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Criminal charges are filed and processed in the Criminal
Division of the Circuit Clerk's office. The Criminal Division handles all
warrants of arrest for the Circuit Clerk's office. The division prepares
documents for law enforcement to transfer prisoners to the Illinois Department
of Corrections. The division is also responsible for conducting criminal
record searches, managing case files and setting dockets for trials and
preliminary hearings.
Criminal Felony (CF)
Felony case numbers are assigned
when at least one count charges a felony crime.
Criminal Misdemeanor (CM)
Misdemeanor case numbers are
assigned when the most serious charge carries a penalty of less than one year
imprisonment.
Juvenile (J)
Juvenile case numbers are
assigned to proceeding involving young people, not yet adults for purposes of
criminal law.
Juvenile
Abuse and Neglect (JA)
Juvenile Abuse and Neglect case
numbers are assigned to cases of a neglected or abused minor. (If the case
contains multiple counts, including delinquency, the case is assigned a JD case
number).
Juvenile
Delinquency (JD)
Juvenile Delinquency case
numbers are assigned to all cases involving a delinquent minor.
Order of
Protection (OP)
Order of Protection case numbers are assigned to cases of abused and abusive
persons. The Office of the State's Attorney may issue a Criminal Order of
Protection.
Ordinance
Violation (OV)
Ordinance Violation case numbers
are assigned to cases when a violation of local ordinance is charged. (With the
exception of violation of a traffic ordinance, this would have a TR or DT case
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