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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1676
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1676 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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 in writing and maps of
10 plats of additions, subdivisions or otherwise, and for
11 certifying copies of records, shall be paid in advance and
12 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
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1 than one tract, parcel or lot is described and such
2 additional tract, or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
3 is or are described therein as falling in a separate or
4 different addition or subdivision the recorder shall charge
5 as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of $2
6 for each additional addition or subdivision referred to in
7 such deed or instrument.
8 For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
9 otherwise (including the spreading of the same of record in
10 well bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
11 contained therein.
12 For certified copies of records the same fees as for
13 recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
14 of a map or plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise
15 exceed $200.
16 For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to
17 exceed one half of the amount provided herein for certified
18 copies, according to a standard scale of fees, established by
19 county ordinance and made public.
20 For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or
21 trust deed which has been filed but not recorded and for
22 indexing the same in the book to be kept for that purpose
23 $10.
24 For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required
25 for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
26 land trust in accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
27 $2.
28 The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
29 equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
30 document (other than a document filed under the Plat Act or
31 the Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform to the
32 following standards:
33 (1) The document shall consist of one or more
34 individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
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1 permanently bound and not a continuous form. Graphic
2 displays accompanying a document to be recorded that
3 measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
4 without charging an additional fee.
5 (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black
6 ink, by hand, type, or computer. Signatures and dates
7 may be in contrasting colors if they will reproduce
8 clearly.
9 (3) The document shall be on white paper of not
10 less than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin
11 of at least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and
12 each side. Margins may be used only for non-essential
13 notations that will not affect the validity of the
14 document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
15 numbers, and customer notations.
16 (4) The first page of the document shall contain a
17 blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches,
18 from the upper right corner.
19 (5) The document shall not have any attachment
20 stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
21 A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
22 be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee
23 required under this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by
24 this amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
25 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
26 The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of
27 local government and school districts.
28 Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the
29 maximum fee that may be collected from the Department of
30 Revenue for filing or indexing a lien, certificate of lien
31 release or subordination, or any other type of notice or
32 other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5.
33 Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the
34 maximum fee that may be collected from the Department of
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1 Revenue for indexing each additional name in excess of one
2 for any lien, certificate of lien release or subordination,
3 or any other type of notice or other documentation affecting
4 or concerning a lien is $1.
5 (Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)
6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
7 June 1, 2004.".