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92_HB1837
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1 AN ACT concerning fees.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5 Section 4-12002 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
7 Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third class counties.
8 The fees of the recorder in counties of the third class for
9 recording deeds or other instruments that are in writing and
10 maps of plats of additions, subdivisions or otherwise, and
11 for certifying copies of records, shall be paid in advance
12 and shall be as follows:
13 For recording deeds or other instruments $20 for the
14 first 2 pages thereof, plus $2 for each additional page
15 thereof. The aggregate minimum fee for recording any one
16 instrument shall not be less than $20.
17 For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the
18 premises affected thereby are referred to by document number
19 and not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee
20 of $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred to for each
21 document number therein noted.
22 For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more
23 than one tract, parcel or lot is described and such
24 additional tract, or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
25 is or are described therein as falling in a separate or
26 different addition or subdivision the recorder shall charge
27 as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of $2
28 for each additional addition or subdivision referred to in
29 such deed or instrument.
30 For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
31 otherwise (including the spreading of the same of record in
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1 well bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
2 contained therein.
3 For certified copies of records the same fees as for
4 recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
5 of a map or plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise
6 exceed $200.
7 For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or
8 trust deed which has been filed but not recorded and for
9 indexing the same in the book to be kept for that purpose
10 $10.
11 For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required
12 for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
13 land trust in accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
14 $2.
15 The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
16 equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
17 document (other than a document filed under the Plat Act or
18 the Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform to the
19 following standards:
20 (1) The document shall consist of one or more
21 individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
22 permanently bound and not a continuous form. Graphic
23 displays accompanying a document to be recorded that
24 measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
25 without charging an additional fee.
26 (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black
27 ink, by hand, type, or computer. Signatures and dates
28 may be in contrasting colors if they will reproduce
29 clearly.
30 (3) The document shall be on white paper of not
31 less than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin
32 of at least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and
33 each side. Margins may be used only for non-essential
34 notations that will not affect the validity of the
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1 document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
2 numbers, and customer notations.
3 (4) The first page of the document shall contain a
4 blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches,
5 from the upper right corner.
6 (5) The document shall not have any attachment
7 stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
8 A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
9 be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee
10 required under this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by
11 this amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
12 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
13 The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of
14 local government and school districts.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-691, eff. 1-24-95; 89-160, eff. 7-19-95.)