093_HB1342 LRB093 07293 DRJ 07452 b 1 AN ACT in relation to property. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Conveyances Act is amended by changing 5 Section 1 as follows: 6 (765 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 30, par. 1) 7 Sec. 1. Livery of seizin not necessary. Livery of 8 seizin shall in no case be necessary for the conveyance of 9 real property; but every deed, mortgage or other conveyance 10 in writing, not procured by duress, and signed by the party 11 making the same, the maker or makers being of full age and 12 sound mind, shall be sufficient, without livery of seizin, 13 for the giving, granting, selling, mortgaging, leasing or 14 otherwise conveying or transferring any lands, tenements or 15 hereditaments in this state, so as, to all intents and 16 purposes, absolutely and fully to vest in every donee, 17 grantee, bargainee, mortgagee, lessee or purchaser, all such 18 estate or estates as shall be specified in any such deed, 19 mortgage, lease or other conveyance. Nothing herein contained 20 shall be so construed as to divest or defeat the older or 21 better estate or right of any person or persons, not party to 22 any such deed, mortgage, lease, or other conveyance. 23 (Source: P.A. 80-660.)