Circuit Clerk

Lisa Fallon

Monroe County Circuit Clerk

 

Written 3-23-2020 at 6:00 PM

The Monroe County Circuit Clerk’s Office is working with a reduced staff for compliance with Governor Pritzker’s shelter-in-place Executive Order and to encourage social distancing in response to COVID-19. During this time, we will be running 2 teams of 3 people, alternating work days so if one of the groups gets exposed it doesn’t take out our whole staff.

We have received General Administrative Order No. 20-9 for the entire 20th Judicial Circuit (St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry and Washington counties) from Chief Judge Gleeson continuing all civil and criminal jury trials. All parties involved in the cases will be notified by mail or e-mail from my office. You can always check Judici Case Management System to search for a case. We are continually updating our case management system as we receive orders for which cases are moved and to which dates. You can call the office and we will return your call ASAP.

Jury – we are still working out what will happen with jury trials. Any upcoming jurors will be notified of any changes to their summons to serve.

I hope you are all well. Let us know if you need our assistance!

Sincerely,

Lisa Fallon

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Written 3-19-2020 at 4:30 PM

For general information about Monroe County and Courthouse, please click on Monroe County icon in the upper left corner to take you to the main county page for continuing updates.

Regarding my office, here are some temporary changes:

• Courthouse – closed to the public; however workers are still working; certain court case will still have to be heard due to being emergency in nature or have time restraint limitations
• Emergency Orders of Protection – no matter what the situation with workers at the courthouse, the court will always hear these emergencies; if you are in immediate danger, call law enforcement; otherwise come to the courthouse to have your case heard; the steps are all mapped out and explained and you may complete and print the paperwork online ahead of time at:  Order of Protection
• Criminal court cases – for updated court dates, please contact your lawyer if you have one, go to www.judici.com , or call my office at 618-939-8681
• Passports – we are not accepting applications at this time because this is not an emergency situation; please seek assistance at the US Post Office located at 305 E. 3rd St., Waterloo, IL or click:  US Post Office, Waterloo, IL; the information my deputy received today is this:  “They do passports from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  They will take walk-ins if they have a passport person available, but they prefer that they make an appointment so that they will know what to expect.   They can make an appointment by going to www.usps.com and go to the International tab and click passports then scroll down to “Schedule an Appointment.””
• Payments – any payments you need to get to my office can be mailed to:  Monroe County Circuit Clerk, 100 S. Main St., Waterloo, IL  62298. You may also use the drop box on the Market Street side of courthouse in the circle drive. Have an envelope with Attn:  Monroe County Circuit Clerk, your name, your case number, amount of check. The Treasurer’s office will see that we receive these a couple of times a day.
• Payments online – traffic and criminal cases may be pay either through www.Judici.com (if it was setup this way) or www.CourtMoney.com.
• Court Cases – Some court cases have been moved out to later dates and you and your attorney should have been notified either with a mailed letter or through e-mail. If you need to know your court date, check www.Judici.com closer to your original court date to see if it has been rescheduled. You may also call my office at 618-939-8681.
• Jurors – you should have received word that the Jury Trials set for March 30, 2020 have been cancelled and you are now required to report for duty on Monday, May 11, 2020 at 9:45 AM; if you need to request to be excused, please write a letter to my office and we will get it to the Judge for review.
• High Call Volume – We are experiencing a high call volume, but we will returns your calls ASAP.

For the latest information on the Corona Virus, click:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

As always, it is a pleasure serving you as your Circuit Clerk. We are a strong, common-sense county who has weathered worse than the Coronavirus. We are going to be alright and we are here to serve you. If you have any other questions, please call us at 618-939-8681. I will update this page as information is given to me.

Take Care,

Lisa Fallon