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91_HB2846

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Clerks of Courts Act by changing
 2    Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a.

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

 5        Section  5.   The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is amended by
 6    changing Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a as follows:

 7        (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
 8        Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
 9    all counties having a population of  180,000  inhabitants  or
10    less  shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise provided,
11    and shall be as follows:
12    (a)  Civil Cases
13             (1)  All  civil  cases  except  as   otherwise
14        provided...........................................   $40
15             (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
16    (b)  Family
17             (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
18        Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, filing
19        transcript  of  commitment  proceedings   held   in
20        another  county, and cases under the Juvenile Court
21        Act of 1987........................................   $25
22             (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
23             (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
24             (4)  Paternity................................   $40
25    (c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal
26             (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
27             (2)  Each person convicted of  a  misdemeanor,
28        leaving   scene   of  an  accident,  driving  while
29        intoxicated,  reckless  driving  or  drag   racing,
30        driving   when   license   revoked   or  suspended,
31        overweight, or no interstate commerce  certificate,
 
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 1        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
 2             (3)  Each   person  convicted  of  a  business
 3        offense............................................   $25
 4             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
 5             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
 6        ordinance           violation,            including
 7        without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
 8        court  supervision:
 9                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
10                  (ii)  For   each   notice   sent  to  the
11        defendant's  last   known   address   pursuant   to
12        subsection  (c)  of Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois
13        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
14                  (iii)  For  each  notice  sent   to   the
15        Secretary  of  State  pursuant to subsection (c) of
16        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
17             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
18             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
19             (8)  In ordinance violation  cases  punishable
20        by  fine only, the clerk of the circuit court shall
21        be entitled to receive, unless the fee  is  excused
22        upon  a  finding by the court that the defendant is
23        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
24        allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $50 as a  fee
25        for  the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall be
26        paid by the defendant at the time of filing his  or
27        her  jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
28        defendant, no jury shall be called,  and  the  case
29        shall be tried by the court without a jury.
30    (d)  Other Civil Cases
31             (1)  Money  or  personal property claimed does
32        not exceed $500....................................   $10
33             (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
34             (3)  Exceeds $10,000, when relief in  addition
 
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 1        to  or  supplemental  to recovery of money alone is
 2        sought in an action to  recover  personal  property
 3        taxes  or  retailers occupational tax regardless of
 4        amount claimed.....................................   $45
 5             (4)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  be
 6        entitled  to  receive,  in  addition  to other fees
 7        allowed by law, the sum of $50, as a  fee  for  the
 8        services  of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action not
 9        quasi-criminal in its nature and not  a  proceeding
10        for  the  exercise  of the right of eminent domain,
11        and in every equitable action wherein the right  of
12        trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The jury
13        fee shall be paid by the party demanding a jury  at
14        the  time of filing his jury demand.  If such a fee
15        is not paid by  either  party,  no  jury  shall  be
16        called  in the action, suit, or proceeding, and the
17        same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
18    (e)  Confession of judgment and answer
19             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
20             (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
21    (f)  Auxiliary Proceedings
22             Any  auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to   the
23        collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
24        garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
25    (g)  Forcible entry and detainer
26             (1)  For  possession  only  or  possession and
27        rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
28             (2)  For possession  and  rent  in  excess  of
29        $10,000............................................   $40
30    (h)  Eminent Domain
31             (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
32             (2)  For  each  and every lot or tract of land
33        or  right  or  interest  therein  subject   to   be
34        condemned,  the  damages  in respect to which shall
 
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 1        require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
 2    (i)  Reinstatement
 3             Each case including petition for  modification
 4        of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
 5        30  days  after  the  entry of a judgment or order,
 6        except in forcible entry  and  detainer  cases  and
 7        small  claims  and  except  a  petition  to modify,
 8        terminate, or enforce  a  judgement  or  order  for
 9        child  or spousal support or to modify, suspend, or
10        terminate an order  for  withholding,  petition  to
11        vacate   judgment   of   dismissal   for   want  of
12        prosecution whenever filed, petition to  reopen  an
13        estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
14    (j)  Probate
15             (1)  Administration   of  decedent's  estates,
16        whether testate or intestate, guardianships of  the
17        person  or  estate  or both of a person under legal
18        disability, guardianships of the person  or  estate
19        or  both of a minor or minors, or petitions to sell
20        real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
21             (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
22        personal property of  an  estate  does  not  exceed
23        $5,000.............................................   $25
24             (3)  At  any time during the administration of
25        the estate, however, at the request of  the  Clerk,
26        the  Court  shall  examine the record of the estate
27        and the personal representative  to  determine  the
28        total  value  of  the real and personal property of
29        the estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000  shall
30        order  the  payment  of  an  additional  fee in the
31        amount of..........................................   $40
32             (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
33             (5)  Issuing  letters  only  for   a   certain
34        specific reason other than the administration of an
 
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 1        estate, including but not limited to the release of
 2        mortgage;  the  issue of letters of guardianship in
 3        order that consent to marriage may  be  granted  or
 4        for  some  other specific reason other than for the
 5        care of  property  or  person;  proof  of  heirship
 6        without  administration;  or  when  a will is to be
 7        admitted to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to  be
 8        settled without administration.....................   $10
 9             (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
10        matter  other  than  a routine claim is filed in an
11        estate,  the  required  additional  fee  shall   be
12        charged for such filing............................   $45
13    (k)  Change of Venue
14             From a court, the charge is the same amount as
15        the  original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee for
16        preparation and certification of record  on  change
17        of  venue,  when  original  documents or copies are
18        forwarded..........................................   $10
19    (l)  Answer,   adverse    pleading,    or    appearance
20                                   In civil cases..........   $15
21             With the following exceptions:
22             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
23             (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
24             (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
25             (4)  Court    appeals   when   documents   are
26        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
27        over 200...........................................   10¢
28    (m)  Tax objection complaints
29             For  each  tax  objection complaint containing
30        one or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of  the
31        number   of  parcels  involved  or  the  number  of
32        taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
33    (n)  Tax deed
34             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
 
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 1        is involved........................................   $45
 2             (2)  For each additional parcel  involved,  an
 3        additional fee of..................................   $10
 4    (o)  Mailing Notices and Processes
 5             (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
 6        mail as first class mail...........................    $2
 7             (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
 8        required  to  mail by certified or registered mail,
 9        the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
10    (p)  Certification or Authentication
11             (1)  Each certification or authentication  for
12        taking  the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or other
13        instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
14             (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
15        forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
16             (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
17        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
18             (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
19        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
20        over 200...........................................   10¢
21    (q)  Reproductions
22             Each   record  of  proceedings  and  judgment,
23        whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
24        copies of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all  other
25        instruments, documents, records, or papers:
26                  (1)  First page..........................    $1
27                  (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
28                  (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
29    (r)  Counterclaim
30             When  any  defendant  files  a counterclaim as
31        part of his or her answer or otherwise,   or  joins
32        another  party as a third party defendant, or both,
33        he  or  she  shall  pay  a  fee   for   each   such
34        counterclaim  or  third  party  action in an amount
 
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 1        equal to the fee he or she would have  had  to  pay
 2        had  he  or  she  brought a separate action for the
 3        relief sought in the counterclaim  or  against  the
 4        third  party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of the
 5        appearance fee, if that has been paid.
 6    (s)  Transcript of Judgment
 7             From  a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if   case
 8        originally filed.
 9    (t)  Publications
10             The cost of publication shall be paid directly
11        to   the   publisher  by  the  person  seeking  the
12        publication, whether the clerk is required  by  law
13        to publish, or the parties to the action.
14    (u)  Collections
15             (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
16        except   the   State   and  County  and  except  in
17        maintenance or child support cases, a sum equal  to
18        2% of the amount collected and turned over.
19             (2)  In  any  cases  remanded  to  the Circuit
20        Court from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the  Appellate
21        Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
22        reinstate  the case with either its original number
23        or a new number.  The Clerk shall  not  charge  any
24        new  or additional fee for the reinstatement.  Upon
25        reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
26        the reinstatement.  A party  shall  have  the  same
27        right  to  a jury trial on remand and reinstatement
28        as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
29        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
30        jury trial after remand.
31             (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
32        the Clerk may deduct from each  payment  an  amount
33        equal  to  the  United States postage to be used in
34        mailing the maintenance or child support  check  to
 
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 1        the  recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk shall
 2        collect an annual fee of up to $36 from the  person
 3        making  such  payment for maintaining child support
 4        records and the processing of support orders to the
 5        State of Illinois KIDS system and the recording  of
 6        payments  issued by the State Disbursement Unit for
 7        the official record of the Court administering  the
 8        collection  and  distribution  of  maintenance  and
 9        child  support  payments.  Such  sum  shall  be  in
10        addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
11        paid  as  maintenance or child support and shall be
12        deposited  in  a  separate  Maintenance  and  Child
13        Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
14        the custodian, ex officio, to be used by the  Clerk
15        to  maintain  child  support  orders and record all
16        payments issued by the State Disbursement Unit  for
17        the   official   record   of   the   Court  further
18        maintenance and child support collection efforts in
19        his office. Unless paid in cash or pursuant  to  an
20        order for withholding, the payment of the fee shall
21        be  by  a  separate  instrument  from  the  support
22        payment  and  shall  be  made  to  the order of the
23        Clerk. The Clerk may recover from the person making
24        the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment   any
25        additional  cost incurred in the collection of this
26        annual fee.
27             The Clerk shall also be entitled to a  fee  of
28        $5  for  certifications  made  to  the Secretary of
29        State as provided in Section 7-703  of  the  Family
30        Financial  Responsibility  Law and these fees shall
31        also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
32        Child Support Collection Fund.
33    (v)  Correction of Cases
34             For correcting the case number or  case  title
 
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 1        on  any document filed in his office, to be charged
 2        against the party that filed the document..........   $10
 3    (w)  Record Search
 4             For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
 5    (x)  Printed Output
 6             For each page of hard copy print output,  when
 7        case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
 8    (y)  Alias Summons
 9             For each alias summons issued.................    $2
10    (z)  Expungement of Records
11             For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
12    (aa)  Other Fees
13             Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
14        rule  or  administrative order of the Circuit Court, with
15        the approval of the Supreme Court.
16    (bb)  Exemptions
17             No fee provided for herein shall be charged  to  any
18        unit  of  State  or  local  government or school district
19        unless the Court orders another party to pay such fee  on
20        its  behalf.  The  fee requirements of this Section shall
21        not apply to police departments or other law  enforcement
22        agencies.    In  this  Section,  "law enforcement agency"
23        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
24        government that is vested by law or  ordinance  with  the
25        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
26        laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
27        shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
28        (b) of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code  by
29        a  private  owner  or tenant of real property within 1200
30        feet of a dangerous or unsafe building seeking  an  order
31        compelling  the  owner  or owners of the building to take
32        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
33    (cc)  Adoptions
34             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
 
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 1             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
 2        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
 3        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
 4        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
 5        Family Services.
 6    (dd)  Adoption exemptions
 7             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (cc)
 8        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
 9        adoption proceeding.
10    (ee)  Additional Services
11             Beginning  July  1,  1993,  the clerk of the circuit
12        court may provide  such  additional  services  for  which
13        there  is  no fee specified by statute in connection with
14        the operation of the clerk's office as may  be  requested
15        by  the  public  and  agreed  to by the public and by the
16        clerk and approved  by the chief  judge  of  the  circuit
17        court.   Any  charges for additional services shall be as
18        agreed to between the clerk  and  the  party  making  the
19        request  and  approved  by the chief judge of the circuit
20        court.  Nothing in this subsection shall be as agreed  to
21        between  the  clerk  and  the  party  making the request.
22        Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to  require
23        any  clerk  to provide any service not otherwise required
24        by law.
25    (Source:  P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
26    90-466,  eff.  8-17-97;  90-796,   eff.   12-15-98;   revised
27    12-31-98.)

28        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
29        Sec.  27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
30    in all counties having a population in excess of 180,000  but
31    not  more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances described
32    in this Section shall be as provided in  this  Section.   The
33    fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
 
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 1    (a)  Civil Cases.
 2             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
 3        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
 4        exceptions, shall be $150.
 5                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 6             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
 7             $250, $10.
 8                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 9             exceed $500, $20.
10                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
11             exceed $2500, $30.
12                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
13             not exceed $15,000, $75.
14                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
15             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
16             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
17             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
18             assessment by a jury, $150.
19    (a-1)  Family.
20             For filing a petition under the Juvenile  Court  Act
21        of 1987, $25.
22             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
23             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
24             For  filing  a petition under the Illinois Parentage
25        Act of 1984, $40.
26    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
27             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
28        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
29        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
30        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
31        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
32        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
33        $15,000, $150.
34    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
 
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 1             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
 2        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
 3        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
 4        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
 5        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
 6        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
 7        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
 8        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
 9        has been paid.
10    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
11             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
12        exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
13        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
14        $15,000, $200.
15    (e)  Appearance.
16             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
17        shall be $50, except as follows:
18                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
19             detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
20                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
21             exceed $1500, $20.
22                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
23             not exceed $15,000, $40.
24    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
25             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
26        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
27        $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
28        exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
29        $30.
30    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
31             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
32        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
33        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
34        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
 
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 1        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
 2        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
 3        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
 4        $40.
 5             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 6        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
 7        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
 8        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
 9        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
10        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
11             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
12        $20.
13    (h)  Mailing.
14             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
15        $6, plus the cost of postage.
16    (i)  Certified Copies.
17             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
18        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
19        cases, $10.
20    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
21             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
22        $80.
23    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
24             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
25        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
26        writing with the seal of office, $4.
27             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
28        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
29             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
30        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
31             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
32        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
33        per page.
34             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
 
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 1        the clerk's files:
 2                  (A)  First page, $2.
 3                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
 4                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
 5    (l)  Remands.
 6             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
 7        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
 8        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
 9        case with either its original number or a new number. The
10        Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
11        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
12        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
13        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
14        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
15        fee  or  charge  shall  be  made  for  a jury trial after
16        remand.
17    (m)  Record Search.
18             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
19        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
20        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
21    (n)  Hard Copy.
22             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
23        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
24        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
25    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
26             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
27        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
28        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
29        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
30        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
31        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
32        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
33        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
34        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
 
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 1        Court.
 2    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
 3             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
 4        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
 5        a  transcript  of  commitment proceedings held in another
 6        county, $25.
 7    (q)  Alias Summons.
 8             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
 9        clerk, $4.
10    (r)  Other Fees.
11             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
12        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
13        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
14        Courts.
15             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
16        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
17        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
18        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
19        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
20        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
21        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
22        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
23        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
24        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
25        otherwise required by law.
26    (s)  Jury Services.
27             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
28        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as  a  fee
29        for  the  services  of  a  jury in every civil action not
30        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
31        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
32        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
33        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
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 1        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
 2        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
 3        tried by the court without a jury.
 4    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
 5             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $10;
 6        for  recording  the  same,  25¢  for  each   100   words.
 7        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
 8        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
 9        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
10        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
11        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
12        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
13        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
14        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
15        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
16        actions.
17    (u)  Expungement Petition.
18             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $30
19        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
20        of  $2  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
21        arrest records.
22    (v)  Probate.
23        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
24    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
25    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
26    release the costs payable under this subsection:
27             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
28        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
29        $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
30        except:
31                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
32             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
33             $25.
34                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
 
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 1             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
 2             probate  without  administration (including proof of
 3             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
 4             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
 5             estate, the fee shall be $25.
 6             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
 7        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 8        except:
 9                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
10             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
11             $25.
12                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
13             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
14             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
15             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
16             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
17             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
18             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
19             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
20        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
21        following fees are payable:
22                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
23             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
24             $15.
25                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
26             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
27             $10;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
28             less than $10,000, $25; when the amount  claimed  is
29             $10,000  or  more,  $40;  provided that the court in
30             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
31             filing fee paid by the claimant.
32                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
33             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
34             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
 
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 1             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
 2             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
 3             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
 4             $40.
 5                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
 6             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
 7             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
 8             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 9             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
10                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
11             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
12             or persons, $10.
13                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
14                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
15             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
16             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
17             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
18             administration  of  the estate, $30, less any amount
19             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
20             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
21             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
22             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
23                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
24             office, of court order or other  certification,  $1,
25             plus  50¢  per  page  in  excess  of 3 pages for the
26             document certified.
27                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
28             for certification.
29             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
30        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
31        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
32        directly to the newspaper.
33             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
34        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
 
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 1        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
 2        person entitled thereto.
 3             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 4        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
 5        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
 6        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
 7        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
 8        the Probate Act of 1975.
 9    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
10             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
11        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
12        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
13                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
14                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
15                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
16                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
17                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
18             $20.
19                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
20                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
21             $20.
22                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
23             $20.
24                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
25             whenever filed, $20.
26                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
27             whenever filed, $20.
28                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
29             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
30             State, $20.
31             (2)  In counties having a population  in  excess  of
32        180,000  but  not more than 650,000 inhabitants, when the
33        violation complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal  police
34        department,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to costs from
 
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 1        each person convicted therein as follows:
 2                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 3             $10.
 4                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
 5             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
 6        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
 7        receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
 8        court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
 9        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
10        $50 as a fee for the services of a jury.   The  jury  fee
11        shall  be paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
12        or her jury demand.  If the fee is not  so  paid  by  the
13        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
14        tried by the court without a jury.
15    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
16             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
17        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
18        commencement of a new suit.
19    (y)  Change of Venue.
20             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
21        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
22        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
23             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
24        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
25        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
26    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
27             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
28        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
29        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on the
30        complaint, $25.
31    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
32             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
33        involved, $150.
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 1    (bb)  Collections.
 2             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
 3        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
 4        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
 5        collected and turned over.
 6             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
 7        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
 8        earning of the office.
 9             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
10        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
11        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
12             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
13        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
14        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
15        making  payment for maintaining child support records and
16        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
17        KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
18        State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
19        Court administering the collection  and  distribution  of
20        maintenance  and  child support payments.  This fee shall
21        be in addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
22        paid  as  maintenance  or  child  support  and  shall  be
23        deposited into a Separate Maintenance and  Child  Support
24        Collection   Fund,  of  which  the  clerk  shall  be  the
25        custodian,  ex-officio,  to  be  used  by  the  clerk  to
26        maintain child support orders  and  record  all  payments
27        issued  by  the  State Disbursement Unit for the official
28        record  of  the  Court  further  maintenance  and   child
29        supports in his or her office. The clerk may recover from
30        the  person  making  the  maintenance  or  child  support
31        payment   any  additional cost incurred in the collection
32        of this annual fee.
33             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
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 1        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
 2        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
 3        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
 4    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
 5             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
 6        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
 7        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
 8        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
 9        document, $15.
10    (dd)  Exceptions.
11             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
12        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
13        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
14        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
15        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
16        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
17        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
18        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
19             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
20        unit of local government or school district.
21             (3)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
22        apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
23        Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
24        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
25        of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an order
26        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
27        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
28    (ee)  Adoptions.
29             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
30             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
31        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
32        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
33        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
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 1    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
 2             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
 3        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
 4        adoption proceeding.
 5    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
 6    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

 7        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
 8        Sec.  27.2.  The  fees of the clerks of the circuit court
 9    in all counties having a  population  in  excess  of  650,000
10    inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
11    instances  described  in this Section shall be as provided in
12    this Section.  In addition, the fees provided in this Section
13    shall apply to all  units  of  local  government  and  school
14    districts  in  counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
15    The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
16    (a)  Civil Cases.
17             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
18        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
19        exceptions, shall be $150.
20                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
21             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
22             $250, $10.
23                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
24             exceed $500, $20.
25                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
26             exceed $2500, $30.
27                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
28             not exceed $15,000, $75.
29                  (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
30             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
31             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
32             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
33             assessment by a jury, $150.
 
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 1    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
 2             In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
 3        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
 4        claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
 5        damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $40.
 6        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
 7        with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
 8        $15,000, $150.
 9    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
10             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
11        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
12        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
13        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
14        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
15        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
16        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
17        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
18        has been paid.
19    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
20             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
21        exceed  $1500,  $50.  When  the amount exceeds $1500, but
22        does not exceed $15,000, $115. When  the  amount  exceeds
23        $15,000, $200.
24    (e)  Appearance.
25             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
26        shall be $50, except as follows:
27                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
28             detainer case seeks possession only; $20.
29                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
30             exceed $1500, $20.
31                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
32             not exceed $15,000, $40.
33    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
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 1        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
 2        $1,000, $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
 3        exceed  $5,000,  $20; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
 4        $30.
 5    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
 6             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 7        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
 8        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
 9        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
10        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
11        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
12        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
13        $40.
14             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
15        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
16        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
17        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
18        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
19        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
20             (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
21        $20.
22    (h)  Mailing.
23             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
24        $6, plus the cost of postage.
25    (i)  Certified Copies.
26             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
27        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
28        cases, $10.
29    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
30             For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
31        $80.
32    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
33             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
34        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
 
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 1        writing with the seal of office, $4.
 2             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
 3        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
 4             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 5        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
 6             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
 7        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20  cents
 8        per page.
 9             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
10        the clerk's files:
11                  (A)  First page, $2.
12                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
13                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
14    (l)  Remands.
15             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
16        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
17        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
18        case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
19        The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
20        the  reinstatement.  Upon  reinstatement  the Clerk shall
21        advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
22        have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
23        reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
24        additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
25        trial after remand.
26    (m)  Record Search.
27             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
28        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
29        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
30    (n)  Hard Copy.
31             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
32        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
33        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
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 1             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
 2        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
 3        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
 4        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
 5        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
 6        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
 7        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
 8        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
 9        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
10        Court.
11    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
12             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
13        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $25.
14    (q)  Alias Summons.
15             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
16        clerk, $4.
17    (r)  Other Fees.
18             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
19        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
20        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
21        Courts.
22             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
23        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
24        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
25        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
26        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
27        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
28        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
29        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
30        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
31        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
32        otherwise required by law.
33    (s)  Jury Services.
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 1        to  other  fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as a fee
 2        for the services of a jury  in  every  civil  action  not
 3        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
 4        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
 5        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
 6        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
 7        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
 8        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
 9        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
10        tried by the court without a jury.
11    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
12             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
13        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
14        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
15        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
16        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
17        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
18        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
19        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
20        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
21        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
22        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
23        actions.
24    (u)  Expungement Petition.
25             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
26        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
27        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
28        arrest records.
29    (v)  Probate.
30        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
31    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
32    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
33    release the costs payable under this subsection:
34             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
 
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 1        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
 2        $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
 3        except:
 4                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
 5             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
 6             $25.
 7                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
 8             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
 9             probate without administration (including  proof  of
10             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
11             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
12             estate, the fee shall be $25.
13             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
14        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
15        except:
16                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
17             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
18             $25.
19                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
20             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
21             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
22             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
23             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
24             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
25             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
26             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
27        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
28        following fees are payable:
29                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
30             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
31             $15.
32                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
33             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
34             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
 
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 1             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
 2             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
 3             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
 4             filing fee paid by the claimant.
 5                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
 6             or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
 7             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
 8             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
 9             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
10             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
11             $40.
12                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
13             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
14             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
15             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
16             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
17                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
18             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
19             or persons, $10.
20                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
21                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
22             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
23             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
24             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
25             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
26             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
27             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
28             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
29             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
30                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
31             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
32             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
33             document certified.
34                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
 
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 1             for certification.
 2             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 3        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
 4        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
 5        directly to the newspaper.
 6             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
 7        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
 8        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
 9        person entitled thereto.
10             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
11        petitioner,  or  other  interested person or his attorney
12        shall pay to the clerk all postage  charges  incurred  by
13        the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
14        documents  pursuant  to the provisions of the Probate Act
15        of 1975.
16    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
17             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
18        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
19        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
20                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
21                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
22                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
23                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
24                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
25             $20.
26                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
27                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
28             $20.
29                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
30             $20.
31                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
32             whenever filed, $20.
33                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
34             whenever filed, $20.
 
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 1                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
 2             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
 3             State, $20.
 4             (2)  In  counties  having  a population of more than
 5        650,000 but fewer than 3,000,000  inhabitants,  when  the
 6        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
 7        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
 8        each person convicted therein as follows:
 9                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
10             $10.
11                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
12             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
13        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
14        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
15        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
16        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
17        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
18        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
19        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
20        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
21        tried by the court without a jury.
22    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
23             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
24        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
25        commencement of new suit.
26    (y)  Change of Venue.
27             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
28        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
29        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
30             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
31        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
32        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
33    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
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 1        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
 2        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
 3        complaint, $25.
 4    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
 5             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
 6        involved, $150.
 7             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
 8    (bb)  Collections.
 9             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
10        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
11        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
12        collected and turned over.
13             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
14        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
15        earning of the office.
16             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
17        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
18        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
19             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
20        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
21        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
22        making payment for maintaining child support records  and
23        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
24        KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
25        State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
26        Court  administering  the  collection and distribution of
27        maintenance and child support payments.  This  fee  shall
28        be in addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
29        paid  as  maintenance  or  child  support  and  shall  be
30        deposited  into  a Separate Maintenance and Child Support
31        Collection  Fund,  of  which  the  clerk  shall  be   the
32        custodian,  ex-officio,  to  be  used  by  the  clerk  to
33        maintain  child  support  orders  and record all payments
34        issued by the State Disbursement Unit  for  the  official
 
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 1        record   of  the  Court  further  maintenance  and  child
 2        supports in his or her office. The clerk may recover from
 3        the  person  making  the  maintenance  or  child  support
 4        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
 5        this annual fee.
 6             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
 7        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
 8        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
 9        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
10        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
11    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
12             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
13        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
14        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
15        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
16        document, $15.
17    (dd)  Exceptions.
18             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
19        to  police departments or other law enforcement agencies.
20        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
21        of the State or a  unit  of  local  government  which  is
22        vested  by  law  or  ordinance  with the duty to maintain
23        public order and to enforce criminal laws or  ordinances.
24        "Law  enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General
25        or any state's attorney. The  fee  requirements  of  this
26        Section  shall  not  apply to any action instituted under
27        subsection  (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the   Illinois
28        Municipal  Code  by  a  private  owner  or tenant of real
29        property within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe
30        building  seeking an order compelling the owner or owners
31        of the building to take any  of  the  actions  authorized
32        under that subsection.
33    (ee)  Adoptions.
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 1             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
 2        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
 3        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
 4        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
 5        Family Services.
 6    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
 7             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
 8        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
 9        adoption proceeding.
10    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
11    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

12        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
13        Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
14    in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
15    inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
16    be as provided in this Section.  The fees shall  be  paid  in
17    advance and shall be as follows:
18    (a)  Civil Cases.
19             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
20        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
21        exceptions, shall be $190.
22                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
23             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
24             $250, $15.
25                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
26             exceed $1000, $40.
27                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
28             not exceed $2500, $50.
29                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
30             not exceed $5000, $100.
31                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
32             not exceed $15,000, $150.
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 1             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 2             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
 3             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
 4             assessment by a jury, $150.
 5    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
 6             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
 7        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
 8        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
 9        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $75.
10        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
11        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
12        $15,000, $225.
13    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
14             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
15        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
16        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
17        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
18        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
19        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
20        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
21        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
22        has been paid.
23    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
24             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
25        exceed $1500, $60.  When the amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
26        does  not  exceed  $5000,  $75.   When the amount exceeds
27        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
28        exceeds $15,000, $250.
29    (e)  Appearance.
30             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
31        shall be $75, except as follows:
32                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
33             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
34                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
 
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 1             exceed $1500, $40.
 2                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
 3             not exceed $15,000, $60.
 4    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
 5             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
 6        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
 7        $1,000,  $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
 8        exceed $5,000, $30; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
 9        $50.
10    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
11             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
12        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
13        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
14        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
15        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
16        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
17        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
18        $50.
19             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
20        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
21        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
22        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
23        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
24        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
25             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
26        $40.
27    (h)  Mailing.
28             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
29        $10, plus the cost of postage.
30    (i)  Certified Copies.
31             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
32        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
33        cases, $15.
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 1             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
 2        $125.
 3    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
 4             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
 5        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
 6        writing with the seal of office, $6.
 7             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 8        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
 9             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
10        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
11             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
12        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25 cents
13        per page.
14             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
15        the clerk's files:
16                  (A)  First page, $2.
17                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
18                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
19    (l)  Remands.
20             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
21        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
22        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
23        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
24        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
25        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
26        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
27        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
28        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
29        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
30        trial after remand.
31    (m)  Record Search.
32             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
33        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
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 1    (n)  Hard Copy.
 2             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
 3        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
 4        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
 5    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
 6             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
 7        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
 8        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
 9        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
10        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
11        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
12        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
13        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
14        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
15        Court.
16    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
17             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
18        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
19    (q)  Alias Summons.
20             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
21        clerk, $5.
22    (r)  Other Fees.
23             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
24        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
25        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
26        Courts.
27             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
28        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
29        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
30        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
31        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
32        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
33        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
34        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
 
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 1        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
 2        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
 3        otherwise required by law.
 4    (s)  Jury Services.
 5             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
 6        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $200, as  a  fee
 7        for  the  services  of  a  jury in every civil action not
 8        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
 9        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
10        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
11        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
12        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
13        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
14        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
15        tried by the court without a jury.
16    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
17             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $20;
18        for  recording  the  same,  50¢  for  each   100   words.
19        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
20        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
21        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
22        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
23        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
24        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
25        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
26        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
27        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
28        actions.
29    (u)  Expungement Petition.
30             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $60
31        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
32        of  $4  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
33        arrest records.
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 1        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
 2    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
 3    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
 4    release the costs payable under this subsection:
 5             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
 6        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
 7        $150, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 8        except:
 9                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
10             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
11             $40.
12                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
13             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
14             probate  without  administration (including proof of
15             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
16             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
17             estate, the fee shall be $40.
18             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
19        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
20        except:
21                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
22             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
23             $40.
24                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
25             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
26             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
27             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
28             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
29             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
30             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
31             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
32        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
33        following fees are payable:
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 1             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
 2             $25.
 3                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
 4             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
 5             $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
 6             less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
 7             $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
 8             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
 9             filing fee paid by the claimant.
10                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
11             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
12             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
13             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
14             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
15             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
16             $60.
17                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
18             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
19             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
20             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
21             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
22                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
23             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
24             or persons, $30.
25                  (F)  For each jury demand, $125.
26                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
27             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
28             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
29             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
30             administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
31             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
32             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
33             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
34             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
 
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 1                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
 2             office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
 3             plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
 4             document certified.
 5                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
 6             for certification.
 7             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 8        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
 9        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
10        directly to the newspaper.
11             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
12        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
13        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
14        person entitled thereto.
15             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
16        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
17        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
18        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
19        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
20        the Probate Act of 1975.
21    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
22             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
23        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
24        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
25                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
26                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
27                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
28                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
29                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
30             $30.
31                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
32                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
33             $40.
34                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
 
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 1             $30.
 2                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
 3             whenever filed, $30.
 4                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
 5             whenever filed, $25.
 6                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
 7             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
 8             State, $40.
 9             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
10        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
11        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
12        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
13                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
14             $30.
15                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
16             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
17        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
18        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
19        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
20        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
21        $100  as  a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
22        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
23        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
24        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
25        tried by the court without a jury.
26    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
27             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
28        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
29        commencement of a new suit.
30    (y)  Change of Venue.
31             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
32        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
33        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
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 1        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
 2        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
 3    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
 4             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
 5        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
 6        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
 7        complaint, $50.
 8    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
 9             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
10        involved, $250.
11             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
12    (bb)  Collections.
13             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
14        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
15        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
16        collected and turned over.
17             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
18        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
19        earning of the office.
20             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
21        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
22        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
23             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
24        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
25        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
26        making payment for maintaining child support records  and
27        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
28        KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
29        State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
30        Court  administering  the  collection and distribution of
31        maintenance and child support payments.  This  fee  shall
32        be in addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
33        paid  as  maintenance  or  child  support  and  shall  be
34        deposited  into  a Separate Maintenance and Child Support
 
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 1        Collection  Fund,  of  which  the  clerk  shall  be   the
 2        custodian,  ex-officio,  to  be  used  by  the  clerk  to
 3        maintain  child  support  orders  and record all payments
 4        issued by the State Disbursement Unit  for  the  official
 5        record   of  the  Court  further  maintenance  and  child
 6        supports in his or her office.     The clerk may  recover
 7        from  the  person making the maintenance or child support
 8        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
 9        this annual fee.
10             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
11        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
12        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
13        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
14        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
15    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
16             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
17        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
18        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
19        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
20        document, $25.
21    (dd)  Exceptions.
22             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
23        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
24        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
25        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
26        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
27        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
28        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
29        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
30             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
31        unit of local government  or  school  district.  The  fee
32        requirements  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply to any
33        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
34        of the Illinois Municipal Code  by  a  private  owner  or
 
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 1        tenant  of  real property within 1200 feet of a dangerous
 2        or unsafe building seeking an order compelling the  owner
 3        or  owners  of  the  building  to take any of the actions
 4        authorized under that subsection.
 5    (ee)  Adoption.
 6             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
 7             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
 8        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
 9        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
10        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
11        Family Services.
12    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
13             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
14        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
15        adoption proceeding.
16    (Source: P.A.   89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
17    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

18        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
19    October 1, 1999.

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