(410 ILCS 530/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 903)
Sec. 3.
The Department shall search its files of records of
marriage, dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of
marriage upon receipt of a written request and a fee of $5, and, if the
record is found, shall verify the fact of marriage, dissolution of
marriage or declaration of invalidity of marriage in writing to the
applicant, and shall notify the applicant of the place where the
original record is found, and that a certified copy thereof may be
obtained only from such office. The Department shall not furnish a
certified copy of the records filed with it under this Act except upon
order of a court or upon the request of the clerk of any court in this
State, in which event the Department shall furnish such certified copy
without charge.
Whenever a certified copy is obtainable under this Section a
certified computer print-out of such record shall have the same effect
as a certified copy of such document.
The Department may authorize the use of the records filed under this
Act and the information therein contained for any bona fide research
purpose in the public interest. The Department is authorized to furnish
information from, or transcripts of, its records to the United States
Government for national statistics of marriage, dissolution of marriage
and declaration of invalidity of marriage, provided that such is done
without cost to the State.
(Source: P.A. 83-100.)
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