HB4760 Engrossed

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    AN ACT concerning property.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Conveyances Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 35c as follows:
 



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    (765 ILCS 5/35c)  (from Ch. 30, par. 34c)



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    Sec. 35c. Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance or 
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other instrument
to be made a matter of record is executed 
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there shall be typed or printed
to the side or below all 
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signatures the names of the parties signing such
instruments 
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including the witnesses thereto, if any, and the names of the

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parties or officers taking the acknowledgments. The absence or 
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neglect to
print or type the names of the parties under the 
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signatures shall not
invalidate the instrument.

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    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance or other 
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instrument to be made a matter of record is executed, the 
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signatures of the parties making the conveyance shall be 
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acknowledged by a notary public appointed and commissioned by 
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the Secretary of State or by one of the courts or officers 
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designated in Section 20 of this Act.  Failure to comply with 
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this provision shall not invalidate the instrument.

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    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance is executed 
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the name and
address of the owner or owners to whom subsequent 
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tax bills are to be sent
shall be endorsed on the instrument. 
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The absence or neglect of any one to
comply with this provision 
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shall not invalidate the instrument.

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    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance is executed 
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and is to be
made a matter of record wherein a
metes and bounds 
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description is incorporated, the metes and bounds
description 
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shall contain the section, township and range with an

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identifiable point of beginning.  Subsequent courses shall 
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contain
approximate linear distance and direction values, 
 


 






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direction being defined
as any one or more of the following:

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    a. The angular relationship of the described course to a 
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described course.

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    b. The bearing of the described course relative to the 
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bearing of a
described course.

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    c. The relationship of the described course to a known 
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line, or a
point thereon, such as a previously described course 
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in the same
description or a line of a section or fraction 
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thereof or a line in a
platted lot or block.

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    If references are made to existing monuments or points or 
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lines of
previously recorded conveyances, the instant 
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description shall contain
sufficient information so that it may 
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be located without reference to
matters outside the instant 
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description.

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    The neglect to comply with the provisions of this Section 
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shall not
invalidate the instrument.

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(Source: P.A. 85-1232.)