Get Uiuc Criminal Records Form

The filing fee for expungement/sealing is $215.00, which covers the cost of filing the petition, copy fees, mailing and postage fees for the required notices, and fees to the Illinois State Police. There is no fee to file a petition to expunge a juvenile record.

This act mandates that all criminal history record conviction information collected and maintained by the Illinois State Police, Bureau of Identification, be made available to the public pursuant to 20 ILCS 2635/1 et seq. This law permits only conviction information to be disseminated to the public.

How Can I Get My Record Expunged for Free? Determine your eligibility. Get the fee waiver form. Fill out the fee waiver. Gather supporting documentation. Submit your fee waiver and supporting documentation to the court and wait for a decision.

You can get records at the Illinois State Police Department, the Chicago Police Department, specific suburban or municipal police departments, specific county sheriff's department, and the Illinois Circuit Court.

You may be immediately statutorily eligible for an expungement if the final disposition of your case was that charges were: dropped, dismissed, acquitted (not guilty) or arrested without charging. This is true regardless of whether you were charged with a felony or a misdemeanor.

To obtain criminal records, an individual must fill out a Conviction Information Request Form. To obtain the required form, that individual would access the Illinois State Police website, and the form is found under the "Criminal History" tab, and is labeled as the Uniform Conviction Information Form.

To file an expungement or sealing petition in person, you must go to the courthouse in the county (or district) that has your records. Hand your petition directly to the circuit court clerk and pay the filing fee.

Online filing or e-filing is available if you are requesting to expunge a "Released Without Charge" disposition police record. All other dispositions must be filed in person.