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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1829

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1829  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

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

 6        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
 7        Sec. 27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
 8    in  all counties having a population in excess of 180,000 but
 9    not more than 500,000 650,000 inhabitants  in  the  instances
10    described  in  this  Section  shall  be  as  provided in this
11    Section.  The fees shall be paid in advance and shall  be  as
12    follows:
13    (a)  Civil Cases.
14             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
15        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
16        exceptions, shall be $150.
17                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
18             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
19             $250, $10.
20                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
21             exceed $500, $20.
22                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
 
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 1             exceed $2500, $30.
 2                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
 3             not exceed $15,000, $75.
 4                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
 5             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 6             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
 7             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
 8             assessment by a jury, $150.
 9    (a-1)  Family.
10             For filing a petition under the Juvenile  Court  Act
11        of 1987, $25.
12             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
13             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
14             For  filing  a petition under the Illinois Parentage
15        Act of 1984, $40.
16    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
17             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
18        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
19        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
20        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
21        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
22        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
23        $15,000, $150.
24    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
25             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
26        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
27        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
28        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
29        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
30        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
31        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
32        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
33        has been paid.
34    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 
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 1             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 2        exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 3        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
 4        $15,000, $200.
 5    (e)  Appearance.
 6             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
 7        shall be $50, except as follows:
 8                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
 9             detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
10                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
11             exceed $1500, $20.
12                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
13             not exceed $15,000, $40.
14    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
15             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
16        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
17        $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
18        exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
19        $30.
20    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
21             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
22        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
23        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
24        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
25        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
26        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
27        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
28        $40.
29             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
30        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
31        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
32        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
33        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
34        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
 
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 1             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 2        $20.
 3    (h)  Mailing.
 4             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
 5        $6, plus the cost of postage.
 6    (i)  Certified Copies.
 7             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
 8        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
 9        cases, $10.
10    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
11             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
12        $80.
13    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
14             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
15        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
16        writing with the seal of office, $4.
17             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
18        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
19             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
20        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
21             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
22        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
23        per page.
24             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
25        the clerk's files:
26                  (A)  First page, $2.
27                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
28                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
29    (l)  Remands.
30             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
31        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
32        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
33        case with either its original number or a new number. The
34        Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
 
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 1        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
 2        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
 3        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
 4        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
 5        fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
 6        remand.
 7    (m)  Record Search.
 8             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
 9        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
10        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
11    (n)  Hard Copy.
12             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
13        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
14        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
15    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
16             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
17        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
18        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
19        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
20        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
21        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
22        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
23        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
24        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
25        Court.
26    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
27             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
28        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
29        a transcript of commitment proceedings  held  in  another
30        county, $25.
31    (q)  Alias Summons.
32             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
33        clerk, $4.
34    (r)  Other Fees.
 
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 1             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 2        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 3        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 4        Courts.
 5             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 6        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
 7        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
 8        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 9        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
10        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
11        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
12        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
13        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
14        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
15        otherwise required by law.
16    (s)  Jury Services.
17             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
18        to  other  fees  allowed by law, the sum of $192.50, as a
19        fee for the services of a jury in every civil action  not
20        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
21        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
22        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
23        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
24        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
25        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
26        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
27        tried by the court without a jury.
28    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
29             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
30        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
31        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
32        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
33        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
34        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
 
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 1        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
 2        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 3        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 4        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 5        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 6        actions.
 7    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 8             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
 9        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
10        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
11        arrest records.
12    (v)  Probate.
13        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
14    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
15    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
16    release the costs payable under this subsection:
17             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
18        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
19        $100,  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             $25.
24                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
25             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
26             probate without administration (including  proof  of
27             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
28             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
29             estate, the fee shall be $25.
30             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
31        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
32        except:
33                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
34             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
 
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 1             $25.
 2                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 3             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
 4             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
 5             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
 6             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 7             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
 8             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
 9             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
10        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
11        following fees are payable:
12                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
13             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
14             $15.
15                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
16             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
17             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
18             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
19             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
20             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
21             filing fee paid by the claimant.
22                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
23             or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
24             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
25             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
26             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
27             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
28             $40.
29                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
30             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
31             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
32             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
33             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
34                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
 
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 1             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 2             or persons, $10.
 3                  (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50.
 4                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 5             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 6             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
 7             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
 8             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
 9             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
10             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
11             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
12             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
13                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
14             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
15             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
16             document certified.
17                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
18             for certification.
19             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
20        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
21        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
22        directly to the newspaper.
23             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
24        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
25        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
26        person entitled thereto.
27             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
28        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
29        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
30        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
31        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
32        the Probate Act of 1975.
33    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
34             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
 
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 1        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
 2        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 3                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 4                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 5                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 6                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
 7                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 8             $20.
 9                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
10                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
11             $20.
12                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
13             $20.
14                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
15             whenever filed, $20.
16                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
17             whenever filed, $20.
18                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
19             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
20             State, $20.
21             (2)  In  counties  having  a population in excess of
22        180,000 but not more than  500,000  650,000  inhabitants,
23        when  the  violation  complaint  is issued by a municipal
24        police department, the clerk shall be entitled  to  costs
25        from each person convicted therein as follows:
26                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
27             $10.
28                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
29             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
30        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
31        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
32        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
33        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
34        $62.50 as a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
 
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 1        shall  be paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
 2        or her jury demand.  If the fee is not  so  paid  by  the
 3        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 4        tried by the court without a jury.
 5    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 6             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
 7        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 8        commencement of a new suit.
 9    (y)  Change of Venue.
10             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
11        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
12        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
13             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
14        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
15        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
16    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
17             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
18        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
19        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on the
20        complaint, $25.
21    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
22             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
23        involved, $150.
24             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
25    (bb)  Collections.
26             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
27        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
28        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
29        collected and turned over.
30             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
31        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
32        earning of the office.
33             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
34        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
 
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 1        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 2             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
 3        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 4        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
 5        making  payment for maintaining child support records and
 6        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
 7        KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
 8        State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
 9        Court.  This fee shall be in  addition  to  and  separate
10        from  amounts  ordered to be paid as maintenance or child
11        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
12        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
13        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
14        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
15        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
16        the  official  record of the Court. The clerk may recover
17        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
18        payment   any  additional cost incurred in the collection
19        of this annual fee.
20             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
21        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
22        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
23        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
24        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
25    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
26             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
27        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
28        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
29        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
30        document, $15.
31    (dd)  Exceptions.
32             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
33        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
34        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
 
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 1        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
 2        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
 3        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
 4        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
 5        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 6             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
 7        unit of local government or school district.
 8             (3)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
 9        apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
10        Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
11        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
12        of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an order
13        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
14        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
15    (ee)  Adoptions.
16             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
17             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
18        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
19        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
20        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
21        Family Services.
22    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
23             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
24        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
25        adoption proceeding.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff.  10-1-99;
27    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

28        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
29        Sec.  27.2.  The  fees of the clerks of the circuit court
30    in all counties having a  population  in  excess  of  500,000
31    650,000  inhabitants  but  less than 3,000,000 inhabitants in
32    the instances described in this Section shall be as  provided
33    in  this  Section.  In  those  instances  where a minimum and
 
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 1    maximum fee  is  stated,  counties  with  more  than  500,000
 2    inhabitants  but  less than 3,000,000 inhabitants must charge
 3    the minimum fee listed in this Section and may charge  up  to
 4    the  maximum  fee  if  the  county  board  has  by resolution
 5    increased the fee. In addition, the minimum  fees  authorized
 6    provided  in  this  Section shall apply to all units of local
 7    government and school districts in counties  with  more  than
 8    3,000,000 inhabitants.  The fees shall be paid in advance and
 9    shall be as follows:
10    (a)  Civil Cases.
11             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
12        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
13        exceptions,  shall  be a minimum of $150 and a maximum of
14        $190.
15                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
16             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
17             $250, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
18                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
19             exceed  $1,000  $500, a minimum of $20 and a maximum
20             of $40.
21                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $1,000  $500  but
22             does  not  exceed  $2500,  a  minimum  of  $30 and a
23             maximum of $50.
24                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
25             not  exceed  $5,000  $15,000, a minimum of $75 and a
26             maximum of $100.
27                  (D-5)  When the amount exceeds $5,000 but  does
28             not  exceed  $15,000, a minimum of $75 and a maximum
29             of $150.
30                  (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
31             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
32             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
33             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
34             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, a
 6        minimum of $40 and a maximum of $75. When  the  plaintiff
 7        unites  his  or her claim for possession with a claim for
 8        rent or damages or both exceeding $15,000, a  minimum  of
 9        $150 and a maximum of $225.
10    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
11             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
12        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
13        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
14        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
15        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
16        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
17        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
18        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
19        has been paid.
20    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
21             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
22        exceed  $1500,  a  minimum  of  $50 and a maximum of $60.
23        When the amount exceeds $1500, but does not exceed $5,000
24        $15,000, $75 $115. When the amount  exceeds  $5,000,  but
25        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $175. When the amount exceeds
26        $15,000, a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $250.
27    (e)  Appearance.
28             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
29        shall be a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75, except as
30        follows:
31                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
32             detainer  case  seeks possession only, a minimum of;
33             $20 and a maximum of $40.
34                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
 
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 1             exceed $1500, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
 2                  (C)  When  the  that amount in the case exceeds
 3             $1500 but does not exceed $15,000, a minimum of  $40
 4             and a maximum of $60.
 5    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
 6             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
 7        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
 8        $1,000,  a  minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15; when the
 9        amount exceeds $1,000  but  does  not  exceed  $5,000,  a
10        minimum  of $20 and a maximum of $30; and when the amount
11        exceeds $5,000, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $50.
12    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
13             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
14        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
15        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
16        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
17        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
18        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
19        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
20        a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $50.
21             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
22        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
23        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
24        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
25        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
26        the  entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $60 and
27        a maximum of $75.
28             (3)  Petition to vacate order of bond forfeiture,  a
29        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
30    (h)  Mailing.
31             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
32        a minimum of $6 and a maximum of $10, plus  the  cost  of
33        postage.
34    (i)  Certified Copies.
 
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 1             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
 2        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
 3        cases, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
 4    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
 5             For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
 6        minimum of $80 and a maximum of $125.
 7    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
 8             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
 9        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
10        writing with the seal of office, a minimum of  $4  and  a
11        maximum of $6.
12             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
13        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery  and  costs,  a
14        minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75.
15             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
16        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus  delivery  and  costs,  a
17        minimum of $120 and a maximum of $150.
18             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
19        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
20        of 20 and a maximum of 25 cents per page.
21             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
22        the clerk's files:
23                  (A)  First page, $2.
24                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
25                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
26    (l)  Remands.
27             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
28        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
29        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
30        case with either its original number or a new number. The
31        Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
32        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
33        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
34        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
 
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 1        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
 2        fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
 3        remand.
 4    (m)  Record Search.
 5             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
 6        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
 7        search  fee  of  a  minimum of $4 and a maximum of $6 for
 8        each year searched.
 9    (n)  Hard Copy.
10             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
11        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
12        shall be entitled to a fee of  a  minimum  of  $4  and  a
13        maximum of $6.
14    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
15             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
16        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
17        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
18        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
19        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
20        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
21        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
22        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
23        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
24        Court.
25    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
26             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
27        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, a minimum  of
28        $25 and a maximum of $50.
29    (q)  Alias Summons.
30             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
31        clerk, a minimum of $4 and a maximum of $5.
32    (r)  Other Fees.
33             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
34        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 
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 1        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 2        Courts.
 3             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 4        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
 5        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
 6        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 7        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
 8        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
 9        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
10        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
11        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
12        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
13        otherwise required by law.
14    (s)  Jury Services.
15             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
16        to  other  fees  allowed  by law, the sum of a minimum of
17        $192.50 and a maximum  of  $212.50,  as  a  fee  for  the
18        services   of   a   jury   in   every  civil  action  not
19        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
20        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
21        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
22        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
23        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
24        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
25        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
26        tried by the court without a jury.
27    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
28             For  filing  each  deed  of  voluntary assignment, a
29        minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20;  for  recording  the
30        same,  a minimum of 25¢ and a maximum of 50¢ for each 100
31        words.   Exceptions  filed  to  claims  presented  to  an
32        assignee  of a debtor who has made a voluntary assignment
33        for the benefit of  creditors  shall  be  considered  and
34        treated,  for  the  purpose  of  taxing costs therein, as
 
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 1        actions  in  which  the  party  or  parties  filing   the
 2        exceptions  shall  be  considered  as  party  or  parties
 3        plaintiff,  and  the  claimant  or  claimants as party or
 4        parties defendant, and those parties  respectively  shall
 5        pay  to  the  clerk  the  same  fees  as provided by this
 6        Section to be paid in other actions.
 7    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 8             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a  fee  of  a
 9        minimum  of $30 and a maximum of $60 for each expungement
10        petition filed and an additional fee of a minimum  of  $2
11        and  a maximum of $4 for  each certified copy of an order
12        to expunge arrest records.
13    (v)  Probate.
14        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
15    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
16    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
17    release the costs payable under this subsection:
18             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
19        (whether  testate or intestate) or of a missing person, a
20        minimum of $100 and a maximum  of  $150,  plus  the  fees
21        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
22                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
23             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
24             minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
25                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
26             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
27             probate without administration (including  proof  of
28             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
29             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
30             estate, the fee shall be a  minimum  of  $25  and  a
31             maximum of $40.
32             (2)  For  administration  of the estate of a ward, a
33        minimum of $50 and  a  maximum  of  $75,  plus  the  fees
34        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
 
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 1                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
 2             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
 3             minimum of $25 a maximum of $40.
 4                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 5             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
 6             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
 7             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
 8             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 9             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
10             to the marriage of the ward,  the  fee  shall  be  a
11             minimum of $10 a maximum of $20.
12             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
13        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
14        following fees are payable:
15                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
16             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
17             a minimum of $15 a maximum of $25.
18                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
19             amount claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a
20             minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20; when the amount
21             claimed  is  $500  or  more but less than $10,000, a
22             minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40; when the amount
23             claimed is $10,000 or more, a minimum of $40  and  a
24             maximum  of $60; provided that the court in allowing
25             a claim may add to the amount allowed the filing fee
26             paid by the claimant.
27                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
28             or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
29             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
30             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
31             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
32             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
33             a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $60.
34                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
 
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 1             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
 2             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
 3             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 4             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
 5                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
 6             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 7             or persons, a minimum of $10 a maximum of $30.
 8                  (F)  For each jury demand, a minimum of $102.50
 9             and a maximum of $137.50.
10                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
11             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
12             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
13             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
14             administration of the estate, a minimum of $30 and a
15             maximum  of  $50,  less  any   amount   paid   under
16             subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except that if the
17             amount  involved  does  not  exceed $5,000, the fee,
18             including any amount paid under subsection (v)(1)(B)
19             or (v)(2)(B), shall  be  a  minimum  of  $10  and  a
20             maximum of $20.
21                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
22             office, of court order  or  other  certification,  a
23             minimum of $1 and a maximum of $2, plus a minimum of
24             50¢  and  a  maximum  of  $1 per page in excess of 3
25             pages for the document certified.
26                  (I)  For each exemplification, a minimum of  $1
27             and a maximum of $2, plus the fee for certification.
28             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
29        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
30        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
31        directly to the newspaper.
32             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
33        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
34        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
 
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 1        person entitled thereto.
 2             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 3        petitioner,  or  other  interested person or his attorney
 4        shall pay to the clerk all postage  charges  incurred  by
 5        the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
 6        documents  pursuant  to the provisions of the Probate Act
 7        of 1975.
 8    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 9             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
10        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
11        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
12                  (A)  Felony complaints, a minimum of $80 and  a
13             maximum of $125.
14                  (B)  Misdemeanor  complaints,  a minimum of $50
15             and a maximum of $75.
16                  (C)  Business offense complaints, a minimum  of
17             $50 and a maximum of $75.
18                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $50
19             and a maximum of $75.
20                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
21             $20.
22                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
23                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
24             minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
25                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
26             a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $30.
27                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
28             whenever filed, a minimum of $20 and  a  maximum  of
29             $30.
30                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
31             whenever filed, a minimum of $20 a maximum of $25.
32                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
33             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
34             State, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
 
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 1             (2)  In counties having a population  of  more  than
 2        500,000  650,000  but  fewer  than 3,000,000 inhabitants,
 3        when the violation complaint is  issued  by  a  municipal
 4        police  department,  the clerk shall be entitled to costs
 5        from each person convicted therein as follows:
 6                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 7             $10.
 8                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
 9             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
10        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
11        receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
12        court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
13        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
14        a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $112.50 as  a  fee  for
15        the  services  of  a jury.  The jury fee shall be paid by
16        the defendant at the time  of  filing  his  or  her  jury
17        demand.   If  the fee is not so paid by the defendant, no
18        jury shall be called, and the case shall be tried by  the
19        court without a jury.
20    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
21             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
22        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
23        commencement of new suit.
24    (y)  Change of Venue.
25             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
26        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
27        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
28             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
29        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
30        when  original  documents are forwarded, a minimum of $25
31        and a maximum of $40.
32    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
33             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
34        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
 
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 1        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
 2        complaint, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $50.
 3    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
 4             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
 5        involved, a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $250.
 6             (2)  For each additional parcel,  add  a  fee  of  a
 7        minimum of $50 and a maximum of $100.
 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 a minimum of 2.5% and a
12        maximum of 3.0% of the amount 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. This fee shall be in addition to and separate from
27        amounts  ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or child
28        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
29        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
30        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
31        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
32        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
33        the  official  record of the Court. The clerk may recover
34        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
 
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 1        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
 2        this annual fee.
 3             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
 4        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
 5        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
 6        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
 7        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
 8    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
 9             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
10        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
11        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
12        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
13        document, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25.
14    (dd)  Exceptions.
15             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
16        to police departments or other law enforcement  agencies.
17        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
18        of  the  State  or  a  unit  of local government which is
19        vested by law or ordinance  with  the  duty  to  maintain
20        public  order and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances.
21        "Law enforcement agency" also means the Attorney  General
22        or  any  state's  attorney.  The fee requirements of this
23        Section shall not apply to any  action  instituted  under
24        subsection   (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the  Illinois
25        Municipal Code by a  private  owner  or  tenant  of  real
26        property  within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or unsafe
27        building seeking an order compelling the owner or  owners
28        of  the  building  to  take any of the actions authorized
29        under that subsection.
30    (ee)  Adoptions.
31             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
32             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
33        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
34        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
 
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 1        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
 2        Family Services.
 3    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
 4             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
 5        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
 6        adoption proceeding.
 7    (Source: P.A.  91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff. 10-1-99;
 8    92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)

 9        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
10        Sec. 27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
11    in  all  counties  having  a  population of 3,000,000 or more
12    inhabitants in the instances described in this Section  shall
13    be  as  provided in this Section.  In those instances where a
14    minimum and maximum fee is stated, the clerk of  the  circuit
15    court must charge the minimum fee listed and may charge up to
16    the  maximum  fee  if  the  county  board  has  by resolution
17    increased the fee. The fees shall  be  paid  in  advance  and
18    shall be as follows:
19    (a)  Civil Cases.
20             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
21        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
22        exceptions,  shall  be a minimum of $190 and a maximum of
23        $240.
24                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
25             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
26             $250, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $22.
27                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
28             exceed $1000, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $75.
29                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1000 but does
30             not exceed $2500, a minimum of $50 and a maximum  of
31             $80.
32                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
33             not exceed $5000, a minimum of $100 and a maximum of
 
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 1             $130.
 2                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
 3             not exceed $15,000, $150.
 4                  (F)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
 5             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 6             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
 7             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
 8             assessment by a jury, $150.
 9                  (G)  For the final  determination  of  parking,
10             standing,   and   compliance  violations  and  final
11             administrative  decisions  issued   after   hearings
12             regarding  vehicle  immobilization  and  impoundment
13             made  pursuant  to  Sections  3-704.1,  6-306.5, and
14             11-208.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, $25.
15    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
16             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
17        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
18        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
19        damages or both in the  amount  of  $15,000  or  less,  a
20        minimum of $75 and a maximum of $140.  When the plaintiff
21        unites  his  or her claim for possession with a claim for
22        rent or damages or both exceeding $15,000, a  minimum  of
23        $225 and a maximum of $335.
24    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
25             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
26        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
27        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
28        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
29        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
30        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
31        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
32        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
33        has been paid.
34    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 
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 1             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 2        exceed  $1500,  a  minimum  of  $60 and a maximum of $70.
 3        When the amount exceeds $1500, but does not exceed $5000,
 4        a minimum of $75 and a maximum of $150. When  the  amount
 5        exceeds  $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, a minimum of
 6        $175 and a maximum  of  $260.  When  the  amount  exceeds
 7        $15,000, a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $310.
 8    (e)  Appearance.
 9             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
10        shall be a minimum of $75 and a maximum of  $110,  except
11        as follows:
12                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
13             detainer  case  seeks  possession only, a minimum of
14             $40 and a maximum of $80.
15                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
16             exceed $1500, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
17                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
18             not exceed $15,000, a minimum of $60 and  a  maximum
19             of $90.
20    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
21             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
22        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
23        $1,000,  a  minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25; when the
24        amount exceeds $1,000  but  does  not  exceed  $5,000,  a
25        minimum  of $30 and a maximum of $45; and when the amount
26        exceeds $5,000, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $80.
27    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
28             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
29        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
30        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
31        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
32        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
33        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
34        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
 
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 1        a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $60.
 2             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 3        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
 4        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
 5        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
 6        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
 7        the  entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $75 and
 8        a maximum of $90.
 9             (3)  Petition to vacate order of bond forfeiture,  a
10        minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
11    (h)  Mailing.
12             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
13        a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15, plus the  cost  of
14        postage.
15    (i)  Certified Copies.
16             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
17        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
18        cases, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $20.
19    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
20             For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
21        minimum of $125 and a maximum of $190.
22    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
23             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
24        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
25        writing with the seal of office, a minimum of  $6  and  a
26        maximum of $9.
27             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
28        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery  and  costs,  a
29        minimum of $75 and a maximum of $110.
30             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
31        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus  delivery  and  costs,  a
32        minimum of $150 and a maximum of $185.
33             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
34        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
 
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 1        of 25 and a maximum of 30 cents per page.
 2             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
 3        the clerk's files:
 4                  (A)  First page, $2.
 5                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
 6                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
 7    (l)  Remands.
 8             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
 9        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
10        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
11        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
12        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
13        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
14        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
15        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
16        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
17        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
18        trial after remand.
19    (m)  Record Search.
20             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
21        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
22        search  fee  of  a  minimum of $6 and a maximum of $9 for
23        each year searched.
24    (n)  Hard Copy.
25             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
26        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
27        shall be entitled to a fee of  a  minimum  of  $6  and  a
28        maximum of $9.
29    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
30             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
31        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
32        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
33        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
34        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
 
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 1        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
 2        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
 3        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
 4        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
 5        Court.
 6    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
 7             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
 8        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, a minimum  of
 9        $50 and a maximum of $100.
10    (q)  Alias Summons.
11             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
12        clerk, a minimum of $5 and a maximum of $6.
13    (r)  Other Fees.
14             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
15        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
16        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
17        Courts.
18             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
19        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
20        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
21        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
22        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
23        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
24        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
25        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
26        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
27        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
28        otherwise required by law.
29    (s)  Jury Services.
30             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
31        to  other  fees  allowed  by law, the sum of a minimum of
32        $212.50 and maximum of $230, as a fee for the services of
33        a jury in every civil action not  quasi-criminal  in  its
34        nature and not a proceeding for the exercise of the right
 
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 1        of  eminent  domain and in every other action wherein the
 2        right of trial by jury is or may be given  by  law.   The
 3        jury  fee  shall be paid by the party demanding a jury at
 4        the time of filing the jury demand.  If the  fee  is  not
 5        paid  by  either  party,  no  jury shall be called in the
 6        action or proceeding, and the same shall be tried by  the
 7        court without a jury.
 8    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
 9             For  filing  each  deed  of  voluntary assignment, a
10        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40;  for  recording  the
11        same,  a  minimum  of 50¢ and a maximum of $0.80 for each
12        100 words. Exceptions filed to  claims  presented  to  an
13        assignee  of a debtor who has made a voluntary assignment
14        for the benefit of  creditors  shall  be  considered  and
15        treated,  for  the  purpose  of  taxing costs therein, as
16        actions  in  which  the  party  or  parties  filing   the
17        exceptions  shall  be  considered  as  party  or  parties
18        plaintiff,  and  the  claimant  or  claimants as party or
19        parties defendant, and those parties  respectively  shall
20        pay  to  the  clerk  the  same  fees  as provided by this
21        Section to be paid in other actions.
22    (u)  Expungement Petition.
23             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a  fee  of  a
24        minimum of $60 and a maximum of $120 for each expungement
25        petition  filed  and an additional fee of a minimum of $4
26        and a maximum of $8 for  each certified copy of an  order
27        to expunge arrest records.
28    (v)  Probate.
29        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
30    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
31    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
32    release the costs payable under this subsection:
33             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
34        (whether testate or intestate) or of a missing person,  a
 
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 1        minimum  of  $150  and  a  maximum of $225, plus the fees
 2        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
 3                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
 4             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
 5             minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65.
 6                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
 7             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
 8             probate  without  administration (including proof of
 9             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
10             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
11             estate,  the  fee  shall  be  a minimum of $40 and a
12             maximum of $65.
13             (2)  For administration of the estate of a  ward,  a
14        minimum  of  $75  and  a  maximum  of $110, plus the fees
15        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
16                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
17             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
18             minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65.
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 a
26             minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
27             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
28        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
29        following fees are payable:
30                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
31             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
32             a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
33                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
34             amount claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a
 
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 1             minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40; when the amount
 2             claimed is $500 or more but  less  than  $10,000,  a
 3             minimum of $40 and a maximum of $65; when the amount
 4             claimed  is  $10,000 or more, a minimum of $60 and a
 5             maximum of $90; provided that the court in  allowing
 6             a claim may add to the amount allowed the filing fee
 7             paid by the claimant.
 8                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
 9             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
10             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
11             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
12             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
13             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
14             a minimum of $60 and a maximum of $90.
15                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
16             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
17             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
18             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
19             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
20                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
21             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
22             or persons, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $90.
23                  (F)  For each jury demand, a minimum of $137.50
24             and a maximum of $180.
25                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
26             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
27             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
28             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
29             administration of the estate, a minimum of $50 and a
30             maximum   of   $80,   less  any  amount  paid  under
31             subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except that if the
32             amount involved does not  exceed  $5,000,  the  fee,
33             including any amount paid under subsection (v)(1)(B)
34             or  (v)(2)(B),  shall  be  a  minimum  of  $20 and a
 
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 1             maximum of $40.
 2                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
 3             office,  of  court  order  or other certification, a
 4             minimum of $2 and a maximum of $4, plus $1 per  page
 5             in excess of 3 pages for the document certified.
 6                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
 7             for certification.
 8             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
 9        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
10        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
11        directly to the newspaper.
12             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
13        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
14        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
15        person entitled thereto.
16             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
17        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
18        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
19        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
20        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
21        the Probate Act of 1975.
22    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
23             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
24        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
25        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
26                  (A)  Felony complaints, a minimum of $125 and a
27             maximum of $190.
28                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, a minimum  of  $75
29             and a maximum of $110.
30                  (C)  Business  offense complaints, a minimum of
31             $75 and a maximum of $110.
32                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $75
33             and a maximum of $110.
34                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 
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 1             $30.
 2                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
 3                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
 4             minimum of $40 and a maximum of $80.
 5                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
 6             a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $45.
 7                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
 8             whenever  filed,  a  minimum of $30 and a maximum of
 9             $45.
10                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
11             whenever filed, a minimum of $25 and  a  maximum  of
12             $30.
13                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
14             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
15             State, a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $50.
16             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
17        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
18        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
19        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
20                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
21             $30.
22                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
23             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
24        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
25        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
26        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
27        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
28        a  minimum  of $112.50 and a maximum of $250 as a fee for
29        the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall  be  paid  by
30        the  defendant  at  the  time  of  filing his or her jury
31        demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the  defendant,  no
32        jury  shall be called, and the case shall be tried by the
33        court without a jury.
34    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 
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 1             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 2        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 3        commencement of a new suit.
 4    (y)  Change of Venue.
 5             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
 6        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
 7        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
 8             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
 9        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
10        when original documents are forwarded, a minimum  of  $40
11        and a maximum of $65.
12    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
13             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
14        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
15        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
16        complaint, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $100.
17    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
18             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
19        involved, a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $400.
20             (2)  For  each  additional  parcel,  add  a fee of a
21        minimum of $100 and a maximum of $200.
22    (bb)  Collections.
23             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
24        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
25        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
26        collected and turned over.
27             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
28        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
29        earning of the office.
30             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
31        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
32        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
33             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
34        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 
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 1        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 2        making payment for maintaining child support records  and
 3        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
 4        KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
 5        State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
 6        Court.   This  fee  shall  be in addition to and separate
 7        from amounts ordered to be paid as maintenance  or  child
 8        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
 9        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
10        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
11        by the clerk to maintain child support orders and  record
12        all  payments  issued  by the State Disbursement Unit for
13        the official record of the Court.  The clerk may  recover
14        from  the  person making the maintenance or child support
15        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
16        this annual fee.
17             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
18        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
19        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
20        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
21        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
22    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
23             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
24        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
25        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
26        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
27        document, a minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
28    (dd)  Exceptions.
29             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
30        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
31        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
32        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
33        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
34        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
 
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 1        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
 2        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 3             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
 4        unit of local government  or  school  district.  The  fee
 5        requirements  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply to any
 6        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
 7        of the Illinois Municipal Code  by  a  private  owner  or
 8        tenant  of  real property within 1200 feet of a dangerous
 9        or unsafe building seeking an order compelling the  owner
10        or  owners  of  the  building  to take any of the actions
11        authorized under that subsection.
12    (ee)  Adoption.
13             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
14             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
15        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
16        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
17        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
18        Family Services.
19    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
20             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
21        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
22        adoption proceeding.
23    (Source: P.A.  90-466,  eff.  8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98;
24    91-321, eff.  1-1-00;  91-612,  eff.  10-1-99;  91-821,  eff.
25    6-13-00.)".

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