This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference resource cannot retrieve or correct a criminal record, conduct an official check, or accept a filing. Contact the record-holding public office directly.
Need an Official Record?
Use the custodian that matches the Franklin County record:
- Court files and certified dispositions: Franklin County Circuit Clerk, Franklin County Courthouse, 100 Public Square, Benton, IL 62812; use the official clerk page for current phone and counter details
- Sheriff reports, bookings, and jail records: Franklin County Sheriff's Office and Jail, 403 E. Main Street, Benton, IL 62812; (618) 438-4841; records and jail administration (618) 435-9954; requests route through Dava Vice in the county FOIA officer directory
- Statewide conviction information: Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification through the paper UCIA route or an authorized CHIRP account
- Police incident reports: the city police department or other agency that wrote the report
- Expungement or sealing: file the approved Illinois forms with the circuit court where the arrest or case occurred
- Registry entries: the city police department for incorporated-city residents, or the Franklin County Sheriff at 403 E. Main, Benton, IL 62812, for unincorporated residents
The Circuit Clerk is the authoritative source for filed charges, judgments, and certified case copies. The sheriff and jail are separate custodians for sheriff-created reports and booking or custody material. Call the sheriff's main line to confirm current counter access before visiting. Circuit Clerk phone and counter hours should likewise be confirmed through the official clerk page because the researched source supplied the courthouse address but not stable published values.