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Questions about an official Marion County criminal record belong with the government office that created or maintains it. Marion County Criminal History is a private reference resource and cannot retrieve, change, certify, or file records. The contacts below route court files to the Circuit Clerk, incident and booking material to the Sheriff or arresting police department, formal county FOIA correspondence to the county contact, and statewide conviction or personal transcript questions to Illinois State Police.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot obtain official records, perform official checks, correct or remove records, or receive expungement and sealing filings. Contact the responsible government custodian directly.

Need an Official Record?

Use the office that holds the specific Marion County record:

  • Court case files: Marion County Circuit Clerk, Room 204, 100 E. Main Street, Salem, IL 62881; (618) 548-3856 or clerk general line (618) 548-3400; Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Arrest, booking, jail, and warrant records: Marion County Sheriff’s Office and County Jail, 204 N. Washington Street, Salem, IL 62881; (618) 548-2141; confirm counter hours before visiting.
  • Formal county FOIA routing: Attn. Lori Linder, County Board Secretary, Room 201, 100 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 637, Salem, IL 62881; (618) 548-3868.
  • State conviction information and personal transcripts: Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification; CHIRP handles public conviction inquiries, while fingerprint Access and Review is used for one’s own fuller record.
  • Police incident reports: contact the sheriff or the Centralia, Salem, or Sandoval police department that created the report.
  • Expungement and sealing filings: file in the circuit where the arrest or case occurred; Marion County filings go to the Circuit Clerk in Room 204.

The Sheriff does not publish a separately named records division, records email, online report-copy form, or records-counter schedule. Call (618) 548-2141 first and identify the incident report, booking sheet, release record, warrant information, or jail record sought.