Public Act 093-0671
 		





SB1676 Enrolled
LRB093 02934 MKM 02950 b






    AN ACT in relation to local government. 

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 


 
    Section 5.   The Counties Code is amended by changing 
Section 4-12002 as
follows:


 



    (55 ILCS 5/4-12002)
  (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)



    Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third class counties. The 
fees of
the recorder in counties of the third class for 
recording deeds or other
instruments in writing and maps of 
plats of additions, subdivisions or
otherwise, and for 
certifying copies of records, shall be paid in advance
and 
shall be as follows:

    For recording deeds or other instruments $20 for the first 
2 pages
thereof, plus $2 for each additional page thereof.  The 
aggregate minimum fee
for recording
any one instrument shall 
not be less than $20.

    For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the 
premises
affected thereby are referred to by document number 
and not by legal
description the recorder shall charge a fee of 
$4 in addition
to that hereinabove referred to for each 
document number therein noted.

    For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more than 
one tract,
parcel or lot is described and such additional 
tract, or tracts, parcel
or parcels, lot or lots is or are 
described therein as falling in a
separate or different 
addition or subdivision the recorder
shall charge as an 
additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of
$2 for each 
additional addition or subdivision referred to in such deed
or 
instrument.

    For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or 
otherwise
(including the spreading of the same of record in 
well bound books) $100
plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot 
contained therein.

    For certified copies of records the same fees as for 
recording, but
in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of 
a map or plat of an
addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed 
$200.

    For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to 
exceed one half of
the amount provided herein for certified 
copies, according to a standard scale
of fees, established by 
county ordinance and made public.

    For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or trust 
deed
which has been filed but not recorded and for indexing the 
same in the
book to be kept for that purpose $10.

    For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required for 
filing a deed
or assignment of a beneficial interest in a land 
trust in accordance with
Section 3-5020 of this Code, $2.

    The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount 
equal to the
fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a 
document (other than a
document filed under the Plat Act or the 
Uniform Commercial Code) that does
not conform to
the following 
standards:


        (1) The document shall consist of one or more 
individual sheets
measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not 
permanently bound and not a
continuous form.  Graphic 
displays accompanying a document to be recorded
that 
measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded 
without charging
an additional fee.


        (2) The document shall be legibly printed in black ink,

by hand, type, or
computer.  Signatures and dates may
be
in 
contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.


        (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less 
than 20-pound
weight and shall have a clean margin of at 
least one-half inch on the top, the
bottom, and each side.  
Margins may be used only for non-essential notations
that 
will not affect the validity of the document, including but 
not limited to
form numbers, page numbers, and customer 
notations.


        (4) The first page of the document shall contain a 
blank space, measuring
at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from 
the upper right corner.


        (5) The document shall not have any attachment stapled 
or otherwise
affixed to any page.

A document that does not conform to these standards shall
not 
be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required 
under
this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by this 
amendatory Act of 1995,
applies only to documents dated after 
the effective date of this amendatory
Act of 1995.

    The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of 
local
government and school districts.

    Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the 
maximum fee that may
be collected from the Department of 
Revenue for filing or indexing a
lien, certificate of lien 
release or subordination, or any other type of notice
or other 
documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5.  Regardless 
of any
other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that 
may be collected from the
Department of Revenue for indexing 
each additional name in excess of
one for any lien, certificate 
of lien release or subordination, or any other
type of notice 
or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1.

(Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)



 
    Section 99. Effective date.  This Act takes effect on June 
1, 2004.