The office of the Sangamon County
Clerk of the Court is the official record keeper for the 7th
Judicial Circuit Court.
The Clerk of the Court is responsible
for a variety of duties such as, either attend or designate a sworn
deputy clerk to attend all sessions of court as required by law:
preserve all the files and papers thereof, make, keep and preserve
complete records of all the proceedings and determinations.
The Clerk’s office maintains for the
public a wide variety of forms which may be used in filing all the
below listed case types. These are free to the public.
The list below illustrates the
various cases filed within the office.
TYPES OF CASES BY DIVISION
Civil
Small Claims (SC)
Miscellaneous Remedy (MR)
Chancery (CH)
Tax (TX)
Eminent Domain (ED)
Municipal Corporation (MC)
Law (L)
Probate (P)
Law Magistrate (LM)
Administrative Review (MR)
Contempt of Court (CC)
Family
Dissolutions (D)
Adoption (AD)
Paternity (P)
Child Support (F)
Mental Health (MH)
Order Protection (OP)
Family (F)
Criminal
Felony (CF)
Misdemeanor (CM)
Ordinance Violation (OV)
Juvenile (J)
Juvenile Abuse and Neglect (JA)
Juvenile Delinquent (JD)
Traffic
