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PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 10, 2016
Contact: Carla N. Wyckoff
847.377.2430
County Clerk Carla Wyckoff advises against using expensive online
services that offer to act as agents for expediting your vital certificate
applications as you can obtain the same record from our office at a much lower
cost.
Online vendors sometimes charge customers ten times more than our published fees, and they ultimately send your order to us to be fulfilled. Protect your wallet and identity by ordering certified or genealogical copies of Lake County birth, death, marriage, or civil union records directly from our office.
The County Clerk’s office is the official recordkeeper of Lake
County vital records. Certified birth, marriage or civil union record fee is
$10 for first copy and $4 each additional copy. A death record fee is $14 for
the first copy and $8 for each additional one. Uncertified records marked “For Genealogical
Purposes Only” are available for $4. To protect the integrity of these records,
access is restricted by state statute. To prove their eligibility, applicants are required to complete a
written application and provide valid identification.
For those who cannot visit our office, downloadable application
forms can be found at LakeCountyClerk.info under the Vital Records tab. Print
and mail your completed form to us with copies of the required identification
and payment. Normal processing time is 2 working days once your request is received
by our office, and your document is mailed to you via first class U.S. mail.
Those requiring expedited shipping, wishing to pay by credit
card, or sending us a request by fax or email may use our only online service
partner, VitalChek (www.vitalchek.com)
who adds a $7 processing fee plus shipping charges if you choose overnight or
two-day delivery.
Investigate any website vendor before using them and carefully
read the supplier’s terms of service. Some applications require sensitive or personal
information, including a Social Security Number. The service may keep a copy of
your requested record for themselves or not issue a refund if the order cannot
be processed because access to the record is restricted.
We are located at 18 N. County Street, Room 101, Waukegan,
Illinois. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. On
Fridays not before a holiday weekend, we offer extended evening hours until
7:00 pm.
For identification
requirements, record access restrictions, or calendar of office hours, visit
the Vital Records web
page at LakeCountyClerk.info,
call 847.377.2411, email vitalrecords@lakecountyil.gov,
or fax 847.360.3608.
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