Tazewell County IL

Lookup Public Records in Tazewell County, Illinois. Including Vital Birth and Death Records, Deeds, Probate, Property Records, Mortgages, Liens, Judgments, Marriage Licenses, Voter Registrar, Payroll, Military Discharges.

Tazewell County, Illinois

Tazewell County is located in the state of Illinois. The county was formed in 1827 out of Peoria County and named after Littleton Tazewell, who was serving in the U.S. Senate, and who became Governor of Virginia in 1834. Pekin is the largest city in the county and also the county seat; other cities in the county include Delavan, East Peoria, Morton, and Washington. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a population of approximately 135,394 people and a total area of 658 square miles, of which 649 square miles is land and 9.0 square miles is water. Tazewell County borders the following counties: Woodford County to the north, McLean County to the east, Logan County to the south, Mason County to the southwest, Fulton County to the west, and Peoria County to the northwest.

The Tazewell County Clerk, Recorder’s Office, is the repository for many types of documents. State statutes require that all documents recorded by the office be maintained and kept forever, and that they are kept in a medium that is in accordance with the standards set in the Illinois Archival Standards Statutes. Among the documents accepted for recordation by the clerk’s office are: real estate and land records (mortgages, trust deeds, assignments of mortgages, plats, subdivisions, surveys, contract for deeds, release deeds, monument records, and Uniform Commercial Code), liens (federal, state, and child support), uniform commercial code (financing statement, amendments, and terminations), and miscellaneous (veteran’s discharges, corporations papers, foreign birth certificates, powers of attorney, and bills of sale).

These records can be accessed by the public through doing a background check online or by visiting the clerk’s office in person during office hours. To do a public records search online, you will have to visit the Tazewell County Clerk Website. The fee for each document search for vital statistics records is $5.00. If the record dates prior to 1916, an uncertified copy can be issued without further cost. If your request is for a certified document, the fee will be as follows:  birth, marriage, & civil union certificates $14 first copy and $11 each additional copy of same record; death certificates $18 first copy and $15 each additional copy of same record. The other way to access public records is by visiting the clerk’s office in person at:

McKenzie Building

11 S. 4th Street, 2nd Fl.

Suite 203

(Recorders Suite 124)

Pekin, IL 61554

Tazewell County Clerk’s Office
County Government Office

Address: 11 S 4th St #203, Pekin, IL 61554, United States
Phone: 309-477-2264