Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Jerseyville is a city in Jersey County, Illinois, with about 8,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Jerseyville offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Jerseyville, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Jerseyville records are kept
- Kept by the City of Jerseyville: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Jersey County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Jersey County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Jerseyville police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Jerseyville police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Jerseyville police records.
- Website: jerseyville-il.us/departments/police/records_and_foia.php (page title: City of Jerseyville Illinois)
- Phone: (618) 498-2131
- Address: 200 South Jefferson Street Jerseyville, IL 62052
- Hours: MON 7am-7pm
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Jersey County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Jerseyville City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: jerseyville-il.us (page title: City of Jerseyville Illinois)
- Phone: 618-639-3334
- Checked: September 26, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Jerseyville
Illinois public records law applies to the city government of Jerseyville. A record that is not posted online is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Jerseyville Arrest Records
The Jerseyville arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Jerseyville's arrests to the FBI and the 101 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Jerseyville is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Jerseyville Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Jerseyville, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Jerseyville warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Jerseyville inmate search (the jail page of the Jersey County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Jerseyville criminal records (the court file, the Illinois criminal history and the local arrest records), Jerseyville court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Jerseyville police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Illinois Freedom of Information Act requires), Jerseyville traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Jerseyville DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Jerseyville divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Jerseyville property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Jerseyville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Jerseyville offices listed above, and the city's own website is jerseyville-il.us; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Jerseyville?
Request it from the Jerseyville police records unit at jerseyville-il.us, phone (618) 498-2131. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Jerseyville?
Jerseyville cases are heard by the courts that serve Jersey County, and people arrested in Jerseyville are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Jersey County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Jerseyville?
From the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records. Illinois public records law applies to city governments.