McLean County Clerk
115 E Washington Street Room 102 (Main Floor), Bloomington, Illinois, 61701
Contact & location
- Address
- 115 E Washington Street Room 102 (Main Floor), Bloomington, Illinois, 61701
- Mail-in address
- McLean County ClerkP.O. Box 2400, Bloomington, Illinois, 61702-2400
- Records for
- McLean County, Illinois
- Phone
- (309) 888-5190
- Official site
- Government website ↗
Last verified July 14, 2026
This office issues Illinois state records
McLean County follows Illinois’s fees, eligibility rules and processing times. Compare the statewide baseline below before choosing where to go.
- $15.00
- Illinois birth certificate fee
- 12–15 weeks
- Statewide processing
- 12,710,158
- Illinois population
Office hours
| Monday | 8:00am - 4:30pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 8:00am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 8:00am - 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 8:00am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 8:00am - 4:30pm |
| Saturday | closed |
| Sunday | closed |
Certificates, fees & processing
| Record | Fee | Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Birth Certificate | $15.00 | 12–15 weeksIllinois estimate |
| Death Certificate | $17.00 | 4–6 weeksIllinois estimate |
| Marriage Certificate | $15.00 | 0 daysIllinois estimate |
Processing times are set at state level — county offices do not publish their own — and are estimates that vary with demand.
The McLean County Clerk’s office or registry of vital records, offers a wide range of crucial services. These offices play a vital role in the protection and provision of essential documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage certificates . In addition to maintaining these primary records, they are responsible for managing and issuing copies of birth, marriage, and death records that occurred within the Township of Bloomington. Alongside record maintenance, this office provides valuable services like issuing certified copies of documents, overseeing the registration of domestic partnerships, and offering assistance to rectify any errors detected in vital records. Through these comprehensive services, the vital records office ensures the accuracy, accessibility, and integrity of vital records for the benefit of the community.
Reviews
★★★★★4.0 (20)- ★★★★★Benjamin YoungGoogle
The website is poorly designed and it is difficult to find necessary information. This reflects a general attitude that providing very clear and explicit information to constituents is not a priority. This office should work for the people-not make the people work for it.
- ★★★★★Justin (J_Jetas)Google
They made me go on this wild goose chase to figure out what I’m supposed to do to pay a simple speeding ticket and go to the front office then they tell me oh, it’s the next half the building go all the way down to the hallway and take a left. I go there and they say oh no we don’t do that here you have to go to a building two blocks away when the officer that give me the ticket specifically said to go to the county clerks office, and told me the wrong amount that needs to be paid, I ended up paying 3 times more. So I’m not sure if the people who work there even know how to do their job.
- ★★★★★Steven SparrowGoogle
The lady who helped us with our questions about property taxes was outstanding. Very kind, considerate & full of helpful information that we did not know. Outstanding customer service. Sorry I didn't get her name. Nice lady, white hair & glasses. Thank you 👍
- ★★★★★TashaGoogle
My name is Waynette Ayers I live in Reno Nevada. But was born in Bloomington Illinois, so I was trying to get my birth certificate. And it took longer than normal. And I was freaking out! I asked to speak to a supervisor. And Regina came on the phone. I needed to go out of the country for surgery ( my life depends on it!) And she listened to me with compassion and she was personally going to go down to the post office and mail it to me herself! You can't get better customer service than that! But guess what today I got it!! Regina THANK YOU FOR BEING A HUMAN BEING FIRST! YOUR AMAZING! AND ILL NEVER FORGET YOU!!
- ★★★★★Lucas SweetGoogle
Most worthless employees in the entire world. I submitted a paper (as in not online a physical copy) motion to extend my fee deadline almost 2 months in advance. They LOST my paperwork. It took a month of me calling multiple times to figure out that it was lost. The third time I called someone put me on hold for 20 minutes, then came back and told me she had found my motion buried underneath a pile of paperwork on someone’s desk and that nobody had processed it yet. I just called back today and was trying to get an update again because it’s been almost another month since then. When I expressed my frustration to the employee I was talking to she told be she didn’t have to listen to me talk to her like that and that she was going to hang up. To which I responded by saying “you have a legal obligation to give me this information because it’s about my case, you can’t just decide not to do it because you’re upset so how about you just do your job” and she actually said “yes I can” and hung up the phone. Her name was Ashley by the way. She literally REFUSED to give me information on my case that I have a legal right to because she was upset that I didn’t have the nicest tone and I told them they had screwed things up by losing my paperwork. The American justice system at work people. A perfect shining example of how it’s completely broken and doesn’t work in the slightest.