St. Clair County Felony Records

St. Clair County felony records are kept by the Clerk of the 20th Judicial Circuit Court in Belleville, Illinois. The county has about 264,000 residents and is the largest county in the Metro East region across the river from St. Louis, Missouri. You can search St. Clair County felony records online through the Judici case search system. The clerk's office at 10 Public Square in Belleville also handles in-person requests and copy orders for all criminal case filings, docket entries, and court documents.

St. Clair County Circuit Clerk Info

The St. Clair County courthouse sits at 10 Public Square in downtown Belleville. Circuit Clerk Kinnis Williams oversees all court records for the 20th Judicial Circuit. The clerk's office keeps records for every felony case filed in St. Clair County, including docket sheets, court orders, motions, and final dispositions. You can call 618/277-6832 during business hours to ask about a specific felony case or to find out what you need to bring for an in-person records request.

The 20th Judicial Circuit also covers Monroe, Randolph, Perry, and Washington counties. St. Clair County is the biggest in the circuit by far.

St. Clair County Felony Records Online

St. Clair County is a participating court on the Judici case search system. You can search by name or case number for free. Judici is endorsed by many Illinois circuit courts and holds over 100 million records from the history of courts across the state. For St. Clair County felony records, you enter the county name on the Judici homepage and run your search from there.

When using Judici, remember to use the full four-digit year in case numbers. For example, use 2024CF1234 instead of 24CF1234. This is a common issue that can cause search results to come back empty. The system shows docket entries and basic case info. Full documents usually require an in-person visit or a mail request.

Judici covers St. Clair County and more than 80 other Illinois counties for public case searches.

The re:SearchIL statewide document repository is another option for finding St. Clair County court documents online.

Fees for St. Clair County Felony Records

St. Clair County uses the standard Illinois fee schedule for court record copies. The first page costs $2.00. Pages two through twenty are $0.50 each. Pages after that are $0.25. Certification adds $6.00 per seal. If you need the clerk to search for a case and do not have the case number, a $6.00 search fee applies per year or per case.

Payment details for mail requests should be confirmed with the clerk's office by phone. In-person requests at 10 Public Square in Belleville can usually be paid with cash or money order.

Note: Juvenile records and sealed cases do not come up in public searches for St. Clair County felony records.

St. Clair County Felony Case Laws

The Criminal Identification Act (20 ILCS 2630) requires all law enforcement in St. Clair County to send felony arrest data and fingerprints to the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification. This builds the statewide criminal history database. Name-based searches under the Uniform Conviction Information Act cost $10 electronically and return only conviction data.

Sentencing for St. Clair County felony cases follows the Unified Code of Corrections (730 ILCS 5). Class X is 6 to 30 years with no probation. Class 1 is 4 to 15 years. Class 2 is 3 to 7. Class 3 is 2 to 5 years. Class 4 is 1 to 3 years. The class on a St. Clair County felony record tells you how the court classified the charge.

Expungement and sealing are available for some St. Clair County felony records under Section 5.2 of the Criminal Identification Act. The ISP charges $60 to process the court order. The Illinois FOIA (5 ILCS 140) covers law enforcement agencies like the Belleville Police Department and the St. Clair County Sheriff for arrest and incident reports. Courts are exempt from FOIA.

State Records for St. Clair County

The ISP Bureau of Identification in Joliet holds criminal history data from all 102 Illinois counties, including St. Clair. Name-based conviction searches cost $10 electronically. Fingerprint searches cost $15 through a Live Scan vendor. For your own record, an Access and Review is free through any Live Scan location in Illinois.

The Illinois Courts Circuit Clerk directory lists all county clerk offices with addresses and phone numbers.

Counties Near St. Clair County

St. Clair County borders several counties in southern Illinois. If a felony was filed in a neighboring county, contact that county's circuit clerk.