Welcome to the Enhanced Authentication page for the Criminal History Information Response Process (CHIRP) and Circuit Clerk Web Interface web portals. The ability to obtain the information provided through this service is limited to Illinois law enforcement agencies or those with a User’s Agreement with the Illinois State Police.

WHY DIGITAL ENCRYPTION?

All criminal history responses sent from the BOI across the internet are federally mandated to be encrypted and users to be authenticated. In compliance with this mandate, CHIRP users are required to obtain a digital ID through Entrust.

Encryption will guarantee the security of the information contained in the response. Authentication will guarantee the person receiving the encrypted response is the person intended and authorized to receive it.

ENTRUST ENROLLMENT

Users must go to www.illinois.gov/pki/ to enroll with the State of Illinois to be issued a Digital Certificate required for use with Entrust. Select the “Get a Digital ID” button located on the right side of the web page. The enrollee must be a real person with a valid Illinois driver’s license. Selected information from the driver’s license will be asked for during enrollment. It must be entered exactly as printed on the driver’s license.

Users must read and agree to the subscriber agreement with the State of Illinois Central Management Services. Out-of-state users must click the “Non-Illinois Resident Accept” button instead of the “Agree” button on the Subscriber Agreement form.

When entering names into the name fields, do not put a period (.) after the middle initial. The web site will allow the entry of one, but it causes problems elsewhere, so avoid doing this. Users will be asked to create a profile name and password. Please remember these! This profile name and password is required for the first log in entry.