the government custodian.

Need an Official Record?

Use the office tied to the specific Fayette County record:

  • Court case files: see criminal court case records, or contact the Fayette County Circuit Clerk
  • Criminal-history records: use the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification
  • Arrest, booking, and jail records: contact the Fayette County Sheriff's Office
  • Public conviction inquiries: use ISP's CHIRP service
  • Police reports and incident records: contact the agency that wrote the report
  • Expungement and sealing: file Fayette matters with the Circuit Clerk

For sheriff and jail records, contact the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, 221 S. 7th St., Vandalia, IL 62471, 618-283-2141, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Written FOIA requests may be emailed to fcso@fayettecountyillinois.gov or directed to the FOIA Officer. For public court files, contact the Fayette County Circuit Clerk, Room 112 at the same address, 618-283-5009, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.