Clark County 24 Hour Booking Lookup

Clark County 24 hour booking records are handled by the Clark County Sheriff's Office at 207 North 5th Street in Marshall, Illinois. Sheriff William D. Brown runs the office that serves this east-central Illinois county of about 15,266 people. The department participates in the VINELink program, which means anyone can sign up for free custody alerts about people booked into the Clark County Jail. Booking records include the person's name, charges, bond amount, and time of arrest. You can call the sheriff's office at (217) 826-6393 to check on recent bookings or ask about inmate status.

Clark County Sheriff Booking Records

The Clark County Sheriff's Office is the main law enforcement agency for the county and runs the county jail where all bookings take place. Sheriff William D. Brown leads the department from the office at 207 North 5th Street in Marshall. When someone is arrested in Clark County, they get processed at the jail and a booking record is created with their full details. This record stays on file at the sheriff's office.

The Clark County Sheriff's Office page on the county website has contact information and details about the department's services.

The department posts information about VINELink and other services on this page.

One thing that sets Clark County apart is the sheriff's participation in the Appriss Inc. Illinois VINELink program. This is a free service that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It gives the public access to information about offender custody and case status. If you register, you get automatic alerts when someone's custody status changes. The Illinois Attorney General's office backs this program through the AVN (Automated Victim Notification) service.

A copy of a police report from Clark County costs $5. Civil process service runs $25 plus $1 per mile for returns.

Search Clark County Arrest Records

The Clark County government website is the central hub for county department information and resources.

Browse the site to find links to the sheriff's office, courts, and other county departments.

Clark County does not run its own online inmate search tool. To find out if someone has been booked, call the sheriff's office at (217) 826-6393. Staff can tell you if a person is in custody and share charges and bond info. For people who have been transferred to the state prison system, use the Illinois Department of Corrections inmate search to look them up by name or IDOC number.

The Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140) makes Clark County booking records public. Send a written FOIA request to the sheriff's office. The first 50 pages are free. Extra copies cost 15 cents per page. They have five business days to respond. If they deny your request, you can appeal to the Public Access Counselor at the Illinois Attorney General's office.

Note: The VINELink service is the fastest way to get custody status alerts for Clark County inmates.

Booking Laws in Clark County

All felony and Class A and B misdemeanor arrests in Clark County must be reported to the Illinois State Police under the Criminal Identification Act (20 ILCS 2630). This means Clark County booking data goes into the statewide criminal history system maintained by the ISP Bureau of Identification. The Uniform Conviction Information Act (20 ILCS 2635) controls access to state-level conviction data separately from local booking records.

The VINE Link notification system covers Clark County and is free to use. You can register for phone, email, or text alerts in over 200 languages. This system helps crime victims stay informed about custody changes for people who have been booked in Clark County.

For your own criminal history from arrests in Clark County, you can request a transcript through the ISP Bureau of Identification's Access and Review process. This is free from the state police, though fingerprint vendors may charge their own fee. You can also run a CHIRP name-based search, which costs $16 for a paper copy or $10 for electronic results.

Nearby Counties

Clark County borders several other counties in east-central Illinois. Check their booking records if you think an arrest happened nearby.