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| AN ACT in relation to local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 4-12002 as
follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/4-12002)
(from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
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| Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third class counties. The |
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| fees of
the recorder in counties of the third class for |
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| recording deeds or other
instruments in writing and maps of |
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| plats of additions, subdivisions or
otherwise, and for |
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| certifying copies of records, shall be paid in advance
and |
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| shall be as follows:
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| For recording deeds or other instruments $20 for the first |
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| 2 pages
thereof, plus $2 for each additional page thereof. The |
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| aggregate minimum fee
for recording
any one instrument shall |
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| not be less than $20.
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| For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the |
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| premises
affected thereby are referred to by document number |
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| and not by legal
description the recorder shall charge a fee of |
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| $4 in addition
to that hereinabove referred to for each |
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| document number therein noted.
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| For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more than |
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| one tract,
parcel or lot is described and such additional |
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| tract, or tracts, parcel
or parcels, lot or lots is or are |
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| described therein as falling in a
separate or different |
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| addition or subdivision the recorder
shall charge as an |
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| additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of
$2 for each |
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| additional addition or subdivision referred to in such deed
or |
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| instrument.
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| For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or |
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| otherwise
(including the spreading of the same of record in |
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| well bound books) $100
plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot |
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| contained therein.
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| For certified copies of records the same fees as for |
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| recording, but
in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of |
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| a map or plat of an
addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed |
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| $200.
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| For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to |
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| exceed one half of
the amount provided herein for certified |
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| copies, according to a standard scale
of fees, established by |
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| county ordinance and made public.
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| For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or trust |
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| deed
which has been filed but not recorded and for indexing the |
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| same in the
book to be kept for that purpose $10.
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| For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required for |
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| filing a deed
or assignment of a beneficial interest in a land |
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| trust in accordance with
Section 3-5020 of this Code, $2.
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| The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount |
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| equal to the
fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a |
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| document (other than a
document filed under the Plat Act or the |
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| Uniform Commercial Code) that does
not conform to
the following |
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| standards:
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| (1) The document shall consist of one or more |
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| individual sheets
measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not |
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| permanently bound and not a
continuous form. Graphic |
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| displays accompanying a document to be recorded
that |
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| measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded |
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| without charging
an additional fee.
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| (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black ink,
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| by hand, type, or
computer. Signatures and dates may
be
in |
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| contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.
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| (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less |
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| than 20-pound
weight and shall have a clean margin of at |
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| least one-half inch on the top, the
bottom, and each side. |
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| Margins may be used only for non-essential notations
that |
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| will not affect the validity of the document, including but |
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| not limited to
form numbers, page numbers, and customer |
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| notations.
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| (4) The first page of the document shall contain a |
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| blank space, measuring
at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from |
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| the upper right corner.
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| (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled |
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| or otherwise
affixed to any page.
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| A document that does not conform to these standards shall
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| be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required |
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| under
this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by this |
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| amendatory Act of 1995,
applies only to documents dated after |
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| the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1995.
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| The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of |
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| local
government and school districts.
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| Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the |
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| maximum fee that may
be collected from the Department of |
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| Revenue for filing or indexing a
lien, certificate of lien |
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| release or subordination, or any other type of notice
or other |
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| documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5. Regardless |
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| of any
other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that |
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| may be collected from the
Department of Revenue for indexing |
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| each additional name in excess of
one for any lien, certificate |
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| of lien release or subordination, or any other
type of notice |
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| or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June |
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| 1, 2004.
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