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92_HB1837

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning fees.

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

 4        Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 4-12002 as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
 7        Sec.  4-12002.  Fees of recorder in third class counties.
 8    The fees of the recorder in counties of the third  class  for
 9    recording  deeds or other instruments that are in writing and
10    maps of plats of additions, subdivisions  or  otherwise,  and
11    for  certifying  copies  of records, shall be paid in advance
12    and shall be as follows:
13        For recording deeds or  other  instruments  $20  for  the
14    first  2  pages  thereof,  plus  $2  for each additional page
15    thereof.  The aggregate minimum fee  for  recording  any  one
16    instrument shall not be less than $20.
17        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments wherein the
18    premises affected thereby are referred to by document  number
19    and  not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee
20    of $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred  to  for  each
21    document number therein noted.
22        For  recording  deeds  or  other instruments wherein more
23    than  one  tract,  parcel  or  lot  is  described  and   such
24    additional  tract,  or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
25    is or are described therein  as  falling  in  a  separate  or
26    different  addition  or subdivision the recorder shall charge
27    as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of  $2
28    for  each  additional  addition or subdivision referred to in
29    such deed or instrument.
30        For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
31    otherwise (including the spreading of the same of  record  in
 
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 1    well  bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
 2    contained therein.
 3        For certified copies of records  the  same  fees  as  for
 4    recording,  but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
 5    of a map or plat of an  addition,  subdivision  or  otherwise
 6    exceed $200.
 7        For  filing  of  each  release of any chattel mortgage or
 8    trust deed which has been filed  but  not  recorded  and  for
 9    indexing  the  same  in  the book to be kept for that purpose
10    $10.
11        For processing the sworn or affirmed  statement  required
12    for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
13    land  trust  in  accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
14    $2.
15        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
16    equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for  recording  a
17    document  (other  than a document filed under the Plat Act or
18    the Uniform Commercial Code) that does not conform  to    the
19    following standards:
20             (1)  The  document  shall  consist  of  one  or more
21        individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches,  not
22        permanently  bound  and  not  a continuous form.  Graphic
23        displays accompanying a  document  to  be  recorded  that
24        measure  up  to  11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
25        without charging an additional fee.
26             (2)  The document shall be legibly printed in  black
27        ink,  by  hand,  type, or computer.  Signatures and dates
28        may be in  contrasting  colors  if  they  will  reproduce
29        clearly.
30             (3)  The  document  shall  be  on white paper of not
31        less than 20-pound weight and shall have a  clean  margin
32        of  at  least  one-half  inch on the top, the bottom, and
33        each side.  Margins may be used  only  for  non-essential
34        notations  that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of the
 
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 1        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
 2        numbers, and customer notations.
 3             (4)  The first page of the document shall contain  a
 4        blank  space,  measuring  at  least 3 inches by 5 inches,
 5        from the upper right corner.
 6             (5)  The document  shall  not  have  any  attachment
 7        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
 8    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
 9    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
10    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
11    this  amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
12    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
13        The fee requirements of this Section apply  to  units  of
14    local government and school districts.
15    (Source: P.A. 88-691, eff. 1-24-95; 89-160, eff. 7-19-95.)

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