Couples getting married in Illinois must obtain a marriage license from the County Clerk’s office. To get married in Illinois, couples must get their marriage license issued in the county where they are planning the marriage ceremony to take place. Your marriage license is valid the day after the license is issued by the Cook County Clerk’s office.

If a couple does not live in Illinois, they may still apply for a marriage license in an Illinois county, provided they have a ceremony in that county within 60 days. Prior to getting married by a Judge, couples must obtain their marriage license from the County Clerk’s office. For information on purchasing a license in Cook County, please click here For Lake County, please click here We advise couples to check government offices’ schedules ahead of time, as they tend to close early before holidays.

She ruled that the continued Illinois ban on same-sex marriage until June 1, 2014 violated the couples’ rights to equal protection under the U.S. Constitution, and that the Cook County Clerk must immediately begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Cook County, Illinois Must Immediately Begin Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples. Couples have come from as far away as Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky to obtain marriage licenses in Cook County, according to Orr’s office.

Marriage licenses are valid for 60 days starting from the date they are issued to the couple. The marriage license issued by the Cook County Clerk’s office is effective the following calendar day after it is issued. Most couples planning to get married at the marriage court in Chicago, visit the Downtown location of the county clerk’s office at 50 W. Washington St, in Chicago (aka the Daley Center).

When you visit the clerk’s office, you must bring a valid ID, and pay a $60 Cook County marriage license fee. The Illinois marriage license is valid for 60 days and only in the county in which it was issued. Cook County marriage licenses cost about $60, and they’re valid for 60 days beginning the day after you receive your license.

The marriage license is valid for 60 days, and is valid only in the county in which it was issued, which means that your marriage ceremony must take place within that county. Brian Wildeman donned the festive attire and his fiancee, Susie Fogle, was armed with cookies for the security guards as they huddled in the stairwell of Daley Plaza on Tuesday just before 4 a.m. so they could claim their spot in line to get their marriage license when the Cook County Clerk’s office opened at 8:30 a.m. and subsequently get married on the spot. After finishing the process of obtaining a marriage license online, couples must appear in person together with identification at one of the Clerk’s offices and pay a fee.

Per the Clerk’s data, around 35,000 marriage licenses are issued every year at the Cook County Clerk’s office. CHICAGO — The Cook County Clerk’s Office is celebrating a major milestone today — the 10,000th same-sex marriage license. The Cook County marriage license is valid for performance of Nikah after twenty four hours (the day following when it is issued) till sixty days from the date of issue.

You can obtain a copy of your marriage license by contacting the County Clerk’s Office 15 business days after your wedding. Illinois marriage license is valid for sixty (60) days in the county in which it was issued. The marriage license fee in Illinois varies by county and is required at the time of application.  For more info, be sure to visit www.usmarriagelaws.com

Copies of marriage licenses up to 1900 can be obtained from Northeastern Illinois University at NEIU You can also access Cook County marriage licenses, 1871-1920 through your local family history center or send in a request to the Cook County Clerk’s Office ($15). You must obtain your marriage license from the Office of the Clerk of Cook County in person no earlier than 60 days before your wedding date, and no later than one day prior. How clerks in most of Illinois’ 102 counties would respond was not immediately clear, but Illinois couples were able to apply for a marriage license from any county, and some couples who lived in other countries had obtained licenses in Cook County.

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