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735 ILCS 5/8-1208

(735 ILCS 5/8-1208) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1208)

Sec. 8-1208. Official certificate - Land office.

The official certificate
of any register or receiver of any
land office of the United States, to any fact or matter on record in his or her
office, shall be received in evidence in any court in this State, and
shall be competent to prove the fact so certified. The certificate of
any such register, of the entry or purchase of any tract of land within
his or her district, shall be deemed and taken to be evidence of title in the
party who made such entry or purchase, or his or her legatees, heirs or assigns, and
shall enable such party, his or her legatees, heirs or assigns, to recover
or protect the
possession of the land described in such certificate, in any eviction action or action of
ejectment, unless a better legal and
paramount title be exhibited for the same. The signature of such
register or receiver may be proved by a certificate of the Secretary of
State, under his or her seal, that such signature is genuine.

(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18.)