(765 ILCS 33/4)

Sec. 4. Recording of documents.

(a) In this Section, "paper document" means a document that is received by the county recorder in a form that is not electronic.

(b) A county recorder:

(1) who implements any of the functions listed in this Section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the Illinois Electronic Recording Commission and must follow the procedures of the Local Records Act before destroying any original paper records as part of a conversion process into an electronic or other format.

(2) may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents.

(3) may provide for access to, and for search and retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means, including the Internet, and on approval by the county recorder of the form and amount, the county board may adopt a fee for document detail or image retrieval on the Internet.

(4) who accepts electronic documents for recording shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by State law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.

(5) may convert paper documents accepted for recording into electronic form.

(6) may convert into electronic form information recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents.

(7) may accept electronically any fee or tax that the county recorder is authorized to collect.

(8) may agree with other officials of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.

(Source: P.A. 95-472, eff. 8-27-07.)