Welcome to the Sangamon County Circuit Clerk Website

The Sangamon County Circuit Clerk's Office serves as the administrative arm of our court system. The Circuit Clerk is responsible for keeping the official record of the court in all proceedings that come before the 7^th Judicial Circuit. The Circuit Clerk has financial as well as administrative and managerial duties. All money owed to the Court is collected and distributed by this office. 
 

This office has enjoyed a long history dating to 1821. This office is one of the few that can boast that Abraham Lincoln was one of our customers, and according to our records, "he was a pretty good attorney".  Since that time, the Circuit Clerk's office has become one of the busiest Circuit Clerk's offices in the State of Illinois.  
 

The employees of the office are just as proud of our accomplishments today as our predecessors were.  The staff and management of this office share a common goal to provide fast, friendly and accurate service in the most economical way possible.  (We are taxpayers too!)  Every year the volume of work completed by this office increases.  The number of people that visit our office increases, as does the number of files that are processed.  I take pride in the fact that this office has fewer employees than it did 10 years ago - a feat accomplished with great employees.  Doing more with less – it is our way of doing business

The Circuit Clerk's Records Search is unavailable
due to daily maintenance from the hours of 9:50 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.
  Occasionally computer maintenance will occur on weekends or holidays