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COPIES OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES
WHO MAY OBTAIN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE?
If you are 18 years of age or older, you can obtain a certified copy of your own birth certificate.
A parent can obtain the birth certificate of their child, if the parent’s name appears on the child’s birth certificate.
HOW TO OBTAIN A BIRTH CERTIFICATE:
In-Person:
Come into the DuPage County Clerk’s Office, 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM and fill out an application.
By Mail:
Fill out the application and mail it along with a photocopy of a current and valid acceptable form of identification and a check or money order made payable to the DuPage County Clerk to:
Gary A. King
DuPage County Clerk
P.O. Box 1028
Wheaton, IL 60187
WHAT ARE THE FEES FOR A BIRTH CERTIFICATE?
The fee is $10 for the first copy and $2 for each additional copy of the same certificate, requested at the same time.
WHAT ARE THE ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF CURRENT AND VALID IDENTIFICATION?
- Illinois Drivers License
- Illinois State Identification Card
- U.S. Military Identification Card
- Selective Service Card
- Out-of-State Drivers License
- U.S. Naturalization Certificate
- U.S. Immigration Card
- U.S. Passport
WHAT ABOUT GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH?
Birth records had to occur 75 years ago or earlier to be classified as genealogy records. The application is the same and the fee is $1 per record. Genealogical records are not certified, but are stamped “For Genealogical Purposes Only.”
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