093_HB1967eng HB1967 Engrossed LRB093 09089 LCB 09321 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 Mortgage Act is amended by changing 5 Section 3 as follows: 6 (765 ILCS 905/3) (from Ch. 95, par. 53) 7 Sec. 3. Release of mortgage; acknowledgment. An 8 instrument in writing which releases a mortgage or trust deed 9 of real property may be acknowledged or proved in the same 10 manner as deeds for the conveyance of land. 11 (Source: Laws 1961, 1st Spec.Sess., p. 42.)