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15 ILCS 305/5.5

(15 ILCS 305/5.5)

Sec. 5.5. Secretary of State fees.

There shall be paid to
the Secretary of State the following fees:

For certificate or apostille, with seal: $2.

For each certificate, without seal: $1.

For each commission to any officer or other person (except military
commissions), with seal: $2.

For copies of exemplifications of records, or for a certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper when not otherwise provided by law, and
it does not exceed legal size: $0.50 per page or any portion
of a page; and
$2 for the certificate, with seal affixed.

For copies of exemplifications of records or a certified copy of any
document, instrument, or paper, when not otherwise provided for by law,
that exceeds legal size: $1 per page or any portion of a
page; and $2 for
the certificate, with seal affixed.

For copies of bills or other papers: $0.50 per page or any
portion
of a page; and $2 for the certificate, with seal
affixed, except that
there shall be no charge for making or certifying copies that are furnished
to any governmental agency for official use.

For recording a duplicate of an affidavit showing the appointment of
trustees
of a religious corporation: $0.50; and $2 for the certificate of
recording,
with seal affixed.

For filing and recording an application under the Soil Conservation
Districts Law and making and issuing a certificate for the application, under seal:
$10.

For recording any other document, instrument, or paper required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of State, which recording shall
be done by any approved photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded does not exceed legal size and the fees and charges therefor
are not otherwise fixed by law: $0.50 per page or any portion of
a page; and $2
for the certificate of recording, with seal affixed.

For recording any other document, instrument, or paper required or
permitted to be recorded with the Secretary of State, which recording shall
be done by any approved photographic or photostatic process, if
the page
to be recorded exceeds legal size and the fees and charges therefor are not
otherwise fixed by law: $1 per page or any portion of a page; and $2 for the
certificate of recording attached to the original, with seal
affixed.

For each duplicate certified copy of a school land patent: $3.

For each photostatic copy of a township plat: $2.

For each page of a photostatic copy of surveyors field notes: $2.

For each page of a photostatic copy of a state land patent, including
certification: $4.

For each page of a photostatic copy of a swamp land grant: $2.

For each page of photostatic copies of all other instruments or
documents relating to land records: $2.

For any payment to the Secretary of
State when it has not been honored: $25.

For any research request received after the effective date of the changes
made to this Section by this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly by an out-of-State or non-Illinois
resident: $10,
prepaid and nonrefundable, for which the requester will receive up to 2
unofficial
noncertified copies of the records requested.  The fees under this paragraph
shall be deposited into
the
General Revenue Fund.

The Illinois State Archives is authorized to charge reasonable fees to
reimburse the cost of production and distribution of copies of finding aids to
the
records that it holds or copies of published versions or editions of those
records
in printed, microfilm, or electronic formats.  The fees under this paragraph
shall be deposited
into
the
General Revenue Fund.

As used in this Section, "legal size" means a sheet of paper that is 8.5
inches wide and 14 inches long, or written or printed matter on a sheet of
paper that does not exceed that width and length, or either of them.

(Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 1-1-13; 98-1149, eff. 12-31-14.)