This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody status, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or pull official booking records. Use the official office that controls the record or custody action.
Official Boone County Contacts
Use the Boone County Sheriff's Office and jail for current local custody questions. Use the Circuit Clerk for court cases after arrest. Use the Sheriff's FOIA officer when the record sought is a booking record, arrest report, mugshot, or older/non-current sheriff or police record.
Boone County Jail / Sheriff's Office
615 North Main Street
Belvidere, IL 61008
815-544-9322
Public counter: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sheriff / Belvidere Police FOIA
FOIA Officer Liz Weber
weber@boonecountyil.gov
815-547-1704
Fax: 815-544-9573
Boone County Circuit Clerk
601 N. Main Street
Belvidere, IL 61008
815-544-0371
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Someone in Boone County Jail: start with jail inmate records, VINELink, or the jail phone.
- Booking photos: use jail roster mugshots and the Sheriff's FOIA process.
- Charges filed after an arrest: use court records after a jail arrest, Judici, or the Circuit Clerk.
- Facility details: use the Boone County Jail facility page listed in the footer.
- Sentenced state prisoner: search the Illinois Department of Corrections locator.
- Federal or immigration detainee: search the Federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator.