Find Tazewell County Jail Mugshots

Tazewell County jail mugshots are held by the Sheriff's Office in Pekin, Illinois. The county has a population of about 131,000 and sits in central Illinois near Peoria. Every arrest in Tazewell County creates a booking record that includes a mugshot, charges, and booking details. The sheriff runs an online inmate lookup that shows who is in custody right now. You can search the Tazewell County inmate list for free, and it includes data from arrests made by local police departments across the county. Finding jail mugshots here takes just a name search on the sheriff's site.

Tazewell County Sheriff and Jail Records

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office is the main agency that handles jail mugshots and booking data in this part of Illinois. When any law enforcement agency in the county makes an arrest, the person ends up at the Tazewell County Jail for processing. That means a mugshot gets taken, charges are logged, and an inmate ID number is assigned. The sheriff's office keeps all of these records and makes them available to the public through their website.

You can visit the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office website to start your search. The site has information about the jail, patrol operations, and how to contact the office. The sheriff handles bookings from more than ten different law enforcement agencies across Tazewell County, making this a central hub for arrest records in the area.

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office main page is shown below.

This site connects you to the inmate lookup tool, jail information, and contact details for the Tazewell County Sheriff.

Tazewell County Inmate Lookup Tool

The fastest way to find Tazewell County jail mugshots is through the inmate lookup page on the sheriff's site. This tool shows everyone currently held at the Tazewell County Jail. Each record includes the booking date and time, inmate ID number, full name, age, race, gender, the charge description, and which agency made the arrest. The search is free. No login is needed.

The inmate lookup data is organized in a table format. You can see at a glance when someone was booked, what they are charged with, and who arrested them. This is helpful because Tazewell County processes bookings from many different police departments. An arrest in East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, or Washington all end up in the same jail system. The lookup page lists the arresting agency for each booking, so you can tell where the arrest happened even though the jail mugshot is held by the sheriff.

The Tazewell County inmate lookup tool is shown below.

This page shows the full inmate list with booking dates, charges, and arresting agency details for Tazewell County.

Note: The inmate lookup only shows people currently in Tazewell County custody, not those who have been released or bonded out.

Arresting Agencies in Tazewell County

Tazewell County is served by more than ten law enforcement agencies. Each one makes arrests that get processed at the county jail. The jail mugshot and booking record list which agency brought the person in. This helps you figure out where the arrest took place. If you see "East Peoria PD" on a Tazewell County booking record, the arrest happened in East Peoria even though the person is held at the county jail in Pekin.

• Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
• East Peoria Police Department
• Pekin Police Department
• Morton Police Department
• Washington Police Department
• Creve Coeur Police Department
• Illinois State Police

Other agencies that book into the Tazewell County Jail include the Delavan Police Department, North Pekin Police Department, Green Valley Police Department, and even the Peoria Police Department and Peoria County Sheriff on occasion. Any of these agencies can produce a booking record that ends up in the Tazewell County jail system. When you search for mugshots, the results may come from any of these departments.

Illinois Law on Tazewell County Mugshots

Illinois requires law enforcement to release arrest information within 72 hours of a booking. Under 5 ILCS 140/2.15, that information must include the person's name, age, address, photograph when available, charges, and the time and place of arrest. Tazewell County follows this law. The jail mugshot is part of what gets released when someone asks for it.

The same law puts limits on how agencies can use mugshots. Booking photos cannot go on social media for minor offenses like Class B or C misdemeanors, petty offenses, or civil offenses. The only exception is for fugitives or missing persons. So the Tazewell County Sheriff will not post a mugshot on their Facebook page for a low-level charge, but the photo still exists in the booking record and can be obtained through a records request.

Illinois also has a law that protects people from mugshot extortion websites. Under 815 ILCS 505/2QQQ, it is illegal for any site to charge money to take down a booking photo. If a website posts your Tazewell County jail mugshot and asks for a fee to remove it, that breaks the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. The Illinois Attorney General handles enforcement. Websites must correct errors within five days, and you can sue for $100 per day that wrong data stays posted.

How to Get Tazewell County Booking Records

There are several ways to get jail mugshots and booking records from Tazewell County. The right method depends on whether the person is still in custody or has already been released.

For current inmates, the online lookup at sheriff.tazewell-il.gov is the fastest option. It is free and updated regularly. For older records or records of people who have been released from Tazewell County, you will need to file a Freedom of Information Act request with the sheriff's office. The FOIA law in Illinois gives everyone the right to ask for public records. The agency must respond within five business days. Include the full name, approximate arrest date, and what you need in your request.

Fees for copies are limited by the State Records Act (5 ILCS 160). Agencies can only charge the actual cost of making copies. They cannot charge for the labor used to pull the records. This keeps the cost low for getting old Tazewell County jail mugshots or booking documents.

State Records for Tazewell County Arrests

The Illinois Department of Corrections has a statewide inmate search at idoc.illinois.gov. If someone arrested in Tazewell County was sentenced to state prison, you can find them there. The IDOC system shows the inmate's facility, projected release date, and offense history. It does not have the original Tazewell County jail mugshot, but it does have a state prison photo.

The Uniform Conviction Information Act (20 ILCS 2635) lets the public request conviction records from the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification. This covers Tazewell County arrests that led to convictions. You need to submit a Conviction Information Request form to the bureau. Their office is in Joliet, and you can email ISP.BOI.Customer.Support@illinois.gov or call 815-740-5160 for help.

The sex offender registry at sor.isp.illinois.gov is another state tool that includes Tazewell County data. You can search by name or area to find registered offenders. This is run by the Illinois State Police and is separate from the county jail mugshot system.

Note: State prison records and county jail records are in different databases, so check both if you need a complete picture.

Cities in Tazewell County

Tazewell County includes Pekin, East Peoria, Morton, Washington, Creve Coeur, Delavan, North Pekin, and other communities. All arrests in these cities produce booking records that go through the Tazewell County Jail. The sheriff holds the jail mugshots for every person booked, no matter which local police department made the arrest. Peoria is not in Tazewell County, but the Peoria Police Department sometimes books people into the Tazewell County Jail as well.

Peoria is in neighboring Peoria County but is closely tied to Tazewell County through shared policing and court operations.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Tazewell County. If you are searching for jail mugshots and the arrest did not happen in Tazewell County, it may have been processed in one of these neighboring counties.