SearchSystems Editorial

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.

About this guide

Matteson is a village in Cook County, Illinois, with about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the village and the county. The village 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 Matteson 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 village office pages for Matteson, every one opened and checked.

In this guide: Village or county, Police records, Village Hall, Records requests, Other cities and Questions.

Village or county record: where Matteson records are kept

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Matteson police reports and records

Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Matteson 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 Matteson police records.

Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the village police. They are in the Cook County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.

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Matteson Village Hall: departments, licenses and permits

Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the village's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The village's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.

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Public records requests to Matteson

Illinois public records law applies to the village government of Matteson. 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.

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Matteson Arrest Records

The Matteson arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Matteson's arrests to the FBI. It also says where a person arrested in Matteson is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.

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Matteson Records Guides

SearchSystems has nine more guides to Matteson, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Matteson warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Matteson inmate search (the custody page of the Cook County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Matteson criminal records (the court file, the Illinois criminal history and the local arrest records), Matteson court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Matteson police reports (which agency holds a report and what the Illinois Freedom of Information Act requires), Matteson traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Matteson DUI (the DUI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Matteson divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Matteson property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the official Matteson website?

No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Matteson offices listed above, and the village's own website is villageofmatteson.org; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.

How do I get a police report in Matteson?

Request it from the Matteson police records unit at villageofmatteson.org. 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 Matteson?

Matteson cases are heard by the courts that serve Cook County, and people arrested in Matteson are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Cook County public records guide on SearchSystems.

How do I request a public record from Matteson?

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 village governments.