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1     AN ACT in relation to local government.
 
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. The
8 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 first
14 2 pages thereof, plus $2 for each additional page thereof. The
15 aggregate minimum fee for recording any one instrument shall
16 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 of
20 $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred to for each
21 document number therein noted.
22     For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more than
23 one tract, parcel or lot is described and such additional
24 tract, or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots is or are
25 described therein as falling in a separate or different
26 addition or subdivision the recorder shall charge as an
27 additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of $2 for each
28 additional addition or subdivision referred to in such deed or
29 instrument.
30     For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
31 otherwise (including the spreading of the same of record in
32 well bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot

 

 

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1 contained therein.
2     For certified copies of records the same fees as for
3 recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of
4 a map or plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed
5 $200.
6     For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to
7 exceed one half of the amount provided herein for certified
8 copies, according to a standard scale of fees, established by
9 county ordinance and made public.
10     For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or trust
11 deed which has been filed but not recorded and for indexing the
12 same in the book to be kept for that purpose $10.
13     For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required for
14 filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a land
15 trust in accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code, $2.
16     The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
17 equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
18 document (other than a document filed under the Plat Act or the
19 Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform to the following
20 standards:
21         (1) The document shall consist of one or more
22     individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
23     permanently bound and not a continuous form. Graphic
24     displays accompanying a document to be recorded that
25     measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
26     without charging an additional fee.
27         (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black ink,
28     by hand, type, or computer. Signatures and dates may be in
29     contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.
30         (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less
31     than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin of at
32     least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and each side.
33     Margins may be used only for non-essential notations that
34     will not affect the validity of the document, including but
35     not limited to form numbers, page numbers, and customer
36     notations.

 

 

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1         (4) The first page of the document shall contain a
2     blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from
3     the upper right corner.
4         (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled
5     or otherwise affixed to any page.
6 A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
7 be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required
8 under this paragraph. This paragraph, as amended by this
9 amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated after
10 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
11     The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of
12 local government and school districts.
13     Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the
14 maximum fee that may be collected from the Department of
15 Revenue for filing or indexing a lien, certificate of lien
16 release or subordination, or any other type of notice or other
17 documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5. Regardless
18 of any other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that
19 may be collected from the Department of Revenue for indexing
20 each additional name in excess of one for any lien, certificate
21 of lien release or subordination, or any other type of notice
22 or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1.
23 (Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June
25 1, 2004.