Public Act 093-0671
 
SB1676 Enrolled LRB093 02934 MKM 02950 b

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