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**Illinois**

**Event:** Birth or death

**Cost of copy:** certified    copy: $15.00    certification: $10.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Illinois Department of Public Health    605 West Jefferson Street    Springfield, IL 62702-5097 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since January 1916. For earlier records and for copies of State records    since January 1916, write to County Clerk in county where event occurred (county fees    vary). The fee for a search of the State files is $10.00. If the record is found, one    certification is issued at no additional charge. Additional certifications of the same    record ordered at the same time are $2.00 each. The fee for a full certified copy is    $15.00. Additional certified copies of the same record ordered at the same time are $2.00    each.

Money orders, certified checks, or    personal checks should be made payable to **Illinois Department of Public Health**.    To verify current fees, the telephone number is **(217) 782-6553**. This will    be a recorded message.   Information on how to obtain certified copies is also    available via the internet at **Illinois    Department of Public Health**.

**Event:** Marriage 

**Cost of copy:** $5.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Illinois Department of Public Health    605 West Jefferson Street    Springfield, IL 62702-5097 

**Remarks:** Marriage Index    since January 1962. Selected items may be verified (fee $5.00). Certified copies are NOT    available from State office.

For certified copies, write to the County    Clerk in county where license was issued.

**Event:** Divorce 

**Cost of copy:** $5.00 

**Address:**    Division of Vital Records    Illinois Department of Public Health    605 West Jefferson Street    Springfield, IL 62702-5097 

**Remarks:** Divorce Index    since January 1962. Selected items may be verified (fee $5.00). Certified copies are NOT    available from State office.

For certified copies, write to the Clerk    of Circuit Court in county where divorce was granted. 
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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
 

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