Cook County Clerk Office

It is the mission of the office of the clerk of the circuit court of cook county to serve the citizens of cook county and the participants in the judicial system in an efficient effective and ethical manner.

Cook county clerk office. Under state law you may legally obtain a certified copy of your own birth certificate if of legal age and or the birth certificate of your child your name must appear on the child s birth certificate. The cook county clerk s office is the chief election authority for more than 120 towns and villages in suburban cook county. The clerk is also responsible for maintaining and providing vital records various aspects of the real estate tax process receiving and making available to the public statements of economic interests and lobbyist registration and serving as clerk to the county board of commissioners.

The cook county clerk s office is the official record keeper for births marriages civil unions and deaths that occur in chicago and suburban cook county. Clerk of the circuit court main page. The cook county clerk s office keeps official records of births that occur in chicago and suburban cook county.