Marriage Record Request

Where To Apply:

Where to Mail Application

Moultrie County Clerk
10 S. Main, Suite 6
Sullivan, IL 61951

Fee:

$15 for the first copy, $6 for each additional copy of the same record when purchased at the same time - Cash or Check only (in person).

Office Hours:

Monday - Friday
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Who is entitled to certified copy?

  • Anyone is allowed to request a certified copy of a Marriage License (with Social Security Number blacked out).
  • Only bride and groom may obtain a certified copy of the Marriage Application.
Marriage Records cannot be faxed or emailed

Identification Required:

Photo ID required for Birth or Death Vital Records (and, at the discretion of the County Clerk's Office, for some Marriage Records).  If you do not have a photo ID then a copy of your Social Security card.

Please Note:  Due to a Courthouse fire on November 25, 1864, most records were destroyed; therefore, records from 1843 to 1877 are sporadic. 

Indexed from 1940’s forward; random filings from October 1863-1877, with limited information recorded.  Licenses with detailed information began December 1877.