Illinois Certificate of Adoption (VR 160)
Official state formAdoptionForm VR 160Free downloadLast verified November 10, 2026
Report of an adoption, certified by the circuit clerk, that the Illinois Department of Public Health uses to create a new birth certificate for an Illinois-born child or a Record of Foreign Birth for a foreign-born child. It is sent to the Division of Vital Records, Adoption Unit.
Who can use this form
- The adoptive parents and their attorney complete the form.
- Each parent signs to verify their own information.
- The circuit clerk of the county where the adoption was completed fills in the certification and adds the court seal.
What to send with it
- The completed certificate with the circuit clerk's certification and court seal.
- The fee, by check or money order payable to Illinois Department of Public Health or IDPH.
- For a foreign-born child: one additional document that proves the child's place and date of birth.
- If the child's name is altered after the adoption, a certified copy of the adoption decree is required.
Where to send it
- Mail to
- Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital Records Adoption Unit 110 West Lawrence Ave. Springfield, IL 62704-2610
- State fee
- $15 for an Illinois-born child, which includes one certified copy of the new birth certificate. Additional copies ordered at the same time are $2 each. Records of foreign birth are $5 each. No fee to forward the certificate to another state of birth.
- Typical processing
- Not provided
- Form revision
- REV (08/26)
- Source
- Official government page