Electronic Search Warrants

Contact the State's Attorney's office if your agency would like to begin requesting search warrants electronically, speaking with the judge via video chat, eliminating the need to come to the Courthouse. 

Electronic Search Warrant Program

Revised Officer Handouts

Effective March 1, 2023, Waubonsee Community College began collecting Traffic Safety School fees for those defendants opting to receive Court Supervision and attend Traffic School.  New officer handouts were distributed to all agencies in February.  All officer handouts prior to the one marked "revised 2-1-2024" should be destroyed. 

Revised Officer Handout effective 3-1-2023

Firearms Restraining Orders

The Circuit Clerk's Electronic Order of Protection program can assist with the filing of Petitions for Firearms Restraining Orders.  This program can be used by the public or law enforcement to request a Petition for Firearms Restraining Order.  Go to www.illinoisprotectionorder.com to get started.  Once the information is completed online, come to the Circuit Clerk's Office, to electronically sign the Petition and be sent to see a judge. 

Public Act 100-0697 created a Firearms Restraining Order effective 1/1/2019 which prohibits and enjoins a named person from having in his or her custody or control any firearms, and purchasing, possessing, or receiving additional firearms.  The process is handled similar to an Order of Protection and is filed as an OP case.  If the Firearms Restraining Order is allowed, a Search Warrant shall be issued.  Below are the forms approved by the Conference of Chief Circuit Judges: 

Verified Petition for Firearms Restraining Order

Emergency Firearms Restraining Order

6-Month Firearms Restraining Order

Summons - Firearms Restraining Order

Search Warrant (Seizure) - Firearms Restraining Order

Motion to Terminate Firearms Restraining Order

Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act - effective July 1, 2019

The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act, Public Acts 100-987, 100-994 and 100-1161, goes into effect on July 1, 2019, along with revisions to the Illinois Supreme Court Rules.  The implementation of the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act brings with it a number of changes:

1. The cost to pay tickets without a court appearance (pre-pay online, by mail, or at the counter) will be increasing to $164.00 effective July 1, 2019.  Any person issued a ticket after July 1st will be assessed under the new "Schedules" created by the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act and will pay $164.00 under Schedule 12.
2. Effective July 1, 2019, there will no longer be separate payment amounts for any minor traffic tickets (i.e. seat belt violations and speeding 21-25 mph over the limit), ALL minor traffic violations pre-paid without a court appearance will cost $164.00 under Schedule 12.
3. $50 of the new pre-pay ticket amount (Schedule 12) will be returned to the arresting municipality, $48.00 to the municipality's General Fund and $2.00 to the municipality's E-Citation Fund. 
4. For a defendant who appears in court on a minor traffic ticket issued after July 1, 2019, the court costs will be $226.00 (Schedule 10), with a new minimum fine amount set in the Act of $25.00, if no other minimum exists based on the offense charged.
5. The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act adds Criminal Waivers as an option for defendants sentenced in court.  Criminal Waivers do NOT apply to charges under the Illinois Vehicle Code, so they are NOT applicable to traffic tickets.