Illinois § 1
Full text of Illinois Illinois Compiled Statutes § 1, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1.
Judicial circuits created. The county of Cook shall be one judicial circuit and the State of Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and is divided into judicial circuits as follows: First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline. Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford. Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond. Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby, and Christian. Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles. Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt, and Piatt. Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott, Greene, and Jersey. Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun, and Menard. Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough, and Fulton. Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and Tazewell. Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean, Livingston, Logan, Ford, and Woodford. Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will. Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle, and Grundy. Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Whiteside, and Henry. Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle, and Lee. Sixteenth Circuit--The county of Kane. Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone. Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage. Nineteenth Circuit--The county of Lake. Twentieth Circuit--Before December 5, 2022, the counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Washington, and Perry. On and after December 5, 2022, the county of St. Clair. Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and Kankakee. Twenty-second Circuit--The county of McHenry. Twenty-third Circuit--The counties of DeKalb and Kendall. Twenty-fourth Circuit--On and after December 5, 2022, the counties of Randolph, Monroe, Washington, and Perry. (Source: P.A. 102-380, eff. 8-13-21.)
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