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55 ILCS 5/3-5037

(55 ILCS 5/3-5037) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5037)

Sec. 3-5037. Instruments to be re-recorded; fee; penalty.

In all
cases where the records of any county have been or shall hereafter be
destroyed by fire or other casualty, it shall be the duty of the recorder
of such county to re-record all deeds, mortgages or other instruments in
writing which may have been recorded or filed for record prior to the
destruction of such records, together with the certificates of such
original recording, that may be filed in the office for re-recording; and
the recorder may charge and receive, as a fee for re-recording such deeds,
mortgages and other instruments aforesaid, and the certificate of such
recording, 5¢ for each 100 words or fractions thereof, and no more; and any
recorder who shall charge a greater fee than the foregoing, or who shall
refuse to re-record such instruments in writing, for the fee aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of malfeasance in office, and subject to all the
penalties prescribed by law for such offense.

(Source: P.A. 103-400, eff. 1-1-24.)