Saturday, April 5, 2014

Illinois Public Marriage Records

By Ben Kingsley


The marriage records Illinois generates after the couple has filed their marriage application becomes a public document. This means that the residents of Illinois have the freedom to request for a copy of their marriage certificate anytime they have a need for it.


Marriage certificates are used for a number of reasons. Residents of Illinois request for a copy of their marriage certificates for them to use when dealing with any government transactions. Transactions such as insurance and any matters related to the finances and dependents of the couple would call for a copy of a marriage certificate. Those who conduct genealogy research would look into the marriage certificate. It contains vital information that is necessary when updating the family tree. Ironically, marriage certificates are also necessary when filing divorce.

As the name suggest, a marriage certificate would contain information about the marriage of a couple. The certificate would show the name of the bride and the groom together with some of their personal details like their birth date and place as well as occupation they had on the time of their marriage. The place and the date when the marriage took place are the focus of the said document. The name of the bride and groom's parents are indicated on the file together with the name of the witnesses.

Only marriages that took place since January 1962 are available for request in the state of Illinois. Only the bride, the groom and their immediate family has the right to request for a copy of a marriage certificate. An authorization request or a court order has to be presented if one needs to access the records of other people. To verify one's relationship to the people on the file, the one who requested the document would have to provide their contact details on the request form together with the basic details of the document that is being obtained. All of the given information will be used to verify and document access to the said file.

The Vital Records Section in the state of Illinois is where all of the state's public documents are being managed, including marriage certificates of its people. Unfortunately, the office is not allowed to release a copy of the said file. Only the county clerk office where the marriage was originally registered can release such documents. If the county is not known, the state office can help identify this information for the cost of only $5. A separate processing fee would have to be paid once the request is made at the county office.

Marriage records of Illinois can now be obtained through the Internet. This makes the retrieval easy and fast. It has eliminated the need to go to any office just to request for the document. One can even get a copy of a public marriage records free of charges with the help of websites that allow their users to try their system out for a period of time.




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