{"data":{"id":"us-il/705-ilcs-35-1","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"705 ILCS 35/1","heading":"Judicial circuits created.","body":"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:\nFirst Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.\nSecond Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford.\nThird Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.\nFourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby, and Christian.\nFifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles.\nSixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt, and Piatt.\nSeventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott, Greene, and Jersey.\nEighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun, and Menard.\nNinth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough, and Fulton.\nTenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and Tazewell.\nEleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean, Livingston, Logan, Ford, and Woodford.\nTwelfth Circuit--The county of Will.\nThirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle, and Grundy.\nFourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Whiteside, and Henry.\nFifteenth Circuit--The counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle, and Lee.\nSixteenth Circuit--The county of Kane.\nSeventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.\nEighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.\nNineteenth Circuit--The county of Lake.\nTwentieth 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.\nTwenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and Kankakee.\nTwenty-second Circuit--The county of McHenry.\nTwenty-third Circuit--The counties of DeKalb and Kendall.\nTwenty-fourth Circuit--On and after December 5, 2022, the counties of Randolph, Monroe, Washington, and Perry.","path":["CHAPTER 705 COURTS","Circuit Courts Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1835\u0026ChapterID=50\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"7acbb29b05c3d62a8e49b0446ba8096624a999e8527757efda4775bf83b65cb0","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/705-ilcs-35-0.01","next":"us-il/705-ilcs-35-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}