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Looking for a McHenry Record?

Use the office that created the record. The Sheriff’s contact directory gives separate lines for the main Sheriff’s Office, jail, visitation, and Records Division. Hours for the Sheriff Records Division were not stated in the reviewed public pages, so confirm hours before visiting.

Useful routes for common questions are listed below.

• For a booking record or a county photo request, use the home page’s Sheriff roster and FOIA path, then contact Records Division.
• For a current or recent county custody entry, use the Sheriff Corrections Information page.
• For a wanted notice or a tip, use Wanted Fugitives and the official Crime Stoppers route. Do not approach a listed person.
• For a selected local story, use Arrest News, then verify the originating agency and court.
• For a Crystal Lake, Algonquin, or Woodstock police report, use the city-specific Records or FOIA contact on the corresponding city page.
• For a sentenced state-prisoner record, use the Illinois Department of Corrections search.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP locator or ICE locator.

Municipal Records Contacts

City police records do not automatically move into the county roster. Use the arresting department when the event was handled locally.

For a city photo request, ask the police records office whether it created or retained the image. For a person lodged at the county facility, send a separate request to the Sheriff Records Division.