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Bureau County Contacts

The right contact depends on which Bureau County or Illinois office owns the event. County jail discharge and transfer records belong to the Sheriff. Court orders and case dispositions belong to the Circuit Clerk. IDOC handles state-prison records, while local probation and VINE serve different post-custody needs. Use the official routes below for records and status questions. Agency details can change, so confirm current hours and delivery instructions before visiting or sending a request.

This is a privately operated reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking or release record. Contact the agency that holds the record.

Choose the Correct Record Keeper

For a named Bureau County release search and records-request path, begin on Home. Other common needs route as follows:

  • County jail custody, discharge time, or transfer destination: Bureau County Sheriff and Jail.
  • Pretrial release, dismissal, sentence, or probation order: Bureau County Circuit Clerk and court record.
  • Local court supervision: Bureau County Probation and Court Services.
  • State-prison custody, parole or mandatory supervised release, and archived IDOC records: Illinois Department of Corrections.
  • Advance custody-change notice: Illinois VINE, then verification with the source agency.
  • Federal or immigration custody: the federal BOP, USMS, or ICE system that owns the event.

Bureau County Sheriff and Jail

Bureau County Sheriff’s Office and Bureau County Jail
800 Ace Road
Princeton, IL 61356
815-875-3344
sheriff@bureaucounty-il.gov
jail@bureaucounty-il.gov
Administration: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kelly Peterson is the named Records contact at k.peterson@bureaucounty-il.gov. Rebecca Gosch is listed as Jail Administrator. Ask for the booking/release or jail-management event when the exact discharge or transfer time, event type, authority, or destination matters. Use the official Sheriff directory to confirm current details.

Bureau County Court Records

Bureau County Circuit Court
700 South Main Street
Princeton, IL 61356
815-872-2001
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Circuit Clerk is the official keeper of the criminal case. A public docket may be searched through Judici, but a signed order is the stronger source when wording matters. Court records can explain pretrial release, dismissal, sentence, jail credit, commitment, probation, or revocation. They may not state the exact physical jail release time.

Bureau County Probation Office

Probation and Court Services
700 South Main Street, Third Floor
Princeton, IL 61356
815-872-8951
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

This Bureau office is part of the 13th Judicial Circuit’s Bureau-Grundy-LaSalle structure. It handles local court probation, not IDOC parole or mandatory supervised release. Public supervision status is best grounded in the court’s sentencing, modification, revocation, termination, or discharge order.

IDOC Records and VINE

IDOC FOIA Office
1301 Concordia Court, P.O. Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277
217-558-2200 ext. 4166
DOC.FOIARequest@illinois.gov
Fax: 217-558-5612

Use IDOC for a state-prison commitment, parole or mandatory supervised release, and archived proof after a completed sentence disappears from the live search. Illinois VINE is a separate notification service. Its multilingual information line is 1-866-566-8439 and TTY is 1-866-847-1298. An alert should be confirmed with the Sheriff, IDOC, or court source named in the event.