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Issues birth certificates.

Provides certified copies for the following:

• Birth Records
• Death Records
• Marriage Licenses
• Marriage Records
• Civil Union Licenses
• Civil Union Records

?The Cook County Clerk's office keeps official records of births that occur in Chicago and suburban Cook County. Birth certificates cost $15 and additional copies of the same record cost $4 each at the time of request.?A free birth record is available to persons born in Cook County who are verified as either homeless, residents of shelters for victims of domestic abuse/violence, and/or formerly incarcerated (released in the last 90 days) or soon-to-be-released inmates and detainees from IDOC or Cook County Jail. Verification from a parole release form or a status certification form completed by qualified human services staff is required. An individual cannot submit a form without proper verification from an approved human services provider.

Vital Records: Official registrar for the State that issues birth and death certificates, burial permits and publishes health statistics.