Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court

About Clerk Mariyana T. Spyropoulos

Mariyana T. Spyropoulos was sworn in as Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County on December 2, 2024. Her official biography says she grew up on Chicago's South Side, attended Chicago Public Schools, earned a law degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and earned an MBA from Loyola University Chicago. She served as a Cook County assistant state's attorney and previously sat on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board, including as board president from 2015 to 2019.

The Clerk's home page is below.

The Clerk's press release on taking the oath is below; it lays out her transparency and modernization agenda.

Clerk Duties and Statutes

The Clerk operates under the Illinois Clerks of Courts Act, 705 ILCS 105. Section 27.2A authorizes the Clerk to collect and disburse filing fees and fines. The Clerk serves more than 400 Circuit Court judges hearing traffic, civil, criminal, juvenile, and all other case types originating in Chicago and suburban Cook County.

The Cook County government profile for the Clerk's office is below.

• Preserve and index court files in civil, criminal, traffic, family, probate, juvenile, chancery, and county dockets.
• Accept court filings through eFileIL and at the courthouse counters.
• Collect court fees, fines, and bond payments on older cash-bond cases.
• Issue certified copies, letters of office, and other certifications.
• Run the public online case information service and the CCC Portal for attorneys.
• Operate the Interactive Orders System in partnership with the Chief Judge.
• Provide public records, archives, court data, and media-request services.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Contact Information

The Clerk's main office is at the Richard J. Daley Center, Suite 1001. The Clerk also operates branch counters at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, the Domestic Violence Courthouse, and the five suburban municipal districts.

Online Case Information

The Clerk's online case information page is the primary public docket access. The Clerk warns that the online service is for general status only, that the docket is not the official record, and that updates may take a few days. The Clerk also says that if a field is blank, the office likely does not have responsive data in its master database for that case.

The Clerk's case look-up page is captured below. It explains that Illinois Registered Attorneys should use the CCC Portal for case lookup information regarding criminal, county, probate, and domestic matters.

CCC Portal for Attorneys and Justice Partners

CCC Portal at cccportal.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org is the Tyler / Odyssey portal for justice partners and private Illinois-licensed attorneys. Justice partners include the State's Attorney, Public Defender, law enforcement, Department of Social Services, and other authorized agencies. Members of the public should not register; the Clerk says unauthorized registrations are denied.

Private Illinois-licensed attorneys must have an active Illinois license and must email helpdesk@cookcountycourt.com with their ARDC number and the username used to register.

Record Search Request Form CCG0026

The Clerk's Record Search Request Form CCG0026 is the direct copy request form. Use it to order certified or plain copies of court records when online lookup is not enough. The Clerk's Illinois court forms page lists the standardized state forms; that page is below.

How to Request a Certified Copy

Certified copies are needed for legal use outside the court. Plain copies are usually fine for personal use. The steps below cover the standard certified-copy workflow.

1. Download the CCG0026 Record Search Request Form from the Clerk's website.
2. Complete the form with case number, party names, division, and years if needed.
3. Check the box for certified copy and list the number of copies needed.
4. Calculate the fees: $2 first page, $0.50 each additional page, plus a $6 per year search fee if you do not have the case number.
5. Mail the form with a check or money order payable to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, or drop it off at Suite 1001 of the Daley Center.
6. Wait for the certified copy to be returned by mail or pick it up at the Clerk's office.

Cook County Clerk Fee Schedule

The Clerk's fee schedule is governed by 705 ILCS 105/27.2A. The fees below come from the official CCG0140 fee schedule and CCG0026 request form.

Modernization and the Data Dashboard

The Clerk has launched a public data dashboard, expanded language access to more than fifty languages, added Language Line interpretation across divisions, run a Second Chance Summit for expungement and sealing assistance, and announced the move off the County's legacy mainframe. The e-Citation pilot is also being expanded; see traffic court records for the moving violation processing improvements.

Clerk Branch Counters and Live Chat

The Clerk does not operate only at the Daley Center. Branch counters run at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, the Domestic Violence Courthouse, and each of the five suburban municipal districts in Skokie, Rolling Meadows, Maywood, Bridgeview, and Markham. Each suburban courthouse has its own Clerk room, listed on the court location pages. The Skokie Clerk's office is Room 136 and the Bridgeview Clerk's office is Room 121.

For procedural questions, the Clerk runs live chat Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office has also expanded language access to more than fifty languages and added Language Line interpretation across divisions.

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