(410 ILCS 535/25.6)

(Text of Section from P.A. 102-1141)

Sec. 25.6. Fee waiver; persons who reside in a shelter for domestic violence.

(a) The applicable fees under Section 17 of this Act for a new certificate of birth and Section 25 of this Act for a search of a birth record or a certified copy of a birth record shall be waived for all requests by a person who resides in a shelter for domestic violence. The State Registrar of Vital Records shall establish standards and procedures consistent with this Section for waiver of the applicable fees. A person described under this Section must not be charged for verification under this Section. A person who knowingly or purposefully falsifies this verification is subject to a penalty of $100.

(b) A person who resides in a shelter for domestic violence shall be provided no more than 4 birth records annually under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 102-1141, eff. 7-1-23.)

(Text of Section from P.A. 103-170)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 25.6. Certification letter form. In order to seek a waiver of the fee for a copy of a vital record, the person seeking the record must provide the following certification letter:

Certification Letter for Domestic Violence Waiver for Illinois Vital Records Full Name of Applicant:...............................

Date of Birth:........................................

I,........................, certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that on the date listed below, the above named individual is a victim or child of a victim of domestic violence, as defined by Section 103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 (750 ILCS 60/103), who is currently fleeing a dangerous living situation. I provide this certification in my capacity as (check one below):

( ) an advocate at a family violence center who assisted the victim;

( ) a licensed medical care or mental health provider;

( ) the director of an emergency shelter or transitional housing; or

( ) the director of a transitional living program.

Signature:.................Date:........................

Title:.....................Employer:....................

Email:.....................Phone:.......................

Address:...................City:........................

State:.....................Zip:.........................

(Source: P.A. 103-170, eff. 1-1-24.)