ALL COUNTYWIDE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2026 AT 8:00PM THRU SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026 AT 4:00AM.
The Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, April 9, 2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, 13th Floor, in Chicago. You can find the Public Hearing Notice here:
The Clerk of the Circuit Court e-Citation Pilot Program is now live, reducing moving traffic violation processing from 7-10 days to 24-48 hours. Find out if your municipality is included here.
Individuals who would like a copy of the 2026 calendar may pick one up at the Daley Center, Room 1201. Please note that quantities are limited; they will be distributed on a first come, first-served basis, with limit of one per person.
You can find the digital calendar here.
Adoption records are impounded in Illinois and are not available for public inspection. This section describes the options available for requesting court authorized access to an adoption record.
Illinois law provides: All adoption records maintained by each circuit clerk shall be impounded... and shall be opened for examination only upon specific order of the court... the petitioners to the adoption [and] the attorney of record for the petitioner shall be entitled to receive certified copies of the order of adoption in the proceeding at any time within 30 days after the entry of the judgment of adoption without order of court. After 30 days from the entry of the judgment of adoption, no copies may be obtained without prior order of court, but good cause is not necessary to be shown by one of the petitioners to the adoption. 750 Illinois Compiled Statute 50/18 (c).
To obtain a certified copy of a Judgment Order of Adoption within 30 days after entry of the judgment, file a completed Certificate of Adoption with the Clerk. The Certificate of Adoption form is available from the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Room 1202.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court's fee for certification of the Certificate of Adoption form is $6.00 each, $2.00 for the first copy, and $0.50 for each copy after..
Additional copies of the same record issued at the same time are $2.00 each. Make check or money order for the amended birth records payable to the Department of Public Health.
Thirty-days (30) after the entry of the final judgment order of adoption, no information from the Clerk of the Circuit Court's adoption records is available without a court order.
Additional information may be obtained via one of the following service agencies:
(1) Illinois Department of Public Health Adoption Registry
This registry was established for the purpose of (1) providing identifying information to mutually consenting adult adopted or surrendered persons, birth parents, adoptive parents, legal guardians, and birth siblings. See 750 Illinois Compiled Statutes 50/18.1(a) and 750 Illinois Compiled Statutes 50/18.1b. For more information contact:
(2) Confidential Intermediary Service of Illinois
Any adopted person over the age of 21 or any adoptive parent or legal guardian of an adopted person under the age of 21 may petition the court for an appointment of a confidential intermediary for the purpose of obtaining from one or both birth parents or a sibling or siblings of the adopted person information concerning the background of a psychological or genetically-based medical problem experienced or which may be expected to be experienced in the future by the adopted person or obtaining assistance in treating such a problem. See 750 Illinois Compiled Statutes 50/18.3a.
For more information contact:
Additional information on adoption is available from the following agencies:
