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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 385

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 385  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The  Counties  Code is amended by changing
 5    Sections 3-5018, 3-5036, 4-2002.1, 4-4001,  4-12003,  5-1113,
 6    and 5-39001 as follows:

 7        (55 ILCS 5/3-5018) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5018)
 8        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-893)
 9        Sec. 3-5018.  Fees.  The recorder elected as provided for
10    in  this  Division  shall  receive such fees as are or may be
11    provided for him by  law,  in  case  of  provision  therefor:
12    otherwise  he  shall  receive  the same fees as are or may be
13    provided in this Section, except  when  increased  by  county
14    ordinance  pursuant  to the provisions of this Section, to be
15    paid to the county clerk for his services in  the  office  of
16    recorder  for  like services.  No filing fee shall be charged
17    for providing informational copies of financing statements to
18    the recorder pursuant to subsection (8) of Section  9-403  of
19    the Uniform Commercial Code.
20        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments $12 for the
21    first 4 pages thereof,  plus  $1  for  each  additional  page
22    thereof,  plus $1 for each additional document number therein
 
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 1    noted.  The aggregate  minimum  fee  for  recording  any  one
 2    instrument shall not be less than $12.
 3        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments wherein the
 4    premises affected thereby are referred to by document  number
 5    and  not by legal description a fee of $1 in addition to that
 6    hereinabove referred to  for  each  document  number  therein
 7    noted.
 8        For  recording  assignments of mortgages, leases or liens
 9    $12  for  the  first  4  pages  thereof,  plus  $1  for  each
10    additional page thereof.   However,  except  for  leases  and
11    liens  pertaining  to oil, gas and other minerals, whenever a
12    mortgage, lease or lien  assignment  assigns  more  than  one
13    mortgage,  lease  or lien document, a $7 fee shall be charged
14    for the recording  of  each  such  mortgage,  lease  or  lien
15    document after the first one.
16        For  recording maps or plats of additions or subdivisions
17    approved  by  the  county  or  municipality  (including   the
18    spreading  of  the same of record in map case or other proper
19    books) or plats of condominiums $50 for the first page,  plus
20    $1  for  each additional page thereof except that in the case
21    of recording a single page, legal size 8 1/2 x  14,  plat  of
22    survey in which there are no more than two lots or parcels of
23    land,  the  fee shall be $12.  In each county where such maps
24    or plats are to be recorded, the  recorder  may  require  the
25    same  to  be  accompanied  by  such number of exact, true and
26    legible copies thereof as the recorder  deems  necessary  for
27    the efficient conduct and operation of his office.
28        For  certified  copies  of  records  the same fees as for
29    recording, but in no case shall the fee for a certified  copy
30    of  a  map  or  plat of an addition, subdivision or otherwise
31    exceed $10.
32        Each certificate of such recorder of the recording of the
33    deed or other writing and of the date of recording  the  same
34    signed  by such recorder, shall be sufficient evidence of the
 
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 1    recording  thereof,  and  such  certificate   including   the
 2    indexing  of  record,  shall be furnished upon the payment of
 3    the fee for recording the instrument, and no  additional  fee
 4    shall be allowed for the certificate or indexing.
 5        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
 6    equal  to  the fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a
 7    document (other than a document filed under the Plat  Act  or
 8    the  Uniform  Commercial  Code)  that does not conform to the
 9    following standards:
10             (1)  The document  shall  consist  of  one  or  more
11        individual  sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not
12        permanently bound and not a  continuous  form.    Graphic
13        displays  accompanying  a  document  to  be recorded that
14        measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches  shall  be  recorded
15        without charging an additional fee.
16             (2)  The  document shall be legibly printed in black
17        ink, by hand, type, or computer.   Signatures  and  dates
18        may  be  in  contrasting  colors  if  they will reproduce
19        clearly.
20             (3)  The document shall be on  white  paper  of  not
21        less  than  20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin
22        of at least one-half inch on the  top,  the  bottom,  and
23        each   side.   Margins  may  be  used  for  non-essential
24        notations that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of  the
25        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
26        numbers, and customer notations.
27             (4)  The  first page of the document shall contain a
28        blank space, measuring at least 3  inches  by  5  inches,
29        from the upper right corner.
30             (5)  The  document  shall  not  have  any attachment
31        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
32    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
33    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
34    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
 
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 1    this amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents  dated
 2    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
 3        The  county board of any county may by resolution provide
 4    for an additional charge of $3 for filing  every  instrument,
 5    paper,  or  notice for record, in order to defray the cost of
 6    the  county  recorder's  operations  relating  to   computer,
 7    micrographics,  or any other means of automation of books and
 8    records. converting the county  recorder's  document  storage
 9    system to computers or micrographics.
10        A  special  fund  shall be set up by the treasurer of the
11    county and such funds collected  pursuant  to  the  preceding
12    paragraph  Public  Act  83-1321  shall be used solely for the
13    costs and necessary expenses incurred by a county recorder to
14    implement and maintain the automation of books and records by
15    computer, micrographics, or any other  means,  including  but
16    not limited to electronic interface allowing public access to
17    these  records  over  the  World Wide Web. a document storage
18    system to provide  the  equipment,  materials  and  necessary
19    expenses  incurred  to  help defray the costs of implementing
20    and maintaining such a document records system.
21        The  county  board  of  any  county  that  provides   and
22    maintains  a  countywide map through a Geographic Information
23    System (GIS) may provide for an additional charge of  $3  for
24    filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record in order
25    to  defray  the  cost  of  implementing  or  maintaining  the
26    county's  Geographic  Information System.  Of that amount, $2
27    must be deposited into a special fund set up by the treasurer
28    of the county, and any  moneys  collected  pursuant  to  this
29    amendatory  Act  of  the  91st General Assembly and deposited
30    into that  fund  must  be  used  solely  for  the  equipment,
31    materials,  and  necessary  expenses incurred in implementing
32    and  maintaining  a  Geographic  Information  System.     The
33    remaining  $1  must  be deposited into the recorder's special
34    funds created under Section 3-5005.4.  The recorder  may,  in
 
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 1    his  or her discretion, use moneys in the funds created under
 2    Section 3-5005.4  to  defray  the  cost  of  implementing  or
 3    maintaining the county's Geographic Information System.
 4        The  foregoing  fees  allowed  by  this  Section  are the
 5    maximum fees that may be collected from any officer,  agency,
 6    department or other instrumentality of the State.  The county
 7    board  may,  however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed
 8    by this Section and collect  such  increased  fees  from  all
 9    persons   and   entities   other   than  officers,  agencies,
10    departments and other instrumentalities of the State  if  the
11    increase  is  justified  by  an acceptable cost study showing
12    that the fees allowed by this Section are not  sufficient  to
13    cover the cost of providing the service.
14        A  statement  of  the  costs  of  providing each service,
15    program and activity shall be prepared by the  county  board.
16    All  supporting  documents shall be public record and subject
17    to public examination and audit.   All  direct  and  indirect
18    costs,  as  defined in the United States Office of Management
19    and  Budget  Circular  A-87,   may   be   included   in   the
20    determination  of  the  costs  of  each  service, program and
21    activity.
22    (Source: P.A.  90-300,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-791,  eff.  6-9-00;
23    91-886, eff. 1-1-01.)

24        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-893)
25        Sec. 3-5018.  Fees.  The recorder elected as provided for
26    in this Division shall receive such fees as  are  or  may  be
27    provided  for  him  by  law,  in  case of provision therefor:
28    otherwise he shall receive the same fees as  are  or  may  be
29    provided  in  this  Section,  except when increased by county
30    ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this Section,  to  be
31    paid  to  the  county clerk for his services in the office of
32    recorder for like services.
33        For recording deeds or  other  instruments  $12  for  the
34    first  4  pages  thereof,  plus  $1  for each additional page
 
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 1    thereof, plus $1 for each additional document number  therein
 2    noted.   The  aggregate  minimum  fee  for  recording any one
 3    instrument shall not be less than $12.
 4        For recording deeds  or  other  instruments  wherein  the
 5    premises  affected thereby are referred to by document number
 6    and not by legal description a fee of $1 in addition to  that
 7    hereinabove  referred  to  for  each  document number therein
 8    noted.
 9        For recording assignments of mortgages, leases  or  liens
10    $12  for  the  first  4  pages  thereof,  plus  $1  for  each
11    additional  page  thereof.   However,  except  for leases and
12    liens pertaining to oil, gas and other minerals,  whenever  a
13    mortgage,  lease  or  lien  assignment  assigns more than one
14    mortgage, lease or lien document, a $7 fee shall  be  charged
15    for  the  recording  of  each  such  mortgage,  lease or lien
16    document after the first one.
17        For recording maps or plats of additions or  subdivisions
18    approved   by  the  county  or  municipality  (including  the
19    spreading of the same of record in map case or  other  proper
20    books)  or plats of condominiums $50 for the first page, plus
21    $1 for each additional page thereof except that in  the  case
22    of  recording  a  single page, legal size 8 1/2 x 14, plat of
23    survey in which there are no more than two lots or parcels of
24    land, the fee shall be $12.  In each county where  such  maps
25    or  plats  are  to  be recorded, the recorder may require the
26    same to be accompanied by such  number  of  exact,  true  and
27    legible  copies  thereof  as the recorder deems necessary for
28    the efficient conduct and operation of his office.
29        For certified copies of records  the  same  fees  as  for
30    recording,  but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
31    of a map or plat of an  addition,  subdivision  or  otherwise
32    exceed $10.
33        Each certificate of such recorder of the recording of the
34    deed  or  other writing and of the date of recording the same
 
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 1    signed by such recorder, shall be sufficient evidence of  the
 2    recording   thereof,   and  such  certificate  including  the
 3    indexing of record, shall be furnished upon  the  payment  of
 4    the  fee  for recording the instrument, and no additional fee
 5    shall be allowed for the certificate or indexing.
 6        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
 7    equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for  recording  a
 8    document  (other  than a document filed under the Plat Act or
 9    the Uniform Commercial Code) that does  not  conform  to  the
10    following standards:
11             (1)  The  document  shall  consist  of  one  or more
12        individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches,  not
13        permanently  bound  and  not  a continuous form.  Graphic
14        displays accompanying a  document  to  be  recorded  that
15        measure  up  to  11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
16        without charging an additional fee.
17             (2)  The document shall be legibly printed in  black
18        ink,  by  hand,  type, or computer.  Signatures and dates
19        may be in  contrasting  colors  if  they  will  reproduce
20        clearly.
21             (3)  The  document  shall  be  on white paper of not
22        less than 20-pound weight and shall have a  clean  margin
23        of  at  least  one-half  inch on the top, the bottom, and
24        each  side.   Margins  may  be  used  for   non-essential
25        notations  that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of the
26        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
27        numbers, and customer notations.
28             (4)  The first page of the document shall contain  a
29        blank  space,  measuring  at  least 3 inches by 5 inches,
30        from the upper right corner.
31             (5)  The document  shall  not  have  any  attachment
32        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
33    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
34    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
 
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 1    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
 2    this  amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
 3    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
 4        The county board of any county may by resolution  provide
 5    for  an  additional charge of $3 for filing every instrument,
 6    paper, or notice for record, in order to defray the  cost  of
 7    the   county  recorder's  operations  relating  to  computer,
 8    micrographics, or any other means of automation of books  and
 9    records.  converting  the  county recorder's document storage
10    system to computers or micrographics.
11        A special fund shall be set up by the  treasurer  of  the
12    county  and  such  funds  collected pursuant to the preceding
13    paragraph Public Act 83-1321 shall be  used  solely  for  the
14    costs and necessary expenses incurred by a county recorder to
15    implement and maintain the automation of books and records by
16    computer,  micrographics,  or  any other means, including but
17    not limited to electronic interface allowing public access to
18    these records over the World Wide  Web.  a  document  storage
19    system  to  provide  the  equipment,  materials and necessary
20    expenses incurred to help defray the  costs  of  implementing
21    and maintaining such a document records system.
22        The   county  board  of  any  county  that  provides  and
23    maintains a countywide map through a  Geographic  Information
24    System  (GIS)  may provide for an additional charge of $3 for
25    filing every instrument, paper, or notice for record in order
26    to  defray  the  cost  of  implementing  or  maintaining  the
27    county's Geographic Information System.  Of that  amount,  $2
28    must be deposited into a special fund set up by the treasurer
29    of  the  county,  and  any  moneys collected pursuant to this
30    amendatory Act of the 91st  General  Assembly  and  deposited
31    into  that  fund  must  be  used  solely  for  the equipment,
32    materials, and necessary expenses  incurred  in  implementing
33    and   maintaining  a  Geographic  Information  System.    The
34    remaining $1 must be deposited into  the  recorder's  special
 
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 1    funds  created  under Section 3-5005.4.  The recorder may, in
 2    his or her discretion, use moneys in the funds created  under
 3    Section  3-5005.4  to  defray  the  cost  of  implementing or
 4    maintaining the county's Geographic Information System.
 5        The foregoing  fees  allowed  by  this  Section  are  the
 6    maximum  fees that may be collected from any officer, agency,
 7    department or other instrumentality of the State.  The county
 8    board may, however, by ordinance, increase the  fees  allowed
 9    by  this  Section  and  collect  such increased fees from all
10    persons  and  entities   other   than   officers,   agencies,
11    departments  and  other instrumentalities of the State if the
12    increase is justified by an  acceptable  cost  study  showing
13    that  the  fees allowed by this Section are not sufficient to
14    cover the cost of providing the service.
15        A statement of  the  costs  of  providing  each  service,
16    program  and  activity shall be prepared by the county board.
17    All supporting documents shall be public record  and  subject
18    to  public  examination  and  audit.  All direct and indirect
19    costs, as defined in the United States Office  of  Management
20    and   Budget   Circular   A-87,   may   be  included  in  the
21    determination of the  costs  of  each  service,  program  and
22    activity.
23    (Source: P.A.  90-300,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-791,  eff.  6-9-00;
24    91-886, eff. 1-1-01; 91-893, eff. 7-1-01; revised 9-7-00.)

25        (55 ILCS 5/3-5036) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-5036)
26        Sec.  3-5036.   Records  open to inspection. All records,
27    indices, abstract and other books kept in the office  of  any
28    recorder,   and   all   instruments  filed  therein  and  all
29    instruments deposited or left for recordation therein  shall,
30    during  the  office  hours, be open for public inspection and
31    examination; and all  persons  shall  have  free  access  for
32    inspection  and  examination  to such records, indices, books
33    and instruments,  which  the  recorders  shall  be  bound  to
 
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 1    exhibit to those who wish to inspect or examine the same; and
 2    all  persons  shall  have  the  right  to  take memoranda and
 3    abstracts thereof without fee  or  reward.  This  Section  is
 4    subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act".
 5        Records,  indices, abstracts, and other books kept in the
 6    office of the recorder, and all instruments filed, deposited,
 7    or left there for recordation, may be made available on a Web
 8    site maintained by the county recorder on the World Wide Web.
 9    Making records available on the World Wide Web does not alter
10    or satisfy  any  duties  of  the  county  recorder  to  keep,
11    maintain,  or  otherwise make available records of the office
12    as required by law. The records posted by the recorder on the
13    World Wide Web may include those public records  created  and
14    maintained  in  the  normal course of the recorder's official
15    business.  These records may be processed, as  necessary,  to
16    make them accessible on the World Wide Web.  These Web-posted
17    records  shall  be viewable to all persons without any fee or
18    charge.  The county board may, by resolution,  authorize  the
19    recorder  to  establish  other Web-based services for which a
20    reasonable fee may be charged.
21    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

22        (55 ILCS 5/4-2002.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002.1)
23        Sec. 4-2002.1.  State's  attorney  fees  in  counties  of
24    3,000,000  or  more population.  This Section applies only to
25    counties with 3,000,000 or  more  inhabitants.  In  addition,
26    counties  with  80,000  or  more  inhabitants  but  less than
27    3,000,000 inhabitants  may  by  resolution  provide  for  fee
28    amounts  up to the amounts listed in this Section; otherwise,
29    the applicable fee amounts shall be as  provided  in  Section
30    4-2002 of this Code.
31        (a)  State's attorneys shall be entitled to the following
32    fees:
33        For  each  conviction  in prosecutions on indictments for
 
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 1    first  degree  murder,  second  degree  murder,   involuntary
 2    manslaughter,  criminal  sexual  assault, aggravated criminal
 3    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, kidnapping,
 4    arson and  forgery,  $60.   All  other  cases  punishable  by
 5    imprisonment in the penitentiary, $60.
 6        For each conviction in other cases tried before judges of
 7    the circuit court, $30; except that if the conviction is in a
 8    case  which may be assigned to an associate judge, whether or
 9    not it is in fact assigned to an  associate  judge,  the  fee
10    shall be $20.
11        For  preliminary  examinations for each defendant held to
12    bail or recognizance, $20.
13        For each examination of a party bound over  to  keep  the
14    peace, $20.
15        For each defendant held to answer in a circuit court on a
16    charge of paternity, $20.
17        For each trial on a charge of paternity, $60.
18        For each case of appeal taken from his county or from the
19    county  to  which a change of venue is taken to his county to
20    the Supreme or Appellate Court when prosecuted or defended by
21    him, $100.
22        For each day actually employed in the trial  of  a  case,
23    $50;  in  which  case the court before whom the case is tried
24    shall make an order specifying the number of days for which a
25    per diem shall be allowed.
26        For each day actually employed in the trial of  cases  of
27    felony  arising  in  their  respective  counties and taken by
28    change of venue to another county, $50; and the court  before
29    whom  the  case  is  tried shall make an order specifying the
30    number of days for which said per diem shall be allowed;  and
31    it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  each State's attorney to
32    prepare and try each case of felony arising when so taken  by
33    change of venue.
34        For  assisting  in  a trial of each case on an indictment
 
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 1    for felony brought by change of  venue  to  their  respective
 2    counties,  the  same  fees  they would be entitled to if such
 3    indictment had been found for an  offense  committed  in  his
 4    county,  and  it shall be the duty of the State's attorney of
 5    the county to which such cause is taken by change of venue to
 6    assist in the trial thereof.
 7        For  each  case  of  forfeited  recognizance  where   the
 8    forfeiture  is  set  aside at the instance of the defense, in
 9    addition to the ordinary costs, $20 for each defendant.
10        For each proceeding in a circuit court  to  inquire  into
11    the  alleged  mental  illness  of  any  person,  $20 for each
12    defendant.
13        For each proceeding in a circuit court  to  inquire  into
14    the alleged dependency or delinquency of any child, $20.
15        For  each  day actually employed in the hearing of a case
16    of habeas corpus in which the people are interested, $50.
17        All the foregoing fees shall be  taxed  as  costs  to  be
18    collected  from  the defendant, if possible, upon conviction.
19    But in cases of inquiry into the mental illness of any person
20    alleged to be mentally ill, in cases on a charge of paternity
21    and in cases of appeal in the  Supreme  or  Appellate  Court,
22    where  judgment  is in favor of the accused, the fees allowed
23    the State's attorney therein shall be  retained  out  of  the
24    fines and forfeitures collected by them in other cases.
25        Ten  per  cent of all moneys except revenue, collected by
26    them and paid over to the authorities entitled thereto, which
27    per cent together with the fees provided for herein that  are
28    not  collected  from  the parties tried or examined, shall be
29    paid out of any fines and forfeited  recognizances  collected
30    by  them,  provided however, that in proceedings to foreclose
31    the lien of delinquent real estate  taxes  State's  attorneys
32    shall  receive a fee, to be credited to the earnings of their
33    office, of 10% of the total amount realized from the sale  of
34    real estate sold in such proceedings. Such fees shall be paid
 
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 1    from  the  total  amount  realized  from the sale of the real
 2    estate sold in such proceedings.
 3        State's attorneys shall have a lien for their fees on all
 4    judgments for fines or forfeitures procured by  them  and  on
 5    moneys  except  revenue  received by them until such fees and
 6    earnings are fully paid.
 7        No fees shall be charged on more than 10  counts  in  any
 8    one indictment or information on trial and conviction; nor on
 9    more  than  10  counts  against any one defendant on pleas of
10    guilty.
11        The Circuit Court may direct that of all monies received,
12    by restitution or otherwise, which monies are ordered paid to
13    the Department of Public  Aid  or  the  Department  of  Human
14    Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public Aid
15    under  the  Department  of  Human  Services  Act) as a direct
16    result of the efforts  of  the  State's  attorney  and  which
17    payments  arise from Civil or Criminal prosecutions involving
18    the Illinois Public  Aid  Code  or  the  Criminal  Code,  the
19    following  amounts  shall be paid quarterly by the Department
20    of Public Aid or the Department  of  Human  Services  to  the
21    General Corporate Fund of the County in which the prosecution
22    or cause of action took place:
23             (1)  where  the  monies  result  from  child support
24        obligations, not less than 25% of the  federal  share  of
25        the monies received,
26             (2)  where  the  monies result from other than child
27        support obligations, not less than  25%  of  the  State's
28        share of the monies received.
29        (b)  A   municipality   shall   be   entitled  to  a  $10
30    prosecution fee for each conviction for a  violation  of  the
31    Illinois  Vehicle  Code  prosecuted by the municipal attorney
32    pursuant to Section 16-102 of that Code which is tried before
33    a circuit or associate judge and shall be entitled to  a  $10
34    prosecution  fee  for  each  conviction  for a violation of a
 
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 1    municipal  vehicle  ordinance  prosecuted  by  the  municipal
 2    attorney which is tried before a circuit or associate  judge.
 3    Such  fee  shall  be  taxed as costs to be collected from the
 4    defendant, if  possible,  upon  conviction.   A  municipality
 5    shall  have a lien for such prosecution fees on all judgments
 6    or fines procured by the municipal attorney from prosecutions
 7    for violations of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code  and  municipal
 8    vehicle ordinances.
 9        For  the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b), "municipal
10    vehicle ordinance" means any ordinance  enacted  pursuant  to
11    Sections  11-40-1,  11-40-2,  11-40-2a  and  11-40-3  of  the
12    Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  any  ordinance  enacted  by  a
13    municipality which is similar to a provision of Chapter 11 of
14    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

16        (55 ILCS 5/4-4001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-4001)
17        Sec.  4-4001. County Clerks; counties of first and second
18    class. The fees of the county clerk in counties of the  first
19    and  second  class, except when increased by county ordinance
20    pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be:
21        For each official copy of any process,  file,  record  or
22    other  instrument  of  and  pertaining to his office, 50¢ for
23    each 100 words, and $1 additional for certifying and  sealing
24    the same.
25        For  filing  any paper not herein otherwise provided for,
26    $1, except  that  no  fee  shall  be  charged  for  filing  a
27    Statement  of  economic  interest  pursuant  to  the Illinois
28    Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9
29    of The Election Code.
30        For issuance of fireworks permits, $2.
31        For issuance of liquor licenses, $5.
32        For filing and recording of the appointment and  oath  of
33    each public official, $3.
 
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 1        For  officially  certifying  and sealing each copy of any
 2    process, file, record or other instrument of  and  pertaining
 3    to his office, $1.
 4        For swearing any person to an affidavit, $1.
 5        For  issuing each license in all matters except where the
 6    fee for the issuance thereof is otherwise fixed, $4.
 7        For  issuing  each  marriage  license,  the   certificate
 8    thereof,  and for recording the same, including the recording
 9    of the parent's or guardian's consent where indicated, $15.
10        For  taking  and  certifying   acknowledgments   to   any
11    instrument, except where herein otherwise provided for, $1.
12        For   issuing   each   certificate   of   appointment  or
13    commission, the fee for which is not otherwise fixed by  law,
14    $1.
15        For   cancelling   tax   sale  and  issuing  and  sealing
16    certificates of redemption, $3.
17        For issuing order to county treasurer for  redemption  of
18    forfeited tax, $2.
19        For  trying  and  sealing  weights and measures by county
20    standard, together with all  actual  expenses  in  connection
21    therewith, $1.
22        For services in case of estrays, $2.
23        The   following   fees  shall  be  allowed  for  services
24    attending the sale of land for taxes, and shall be charged as
25    costs against the delinquent property and be  collected  with
26    the taxes thereon:
27        For  services  in  attending  the  tax  sale  and issuing
28    certificate of sale and sealing the same, for each  tract  or
29    town  lot  sold,  $4.  The  County Board of any county of the
30    first or second class may by resolution authorize the  County
31    Clerk  to  impose  an  additional $10 charge for issuing each
32    certificate of sale for the sole  purpose  of  defraying  the
33    cost  of  converting  the  County  Clerk's  tax extension and
34    redemption system to  computers  and  micrographics  and  for
 
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 1    maintaining  this  system.  The County Board of any county of
 2    the first or second class may  by  resolution  authorize  the
 3    County  Treasurer  to establish a special fund for deposit of
 4    the additional charge. Moneys in the special  fund  shall  be
 5    used solely to provide the equipment, material, and necessary
 6    expenses incurred to help defray the cost of implementing and
 7    maintaining the tax extension and redemption system.
 8        For  making  list of delinquent lands and town lots sold,
 9    to be filed with the Comptroller, for each tract or town  lot
10    sold, 10¢.
11        The  foregoing  fees  allowed  by  this  Section  are the
12    maximum fees that may be collected from any officer,  agency,
13    department or other instrumentality of the State.  The county
14    board  may,  however, by ordinance, increase the fees allowed
15    by this Section and collect  such  increased  fees  from  all
16    persons   and   entities   other   than  officers,  agencies,
17    departments and other instrumentalities of the State  if  the
18    increase  is  justified  by  an acceptable cost study showing
19    that the fees allowed by this Section are not  sufficient  to
20    cover the cost of providing the service.
21        A  Statement  of  the  costs  of  providing each service,
22    program and activity shall be prepared by the  county  board.
23    All  supporting  documents shall be public record and subject
24    to public examination and audit.   All  direct  and  indirect
25    costs,  as  defined in the United States Office of Management
26    and  Budget  Circular  A-87,   may   be   included   in   the
27    determination  of  the  costs  of  each  service, program and
28    activity.
29        The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive  the
30    payment  of  all  fees  for services in advance so far as the
31    same can be ascertained.
32        The county board of any county of  the  first  or  second
33    class  may  by ordinance authorize the county clerk to impose
34    an additional $2 charge for certified copies of vital records
 
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 1    as defined in Section 1 of the Vital  Records  Act,  for  the
 2    sole  purpose  of defraying the cost of converting the county
 3    clerk's document storage system for vital records as  defined
 4    in  Section  1  of  the  Vital  Records  Act  to computers or
 5    micrographics, and for maintaining such system.
 6        The county board of any county of  the  first  or  second
 7    class  may  by  ordinance  authorize  the county treasurer to
 8    establish a  special  fund  for  deposit  of  the  additional
 9    charge.   Moneys  in the special fund shall be used solely to
10    provide  the  equipment,  material  and  necessary   expenses
11    incurred   to  help  defray  the  cost  of  implementing  and
12    maintaining such document storage system.
13        The fees allowed by this Section  are  the  maximum  fees
14    that  may  be collected from any officer, agency, department,
15    or other instrumentality of the State.  The county board may,
16    however, by resolution, increase the  fees  allowed  by  this
17    Section and collect these increased fees from all persons and
18    entities  other  than  officers,  agencies,  departments, and
19    other instrumentalities of  the  State  if  the  increase  is
20    justified  by  an acceptable cost study showing that the fees
21    allowed by this Section are not sufficient to cover the  cost
22    of providing the service.
23        A  Statement  of  the  costs  of  providing each service,
24    program, and activity shall be prepared by the county  board.
25    All  supporting documents shall be public records and subject
26    to public examination and audit.   All  direct  and  indirect
27    costs,  as  defined in the United States Office of Management
28    and  Budget  Circular  A-87,   may   be   included   in   the
29    determination  of  the  costs  of  each service, program, and
30    activity.
31        The county clerk in all cases may demand and receive  the
32    payment  of  all service fees in advance so far as these fees
33    can be ascertained in advance.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
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 1        (55 ILCS 5/4-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12003)
 2        Sec.  4-12003.  Fees  of  county  clerk  in  third  class
 3    counties. The fees of the county clerk  in  counties  of  the
 4    third class are:
 5        For  issuing  each  marriage license, sealing, filing and
 6    recording the same and the certificate thereto (one  charge),
 7    $30.
 8        For  taking, certifying to and sealing the acknowledgment
 9    of a deed, power of attorney, or other writing, $1.
10        For filing and entering certificates in case of  estrays,
11    and  furnishing notices for publication thereof (one charge),
12    $1.50.
13        For recording all papers and documents required by law to
14    be recorded in the office of the county clerk,  $2  plus  30¢
15    for every 100 words in excess of 600 words.
16        For  certificate  and  seal,  not  in  a  case in a court
17    whereof he is clerk, $1.
18        For making and certifying a copy of any record  or  paper
19    in his office, $2 for every page.
20        For  filing  papers  in  his  office,  50¢ for each paper
21    filed, except that no fee  shall  be  charged  for  filing  a
22    Statement  of  economic  interest  pursuant  to  the Illinois
23    Governmental Ethics Act or reports made pursuant to Article 9
24    of The Election Code.
25        For  making  transcript  of  taxable  property  for   the
26    assessors,  8¢  for  each  tract  of  land  or  town lot. For
27    extending other than State and county taxes, 8¢ for each  tax
28    on  each tract or lot, and 8¢ for each person's personal tax,
29    to be paid by the authority for whose benefit the  transcript
30    is  made  and  the  taxes  extended.  The  county clerk shall
31    certify to the county collector  the  amount  due  from  each
32    authority   for  such  services  and  the  collector  in  his
33    settlement with such authority shall reserve such amount from
34    the amount payable by him to such authority.
 
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 1        For adding and bringing forward with current tax warrants
 2    amounts due for forfeited or withdrawn  special  assessments,
 3    8¢ for each lot or tract of land described and transcribed.
 4        For   computing   and   extending   each   assessment  or
 5    installment thereof and interest, 8¢ on each description; and
 6    for  computing  and  extending  each  penalty,  8¢  on   each
 7    description.  These  fees shall be paid by the city, village,
 8    or taxing body for whose benefit the transcript is  made  and
 9    the  assessment  and penalties are extended. The county clerk
10    shall certify to the county collector  the  amount  due  from
11    each city, village or taxing body, for such services, and the
12    collector  in  his  settlement  with  such  taxing body shall
13    reserve such amount from the amount payable by  him  to  such
14    city, village or other taxing body.
15        For cancelling certificates of sale, $4 for each tract or
16    lot.
17        For making search and report of general taxes and special
18    assessments for use in the preparation of estimate of cost of
19    redemption  from  sales  or forfeitures or withdrawals or for
20    use in the preparation of estimate of  cost  of  purchase  of
21    forfeited property, or for use in preparation of order on the
22    county  collector  for searches requested by buyers at annual
23    tax sale, for each lot  or  tract,  $4  for  the  first  year
24    searched,  and  $2  for  each  additional  year  or  fraction
25    thereof.
26        For  preparing from tax search report estimate of cost of
27    redemption concerning property sold, forfeited  or  withdrawn
28    for  non-payment of general taxes and special assessments, if
29    any, $1 for each lot or tract.
30        For certificate of deposit for redemption, $4.
31        For preparing from tax  search  report  estimate  of  and
32    order  to  county  collector  to  receive amount necessary to
33    redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of
34    general taxes, $3 for each lot or tract.
 
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 1        For preparing from tax  search  report  estimate  of  and
 2    order  to  county  collector  to  receive amount necessary to
 3    redeem or purchase lands or lots forfeited for non-payment of
 4    special assessments, $4 for each lot or tract.
 5        For issuing certificate of sale  of  forfeited  property,
 6    $10.
 7        For  noting  on collector's warrants tax sales subject to
 8    redemption, 20¢ for each tract or lot of land, to be paid  by
 9    either  the  person  making the redemption from tax sale, the
10    person surrendering the certificate of sale for cancellation,
11    or the person taking out tax deed.
12        For noting on  collector's  warrant  special  assessments
13    withdrawn  from collection 20¢ for each tract or lot of land,
14    to be charged against  the  lot  assessed  in  the  withdrawn
15    special  assessment  when brought forward with current tax or
16    when redeemed by the county clerk.  The  county  clerk  shall
17    certify  to  the  county  collector  the amount due from each
18    city, village or taxing body for such fees,  each  year,  and
19    the  county collector in his settlement with such taxing body
20    shall reserve such amount from the amount payable by  him  to
21    such taxing body.
22        For   taking  and  approving  official  bond  of  a  town
23    assessor, filing and recording same, and issuing  certificate
24    of  election  or  qualification  to  such  official or to the
25    Secretary of State, $10, to be paid by the officer-elect.
26        For certified copies of plats, 20¢ for each lot shown  in
27    copy, but no charge less than $4.
28        For  tax  search  and issuing Statement regarding same on
29    new plats to be recorded, $10.
30        For furnishing written  description  in  conformity  with
31    permanent  real  estate  index  number,  $2  for each written
32    description.
33        The following fees  shall  be  allowed  for  services  in
34    matters  of  taxes  and  assessments, and shall be charged as
 
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 1    costs against the delinquent property, and collected with the
 2    taxes thereon:
 3        For entering judgment, 8¢ for each tract or lot.
 4        For services  in  attending  the  tax  sale  and  issuing
 5    certificates of sale and sealing the same, $10 for each tract
 6    or  lot.  The  County  Board  may by resolution authorize the
 7    County Clerk to impose an additional $10 charge  for  issuing
 8    each  certificate  of  sale for the sole purpose of defraying
 9    the cost of converting the County Clerk's tax  extension  and
10    redemption  system  to  computers  and  micrographics and for
11    maintaining this system. The County Board may  by  resolution
12    authorize  the  County  Treasurer to establish a special fund
13    for deposit of the additional charge.   Moneys in the special
14    fund  shall  be  used  solely  to    provide  the  equipment,
15    material, and necessary expenses incurred to help defray  the
16    cost  of  implementing  and maintaining the tax extension and
17    redemption system.
18        For making list of delinquent lands and town  lots  sold,
19    to be filed with the State Comptroller, 10¢ for each tract or
20    lot sold.
21        The  following  fees  shall be audited and allowed by the
22    board of  county  commissioners  and  paid  from  the  county
23    treasury.
24        For  computing State or county taxes, on each description
25    of real estate and each  person's,  firm's  or  corporation's
26    personal  property  tax,  for each extension of each tax, 4¢,
27    which shall  include  the  transcribing  of  the  collector's
28    books.
29        For computing, extending and bringing forward, and adding
30    to the current tax, the amount due for general taxes on lands
31    and   lots  previously  forfeited  to  the  State,  for  each
32    extension of each  tax,  4¢  for  the  first  year,  and  for
33    computing   and  extending  the  tax  and  penalty  for  each
34    additional year, 6¢.
 
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 1        For  making  duplicate  or  triplicate  sets  of   books,
 2    containing  transcripts of taxable property, for the board of
 3    assessors and  board  of  review,  3¢  for  each  description
 4    entered in each book.
 5        For filing, indexing and recording or binding each birth,
 6    death  or  stillbirth  certificate  or report, 15¢, which fee
 7    shall be in full for all services  in  connection  therewith,
 8    including the keeping of accounts with district registrars.
 9        For   posting  new  subdivisions  or  plats  in  official
10    atlases, 25¢ for each lot.
11        For compiling new sheets for atlases, 20¢ for each lot.
12        For compiling new  atlases,  including  necessary  record
13    searches, 25¢ for each lot.
14        For   investigating  and  reporting  on  each  new  plat,
15    referred to county clerk, $2.
16        For  attending  sessions   of   the   board   of   county
17    commissioners   thereof,  $5  per  day,  for  each  clerk  in
18    attendance.
19        For  recording  proceedings  of  the  board   of   county
20    commissioners, 15¢ per 100 words.
21        For  filing  papers  which  must  be  kept  in  office of
22    comptroller of Cook County, 10¢ for each paper filed.
23        For filing and indexing contracts, bonds, communications,
24    and other such  papers  which  must  be  kept  in  office  of
25    comptroller of Cook County, 15¢ for each document.
26        For  swearing any person to necessary affidavits relating
27    to the correctness of claims against the county, 25¢.
28        For issuing warrants in payment of salaries, supplies and
29    other accounts, and all necessary  auditing  and  bookkeeping
30    work in connection therewith, 10¢ each.
31        The  fee  requirements  of  this  Section do not apply to
32    units of local government or school districts.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-962; 87-669.)
 
                            -23-           LRB9206081TAtmam14
 1        (55 ILCS 5/5-1113) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1113)
 2        Sec. 5-1113.  Ordinance  and  rules  to  execute  powers;
 3    limitations  on  punishments.  The  county board may pass all
 4    ordinances and make  all  rules  and  regulations  proper  or
 5    necessary,  to  carry  into  effect  the  powers  granted  to
 6    counties,  with  such  fines  or  penalties  as may be deemed
 7    proper except where  a  specific  provision  for  a  fine  or
 8    penalty  is  provided  by  law.  No fine or penalty, however,
 9    except civil penalties provided for failure to  make  returns
10    or  to  pay  any taxes levied by the county shall exceed $750
11    $500.
12    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

13        (55 ILCS 5/5-39001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-39001)
14        Sec. 5-39001.  Establishment and  use;  fee.  The  county
15    board  of  any county may establish and maintain a county law
16    library, to be located in any county building or privately or
17    publicly owned building at the  county  seat  of  government.
18    The  term  "county  building" includes premises leased by the
19    county from a public building commission  created  under  the
20    Public  Building  Commission  Act.  After August 2, 1976, the
21    county board of any  county  may  establish  and  maintain  a
22    county  law  library at the county seat of government and, in
23    addition, branch law libraries   in  other  locations  within
24    that county as the county board deems necessary.
25        The   facilities  of  those  libraries  shall  be  freely
26    available to all licensed Illinois attorneys, judges,   other
27    public officers of the county, and all members of the public,
28    whenever the court house is open.
29        The   expense   of  establishing  and  maintaining  those
30    libraries shall be borne  by  the  county.   To  defray  that
31    expense,  in  any  county  having  established  a  county law
32    library or libraries, the clerk of all trial  courts  located
33    at  the  county seat of government shall charge and collect a
 
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 1    county law library fee of $2, and the  county  board  may  by
 2    resolution  authorize  a  county  law  library  fee of not to
 3    exceed $19 $10, to be charged and collected by the clerks  of
 4    all trial courts located in the county.  Beginning on January
 5    1,  2003, and through January 1, 2007, the maximum fee that a
 6    county board may authorize shall increase by  $1  each  year.
 7    The  fee  shall  be  paid  at  the  time  of filing the first
 8    pleading, paper, or other appearance filed by each  party  in
 9    all  civil  cases, but no additional fee shall be required if
10    more than one party is  represented  in  a  single  pleading,
11    paper, or other appearance.
12        Each  clerk  shall commence those charges and collections
13    upon receipt of written  notice  from  the  chairman  of  the
14    county  board that the board has acted under this Division to
15    establish and maintain a law library.
16        The fees shall be in  addition  to  all  other  fees  and
17    charges  of  the clerks, assessable as costs, remitted by the
18    clerks monthly to the county treasurer, and retained  by  the
19    county  treasurer  in a special fund designated as the County
20    Law Library Fund.   Except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this
21    paragraph, disbursements from the fund shall be by the county
22    treasurer,  on  order  of  a majority of the resident circuit
23    judges of the circuit court of the county. In any county with
24    more than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the county board shall order
25    disbursements from the fund and the presiding officer of  the
26    county  board,  with  the  advice  and  consent of the county
27    board, may appoint a library committee of  not  less  than  9
28    members,  who,  by majority vote, may recommend to the county
29    board as to disbursements of the fund and  the  operation  of
30    the  library.   In  single  county circuits with 2,000,000 or
31    fewer inhabitants, disbursements from the County Law  Library
32    Fund  shall  be  made by the county treasurer on the order of
33    the chief judge of the circuit court of the county.  In those
34    single county circuits, the number of personnel necessary  to
 
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 1    operate  and  maintain the county law library shall be set by
 2    and those personnel shall be appointed by  the  chief  judge.
 3    The  county law library personnel shall serve at the pleasure
 4    of the appointing authority.  The salaries of those personnel
 5    shall be fixed by the county board of  the  county.    Orders
 6    shall  be  pre-audited,  funds shall be audited by the county
 7    auditor, and a report  of  the  orders  and  funds  shall  be
 8    rendered to the county board and to the judges.
 9        Fees   shall   not   be   charged   in  any  criminal  or
10    quasi-criminal case, in any matter coming  to  the  clerk  on
11    change  of venue, or in any proceeding to review the decision
12    of any administrative officer, agency, or body.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-92, eff. 1-1-98; 90-589, eff. 6-5-98.)

14        Section 10.  The Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
15    changing Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, 27.2a, 27.5, and 27.6 as
16    follows:

17        (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
18        Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
19    all  counties  having  a population of 180,000 inhabitants or
20    less shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise  provided,
21    and  shall be as provided in this Section.  However, counties
22    having a population of 80,000 or  more  inhabitants  but  not
23    more than 180,000 inhabitants may by resolution of the county
24    board  provide  for  increased fee amounts up to the maximums
25    listed in Section 27.2 of this Act.  In the absence of such a
26    county board resolution, the fees shall be as follows:
27    (a)  Civil Cases.
28             (1)  All  civil  cases  except  as   otherwise
29        provided...........................................   $40
30             (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
31    (b)  Family.
32             (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
 
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 1        Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, filing
 2        transcript  of  commitment  proceedings   held   in
 3        another  county, and cases under the Juvenile Court
 4        Act of 1987........................................   $25
 5             (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
 6             (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
 7             (4)  Paternity................................   $40
 8    (c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal.
 9             (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
10             (2)  Each person convicted of  a  misdemeanor,
11        leaving   scene   of  an  accident,  driving  while
12        intoxicated,  reckless  driving  or  drag   racing,
13        driving   when   license   revoked   or  suspended,
14        overweight, or no interstate commerce  certificate,
15        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
16             (3)  Each   person  convicted  of  a  business
17        offense............................................   $25
18             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
19             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
20        ordinance           violation,            including
21        without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
22        court  supervision:
23                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
24                  (ii)  For   each   notice   sent  to  the
25        defendant's  last   known   address   pursuant   to
26        subsection  (c)  of Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois
27        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
28                  (iii)  For  each  notice  sent   to   the
29        Secretary  of  State  pursuant to subsection (c) of
30        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
31             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
32             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
33             (8)  In ordinance violation  cases  punishable
34        by  fine only, the clerk of the circuit court shall
 
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 1        be entitled to receive, unless the fee  is  excused
 2        upon  a  finding by the court that the defendant is
 3        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
 4        allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $62.50  as  a
 5        fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall
 6        be  paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
 7        or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so  paid  by
 8        the  defendant,  no  jury  shall be called, and the
 9        case shall be tried by the court without a jury.
10    (d)  Other Civil Cases.
11             (1)  Money or personal property  claimed  does
12        not exceed $500....................................   $10
13             (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
14             (3)  Exceeds  $10,000, when relief in addition
15        to or supplemental to recovery of  money  alone  is
16        sought  in  an  action to recover personal property
17        taxes or retailers occupational tax  regardless  of
18        amount claimed.....................................   $45
19             (4)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall be
20        entitled to receive,  in  addition  to  other  fees
21        allowed by law, the sum of $62.50, as a fee for the
22        services  of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action not
23        quasi-criminal in its nature and not  a  proceeding
24        for  the  exercise  of the right of eminent domain,
25        and in every equitable action wherein the right  of
26        trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The jury
27        fee shall be paid by the party demanding a jury  at
28        the  time of filing his jury demand.  If such a fee
29        is not paid by  either  party,  no  jury  shall  be
30        called  in the action, suit, or proceeding, and the
31        same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
32    (e)  Confession of judgment and answer.
33             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
34             (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
 
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 1    (f)  Auxiliary Proceedings.
 2             Any  auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to   the
 3        collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
 4        garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
 5    (g)  Forcible entry and detainer.
 6             (1)  For  possession  only  or  possession and
 7        rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
 8             (2)  For possession  and  rent  in  excess  of
 9        $10,000............................................   $40
10    (h)  Eminent Domain.
11             (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
12             (2)  For  each  and every lot or tract of land
13        or  right  or  interest  therein  subject   to   be
14        condemned,  the  damages  in respect to which shall
15        require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
16    (i)  Reinstatement.
17             Each case including petition for  modification
18        of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
19        30  days  after  the  entry of a judgment or order,
20        except in forcible entry  and  detainer  cases  and
21        small  claims  and  except  a  petition  to modify,
22        terminate, or enforce  a  judgement  or  order  for
23        child  or spousal support or to modify, suspend, or
24        terminate an order  for  withholding,  petition  to
25        vacate   judgment   of   dismissal   for   want  of
26        prosecution whenever filed, petition to  reopen  an
27        estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
28    (j)  Probate.
29             (1)  Administration   of  decedent's  estates,
30        whether testate or intestate, guardianships of  the
31        person  or  estate  or both of a person under legal
32        disability, guardianships of the person  or  estate
33        or  both of a minor or minors, or petitions to sell
34        real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
 
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 1             (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
 2        personal property of  an  estate  does  not  exceed
 3        $5,000.............................................   $25
 4             (3)  At  any time during the administration of
 5        the estate, however, at the request of  the  Clerk,
 6        the  Court  shall  examine the record of the estate
 7        and the personal representative  to  determine  the
 8        total  value  of  the real and personal property of
 9        the estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000  shall
10        order  the  payment  of  an  additional  fee in the
11        amount of..........................................   $40
12             (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
13             (5)  Issuing  letters  only  for   a   certain
14        specific reason other than the administration of an
15        estate, including but not limited to the release of
16        mortgage;  the  issue of letters of guardianship in
17        order that consent to marriage may  be  granted  or
18        for  some  other specific reason other than for the
19        care of  property  or  person;  proof  of  heirship
20        without  administration;  or  when  a will is to be
21        admitted to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to  be
22        settled without administration.....................   $10
23             (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
24        matter  other  than  a routine claim is filed in an
25        estate,  the  required  additional  fee  shall   be
26        charged for such filing............................   $45
27    (k)  Change of Venue.
28             From a court, the charge is the same amount as
29        the  original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee for
30        preparation and certification of record  on  change
31        of  venue,  when  original  documents or copies are
32        forwarded..........................................   $10
33    (l)  Answer, adverse pleading, or appearance.
34             In civil cases................................   $15
 
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 1             With the following exceptions:
 2             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
 3             (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
 4             (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
 5             (4)  Court   appeals   when   documents    are
 6        forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
 7        over 200...........................................   10¢
 8    (m)  Tax objection complaints.
 9             For each tax  objection  complaint  containing
10        one  or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of the
11        number  of  parcels  involved  or  the  number   of
12        taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
13    (n)  Tax deed.
14             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
15        is involved........................................   $45
16             (2)  For  each  additional parcel involved, an
17        additional fee of..................................   $10
18    (o)  Mailing Notices and Processes.
19             (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
20        mail as first class mail...........................    $2
21             (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
22        required to mail by certified or  registered  mail,
23        the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
24    (p)  Certification or Authentication.
25             (1)  Each  certification or authentication for
26        taking the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or  other
27        instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
28             (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
29        forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
30             (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
31        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
32             (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
33        forwarded,  over 200 pages, additional fee per page
34        over 200...........................................   10¢
 
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 1    (q)  Reproductions.
 2             Each  record  of  proceedings  and   judgment,
 3        whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
 4        copies  of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all other
 5        instruments, documents, records, or papers:
 6                  (1)  First page..........................    $1
 7                  (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
 8                  (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
 9    (r)  Counterclaim.
10             When any defendant  files  a  counterclaim  as
11        part  of  his or her answer or otherwise,  or joins
12        another party as a third party defendant, or  both,
13        he   or   she   shall  pay  a  fee  for  each  such
14        counterclaim or third party  action  in  an  amount
15        equal  to  the  fee he or she would have had to pay
16        had he or she brought a  separate  action  for  the
17        relief  sought  in  the counterclaim or against the
18        third party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of  the
19        appearance fee, if that has been paid.
20    (s)  Transcript of Judgment.
21             From   a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if  case
22        originally filed.
23    (t)  Publications.
24             The cost of publication shall be paid directly
25        to  the  publisher  by  the  person   seeking   the
26        publication,  whether  the clerk is required by law
27        to publish, or the parties to the action.
28    (u)  Collections.
29             (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
30        except  the  State  and  County   and   except   in
31        maintenance  or child support cases, a sum equal to
32        2% of the amount collected and turned over.
33             (2)  In any  cases  remanded  to  the  Circuit
34        Court  from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the Appellate
 
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 1        Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
 2        reinstate the case with either its original  number
 3        or  a  new  number.  The Clerk shall not charge any
 4        new or additional fee for the reinstatement.   Upon
 5        reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
 6        the  reinstatement.   A  party  shall have the same
 7        right to a jury trial on remand  and  reinstatement
 8        as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
 9        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
10        jury trial after remand.
11             (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
12        the  Clerk  may  deduct from each payment an amount
13        equal to the United States postage to  be  used  in
14        mailing  the  maintenance or child support check to
15        the recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk  shall
16        collect  an annual fee of up to $36 from the person
17        making such payment for maintaining  child  support
18        records and the processing of support orders to the
19        State  of Illinois KIDS system and the recording of
20        payments issued by the State Disbursement Unit  for
21        the official record of the Court. Such sum shall be
22        in addition to and separate from amounts ordered to
23        be  paid  as maintenance or child support and shall
24        be deposited in a separate  Maintenance  and  Child
25        Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
26        the  custodian, ex officio, to be used by the Clerk
27        to maintain child support  orders  and  record  all
28        payments  issued by the State Disbursement Unit for
29        the official record of the Court.  Unless  paid  in
30        cash  or  pursuant to an order for withholding, the
31        payment  of  the  fee  shall  be  by   a   separate
32        instrument  from  the  support payment and shall be
33        made to the order  of  the  Clerk.  The  Clerk  may
34        recover  from  the person making the maintenance or
 
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 1        child support payment any additional cost  incurred
 2        in the collection of this annual fee.
 3             (4)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the
 4        clerk shall be turned over to  the  county  general
 5        fund as an earning of the office.
 6             The  Clerk  shall also be entitled to a fee of
 7        $5 for certifications  made  to  the  Secretary  of
 8        State  as  provided  in Section 7-703 of the Family
 9        Financial Responsibility Law and these  fees  shall
10        also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
11        Child Support Collection Fund.
12    (v)  Correction of Cases.
13             For  correcting  the case number or case title
14        on any document filed in his office, to be  charged
15        against the party that filed the document..........   $10
16    (w)  Record Search.
17             For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
18    (x)  Printed Output.
19             For  each page of hard copy print output, when
20        case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
21    (y)  Alias Summons.
22             For each alias summons issued.................    $2
23    (z)  Expungement of Records.
24             For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
25    (aa)  Other Fees.
26             Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
27        rule or administrative order of the Circuit  Court,  with
28        the approval of the Supreme Court.
29    (bb)  Exemptions.
30             No  fee  provided for herein shall be charged to any
31        unit of State or  local  government  or  school  district
32        unless  the Court orders another party to pay such fee on
33        its behalf. The fee requirements of  this  Section  shall
34        not  apply to police departments or other law enforcement
 
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 1        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
 2        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
 3        government  that  is  vested by law or ordinance with the
 4        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
 5        laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
 6        shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
 7        (b)  of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code by
 8        a private owner or tenant of real  property  within  1200
 9        feet  of  a dangerous or unsafe building seeking an order
10        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
11        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
12    (cc)  Adoptions.
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    (dd)  Adoption exemptions.
20             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (cc)
21        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
22        adoption proceeding.
23    (ee)  Additional Services.
24             Beginning July 1, 1993, the  clerk  of  the  circuit
25        court  may  provide  such  additional  services for which
26        there is no fee specified by statute in  connection  with
27        the  operation  of the clerk's office as may be requested
28        by the public and agreed to by  the  public  and  by  the
29        clerk  and  approved   by  the chief judge of the circuit
30        court.  Any charges for additional services shall  be  as
31        agreed  to  between  the  clerk  and the party making the
32        request and approved by the chief judge  of  the  circuit
33        court.   Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
34        require  any  clerk  to provide any service not otherwise
 
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 1        required by law.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 8-17-97;  90-796,  eff.  12-15-98;
 3    91-165,  eff.  7-16-99;  91-321,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357, eff.
 4    7-29-99; 91-612, eff. 10-1-99; revised 10-26-99.)

 5        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
 6        Sec. 27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
 7    in  all counties having a population in excess of 180,000 but
 8    not more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances  described
 9    in  this  Section  shall  be  as  provided  in  this Section.
10    However, counties having a population of  more  than  180,000
11    inhabitants  but  not  more  than  650,000 inhabitants may by
12    resolution of the county  board  provide  for  increased  fee
13    amounts  up  to  the  maximums listed in Section 27.2 of this
14    Act.  The fees shall be paid in advance and in the absence of
15    such a county board resolution, 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    (a-1)  Family.
 2             For  filing  a petition under the Juvenile Court Act
 3        of 1987, $25.
 4             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
 5             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
 6             For filing a petition under the  Illinois  Parentage
 7        Act of 1984, $40.
 8    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
 9             In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
10        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
11        claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
12        damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $40.
13        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
14        with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
15        $15,000, $150.
16    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
17             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
18        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
19        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
20        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
21        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
22        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
23        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
24        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
25        has been paid.
26    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
27             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
28        exceed  $1500,  $50.  When  the amount exceeds $1500, but
29        does not exceed $15,000, $115. When  the  amount  exceeds
30        $15,000, $200.
31    (e)  Appearance.
32             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
33        shall be $50, except as follows:
34                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
 
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 1             detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
 2                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
 3             exceed $1500, $20.
 4                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
 5             not exceed $15,000, $40.
 6    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
 7             In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
 8        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
 9        $1,000, $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
10        exceed  $5,000,  $20; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
11        $30.
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        $40.
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, $60.
27             (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
28        $20.
29    (h)  Mailing.
30             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
31        $6, plus the cost of postage.
32    (i)  Certified Copies.
33             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
34        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
 
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 1        cases, $10.
 2    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
 3             For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
 4        $80.
 5    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
 6             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
 7        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
 8        writing with the seal of office, $4.
 9             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
10        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
11             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
12        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
13             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
14        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20  cents
15        per page.
16             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
17        the clerk's files:
18                  (A)  First page, $2.
19                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
20                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
21    (l)  Remands.
22             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
23        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
24        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
25        case with either its original number or a new number. The
26        Clerk  shall not charge any new or additional fee for the
27        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
28        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
29        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
30        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
31        fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
32        remand.
33    (m)  Record Search.
34             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
 
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 1        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
 2        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
 3    (n)  Hard Copy.
 4             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
 5        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
 6        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
 7    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
 8             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
 9        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
10        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
11        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
12        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
13        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
14        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
15        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
16        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
17        Court.
18    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
19             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
20        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
21        a transcript of commitment proceedings  held  in  another
22        county, $25.
23    (q)  Alias Summons.
24             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
25        clerk, $4.
26    (r)  Other Fees.
27             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
28        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
29        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
30        Courts.
31             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
32        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
33        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
34        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 
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 1        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
 2        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
 3        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
 4        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
 5        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
 6        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
 7        otherwise required by law.
 8    (s)  Jury Services.
 9             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
10        to  other  fees  allowed by law, the sum of $192.50, as a
11        fee for the services of a jury in every civil action  not
12        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
13        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
14        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
15        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
16        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
17        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
18        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
19        tried by the court without a jury.
20    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
21             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
22        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
23        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
24        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
25        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
26        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
27        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
28        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
29        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
30        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
31        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
32        actions.
33    (u)  Expungement Petition.
34             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
 
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 1        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
 2        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
 3        arrest records.
 4    (v)  Probate.
 5        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
 6    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
 7    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
 8    release the costs payable under this subsection:
 9             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
10        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
11        $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
12        except:
13                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
14             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
15             $25.
16                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
17             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
18             probate without administration (including  proof  of
19             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
20             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
21             estate, the fee shall be $25.
22             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
23        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
24        except:
25                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
26             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
27             $25.
28                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
29             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
30             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
31             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
32             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
33             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
34             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
 
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 1             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
 2        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
 3        following fees are payable:
 4                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
 5             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
 6             $15.
 7                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
 8             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
 9             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
10             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
11             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
12             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
13             filing fee paid by the claimant.
14                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
15             or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
16             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
17             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
18             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
19             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
20             $40.
21                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
22             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
23             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
24             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
25             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
26                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
27             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
28             or persons, $10.
29                  (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50.
30                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
31             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
32             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
33             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
34             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
 
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 1             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
 2             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
 3             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
 4             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
 5                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
 6             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
 7             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
 8             document certified.
 9                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
10             for certification.
11             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
12        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
13        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
14        directly to the newspaper.
15             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
16        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
17        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
18        person entitled thereto.
19             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
20        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
21        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
22        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
23        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
24        the Probate Act of 1975.
25    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
26             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
27        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
28        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
29                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
30                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
31                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
32                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
33                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
34             $20.
 
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 1                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
 2                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
 3             $20.
 4                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
 5             $20.
 6                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
 7             whenever filed, $20.
 8                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
 9             whenever filed, $20.
10                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
11             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
12             State, $20.
13             (2)  In  counties  having  a population in excess of
14        180,000 but not more than 650,000 inhabitants,  when  the
15        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
16        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
17        each person convicted therein as follows:
18                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
19             $10.
20                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
21             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
22        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
23        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
24        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
25        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
26        $62.50 as a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
27        shall  be paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
28        or her jury demand.  If the fee is not  so  paid  by  the
29        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
30        tried by the court without a jury.
31    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
32             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
33        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
34        commencement of a new suit.
 
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 1    (y)  Change of Venue.
 2             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
 3        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
 4        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
 5             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
 6        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
 7        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
 8    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
 9             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
10        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
11        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on the
12        complaint, $25.
13    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
14             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
15        involved, $150.
16             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
17    (bb)  Collections.
18             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
19        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
20        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
21        collected and turned over.
22             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
23        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
24        earning of the office.
25             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
26        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
27        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
28             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
29        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
30        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
31        making  payment for maintaining child support records and
32        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
33        KIDS system and the recording of payments issued  by  the
34        State  Disbursement  Unit  for the official record of the
 
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 1        Court.  This fee shall be in  addition  to  and  separate
 2        from  amounts  ordered to be paid as maintenance or child
 3        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
 4        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
 5        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
 6        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
 7        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
 8        the  official  record of the Court. The clerk may recover
 9        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
10        payment   any  additional cost incurred in the collection
11        of this annual fee.
12             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
13        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
14        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
15        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
16        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
17    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
18             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
19        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
20        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
21        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
22        document, $15.
23    (dd)  Exceptions.
24             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
25        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
26        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
27        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
28        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
29        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
30        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
31        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
32             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
33        unit of local government or school district.
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 1        apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
 2        Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
 3        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
 4        of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an order
 5        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
 6        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
 7    (ee)  Adoptions.
 8             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
 9             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
10        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
11        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
12        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
13        Family Services.
14    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
15             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
16        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
17        adoption proceeding.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-466, eff. 8-17-97;  90-796,  eff.  12-15-98;
19    91-321, eff. 1-1-00; 91-612, eff. 10-1-99; revised 10-15-99.)

20        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
21        Sec.  27.2.  The  fees of the clerks of the circuit court
22    in all counties having a  population  in  excess  of  650,000
23    inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
24    instances  described  in this Section shall be as provided in
25    this Section.  In those instances where a minimum and maximum
26    fee is stated, counties with more  than  650,000  inhabitants
27    but  less  than 3,000,000 inhabitants must charge the minimum
28    fee listed in this Section and may charge up to  the  maximum
29    fee  if the county board has by resolution increased the fee.
30    In addition, the minimum fees  authorized  provided  in  this
31    Section  shall  apply  to  all  units of local government and
32    school  districts  in  counties  with  more  than   3,000,000
33    inhabitants.   The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be
 
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 1    as follows:
 2    (a)  Civil Cases.
 3             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
 4        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
 5        exceptions, shall be a minimum of $150 and a  maximum  of
 6        $190.
 7                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 8             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
 9             $250, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
10                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
11             exceed $1,000 $500, a minimum of $20 and  a  maximum
12             of $40.
13                  (C)  When  that  amount exceeds $1,000 $500 but
14             does not exceed  $2500,  a  minimum  of  $30  and  a
15             maximum of $50.
16                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
17             not exceed $5,000 $15,000, a minimum of  $75  and  a
18             maximum of $100.
19                  (D-5)  When  the amount exceeds $5,000 but does
20             not exceed $15,000, a minimum of $75 and  a  maximum
21             of $150.
22                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
23             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
24             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
25             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
26             assessment by a jury, $150.
27    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
28             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
29        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
30        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
31        damages or both in the  amount  of  $15,000  or  less,  a
32        minimum  of  $40 and a maximum of $75. When the plaintiff
33        unites his or her claim for possession with a  claim  for
34        rent  or  damages or both exceeding $15,000, a minimum of
 
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 1        $150 and a maximum of $225.
 2    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
 3             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
 4        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
 5        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
 6        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
 7        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
 8        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
 9        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
10        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
11        has been paid.
12    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
13             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
14        exceed $1500, a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $60. When
15        the amount exceeds $1500,  but  does  not  exceed  $5,000
16        $15,000,  $75  $115.  When the amount exceeds $5,000, but
17        does not exceed $15,000, $175.  When the  amount  exceeds
18        $15,000, a minimum of $200 and a maximum of $250.
19    (e)  Appearance.
20             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
21        shall be a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75, except as
22        follows:
23                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
24             detainer case seeks possession only,; a  minimum  of
25             $20 and a maximum of $40.
26                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
27             exceed $1500, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
28                  (C)  When the that amount in the  case  exceeds
29             $1500  but does not exceed $15,000, a minimum of $40
30             and a maximum of $60.
31    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
32             In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
33        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
34        $1,000, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15;  when  the
 
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 1        amount  exceeds  $1,000  but  does  not  exceed $5,000, a
 2        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $30; and when the  amount
 3        exceeds $5,000, a minimum of $30 and a maximum of $50.
 4    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
 5             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 6        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
 7        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
 8        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
 9        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
10        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
11        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
12        a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $50.
13             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
14        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
15        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
16        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
17        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
18        the entry of the judgment or order, a minimum of $60  and
19        a maximum of $75.
20             (3)  Petition  to vacate order of bond forfeiture, a
21        minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
22    (h)  Mailing.
23             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
24        a  minimum  of  $6 and a maximum of $10, plus the cost of
25        postage.
26    (i)  Certified Copies.
27             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
28        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
29        cases, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $15.
30    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
31             For filing a petition for relief by habeas corpus, a
32        minimum of $80 and a maximum of $125.
33    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
34             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
 
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 1        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
 2        writing  with  the  seal of office, a minimum of $4 and a
 3        maximum of $6.
 4             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 5        forwarded,  under  100  pages, plus delivery and costs, a
 6        minimum of $50 and a maximum of $75.
 7             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
 8        forwarded,  over  100  pages,  plus delivery and costs, a
 9        minimum of $120 and a maximum of $150.
10             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
11        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of a minimum
12        of 20 and a maximum of 25 cents per page.
13             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
14        the clerk's files:
15                  (A)  First page, $2.
16                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
17                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
18    (l)  Remands.
19             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
20        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
21        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
22        case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
23        The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
24        the  reinstatement.  Upon  reinstatement  the Clerk shall
25        advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
26        have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
27        reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
28        additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
29        trial after remand.
30    (m)  Record Search.
31             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
32        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
33        search fee of a minimum of $4 and a  maximum  of  $6  for
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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 a minimum of $4 and a
 5        maximum of $6.
 6    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
 7             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
 8        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
 9        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
10        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
11        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
12        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
13        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
14        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
15        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
16        Court.
17    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
18             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
19        Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, a minimum of
20        $25 and a maximum of $50.
21    (q)  Alias Summons.
22             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
23        clerk, a minimum of $4 and a maximum of $5.
24    (r)  Other Fees.
25             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
26        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
27        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
28        Courts.
29             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
30        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
31        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
32        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
33        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
34        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
 
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 1        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
 2        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
 3        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
 4        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
 5        otherwise required by law.
 6    (s)  Jury Services.
 7             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
 8        to other fees allowed by law, the sum  of  a  minimum  of
 9        $192.50  and  a  maximum  of  $212.50,  as  a fee for the
10        services  of  a  jury   in   every   civil   action   not
11        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
12        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
13        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
14        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
15        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
16        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
17        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
18        tried by the court without a jury.
19    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
20             For filing each  deed  of  voluntary  assignment,  a
21        minimum  of  $10  and a maximum of $20; for recording the
22        same, a minimum of 25¢ and a maximum of  $0.50  for  each
23        100  words.    Exceptions filed to claims presented to an
24        assignee of a debtor who has made a voluntary  assignment
25        for  the  benefit  of  creditors  shall be considered and
26        treated, for the purpose  of  taxing  costs  therein,  as
27        actions   in  which  the  party  or  parties  filing  the
28        exceptions  shall  be  considered  as  party  or  parties
29        plaintiff, and the claimant  or  claimants  as  party  or
30        parties  defendant,  and those parties respectively shall
31        pay to the clerk  the  same  fees  as  provided  by  this
32        Section to be paid in other actions.
33    (u)  Expungement Petition.
34             The  clerk  shall  be entitled to receive a fee of a
 
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 1        minimum of $30 and a maximum of $60 for each  expungement
 2        petition  filed  and an additional fee of a minimum of $2
 3        and a maximum of $4 for  each certified copy of an  order
 4        to expunge arrest records.
 5    (v)  Probate.
 6        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
 7    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
 8    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
 9    release the costs payable under this subsection:
10             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
11        (whether testate or intestate) or of a missing person,  a
12        minimum  of  $100  and  a  maximum of $150, plus the fees
13        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
14                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
15             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
16             minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
17                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
18             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
19             probate  without  administration (including proof of
20             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
21             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
22             estate,  the  fee  shall  be  a minimum of $25 and a
23             maximum of $40.
24             (2)  For administration of the estate of a  ward,  a
25        minimum  of  $50  and  a  maximum  of  $75, plus the fees
26        specified in subsection (v)(3), except:
27                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
28             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be a
29             minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40.
30                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
31             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
32             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
33             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
34             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 
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 1             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
 2             to  the  marriage  of  the  ward, the fee shall be a
 3             minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20.
 4             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
 5        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
 6        following fees are payable:
 7                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
 8             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
 9             a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25.
10                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
11             amount claimed is $150 or more but less than $500, a
12             minimum of $10 and a maximum of $20; when the amount
13             claimed is $500 or more but  less  than  $10,000,  a
14             minimum of $25 and a maximum of $40; when the amount
15             claimed  is  $10,000 or more, a minimum of $40 and a
16             maximum of $60; provided that the court in  allowing
17             a claim may add to the amount allowed the filing fee
18             paid by the claimant.
19                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
20             or  supplemental  proceeding   based  upon an action
21             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
22             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
23             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
24             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
25             a minimum of $40 and a maximum of $60.
26                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
27             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
28             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
29             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
30             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
31                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
32             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
33             or persons, a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $30.
34                  (F)  For each jury demand, a minimum of $102.50
 
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 1             and a maximum of $137.50.
 2                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
 3             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
 4             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
 5             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
 6             administration of the estate, a minimum of $30 and a
 7             maximum   of   $50,   less  any  amount  paid  under
 8             subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except that if the
 9             amount involved does not  exceed  $5,000,  the  fee,
10             including any amount paid under subsection (v)(1)(B)
11             or  (v)(2)(B),  shall  be  a  minimum  of  $10 and a
12             maximum of $20.
13                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
14             office,  of  court  order  or other certification, a
15             minimum of $1 and a maximum of $2, plus a minimum of
16             50¢ and a maximum of $1 per  page  in  excess  of  3
17             pages for the document certified.
18                  (I)  For  each exemplification, a minimum of $1
19             and a maximum of $2, plus the fee for certification.
20             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
21        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
22        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
23        directly to the newspaper.
24             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
25        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
26        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
27        person entitled thereto.
28             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
29        petitioner, or other interested person  or  his  attorney
30        shall  pay  to  the clerk all postage charges incurred by
31        the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
32        documents pursuant to the provisions of the  Probate  Act
33        of 1975.
34    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 
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 1             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
 2        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
 3        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 4                  (A)  Felony  complaints, a minimum of $80 and a
 5             maximum of $125.
 6                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, a minimum  of  $50
 7             and a maximum of $75.
 8                  (C)  Business  offense complaints, a minimum of
 9             $50 and a maximum of $75.
10                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, a minimum of $50
11             and a maximum of $75.
12                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
13             $20.
14                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
15                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders, a
16             minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
17                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
18             a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $30.
19                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
20             whenever  filed,  a  minimum of $20 and a maximum of
21             $30.
22                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
23             whenever filed, a minimum of $20 and  a  maximum  of
24             $25.
25                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
26             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
27             State, a minimum of $20 and a maximum of $40.
28             (2)  In counties having a population  of  more  than
29        650,000  but  fewer  than 3,000,000 inhabitants, when the
30        violation complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal  police
31        department,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to costs from
32        each person convicted therein as follows:
33                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
34             $10.
 
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 1                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
 2             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
 3        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
 4        receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
 5        court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
 6        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
 7        a minimum of $50 and a maximum of $112.50 as  a  fee  for
 8        the  services  of  a jury.  The jury fee shall be paid by
 9        the defendant at the time  of  filing  his  or  her  jury
10        demand.   If  the fee is not so paid by the defendant, no
11        jury shall be called, and the case shall be tried by  the
12        court without a jury.
13    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
14             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
15        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
16        commencement of new suit.
17    (y)  Change of Venue.
18             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
19        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
20        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
21             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
22        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
23        when  original  documents are forwarded, a minimum of $25
24        and a maximum of $40.
25    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
26             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
27        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
28        involved pertaining to the same taxpayer or the number of
29        taxpayers joining in the complaint, a minimum of $25  and
30        a maximum of $50.
31    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
32             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
33        involved, a minimum of $150 and a maximum of $250.
34             (2)  For each additional parcel,  add  a  fee  of  a
 
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 1        minimum of $50 and a maximum of $100.
 2    (bb)  Collections.
 3             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
 4        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
 5        support  cases,  a  sum  equal to a minimum of 2.5% and a
 6        maximum of 3.0% of the amount collected and turned over.
 7             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
 8        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
 9        earning of the office.
10             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
11        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
12        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
13             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
14        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
15        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
16        making payment for maintaining child support records  and
17        the processing of support orders to the State of Illinois
18        KIDS  system  and the recording of payments issued by the
19        State Disbursement Unit for the official  record  of  the
20        Court. This fee shall be in addition to and separate from
21        amounts  ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or child
22        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
23        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
24        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
25        by  the clerk to maintain child support orders and record
26        all payments issued by the State  Disbursement  Unit  for
27        the  official  record of the Court. The clerk may recover
28        from the person making the maintenance or  child  support
29        payment any additional cost incurred in the collection of
30        this annual fee.
31             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
32        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
33        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
34        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
 
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 1        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
 2    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
 3             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
 4        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
 5        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
 6        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
 7        document, a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $25.
 8    (dd)  Exceptions.
 9             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
10        to police departments or other law enforcement  agencies.
11        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
12        of  the  State  or  a  unit  of local government which is
13        vested by law or ordinance  with  the  duty  to  maintain
14        public  order and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances.
15        "Law enforcement agency" also means the Attorney  General
16        or  any  state's  attorney.  The fee requirements of this
17        Section shall not apply to any  action  instituted  under
18        subsection   (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the  Illinois
19        Municipal Code by a  private  owner  or  tenant  of  real
20        property  within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or unsafe
21        building seeking an order compelling the owner or  owners
22        of  the  building  to  take any of the actions authorized
23        under that subsection.
24    (ee)  Adoptions.
25             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
26             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
27        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
28        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
29        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
30        Family Services.
31    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
32             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
33        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
34        adoption proceeding.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A.  90-466,  eff.  8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98;
 2    91-321, eff. 1-1-00; 91-612, eff. 10-1-99; revised 10-15-99.)

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

21        (705 ILCS 105/27.5) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.5)
22        Sec. 27.5.  All fees, fines, costs, additional penalties,
23    bail  balances  assessed  or  forfeited, and any other amount
24    paid by a person to the circuit clerk that equals  an  amount
25    less  than $55, except restitution under Section 5-5-6 of the
26    Unified Code of Corrections, reimbursement for the  costs  of
27    an  emergency response as provided under Section 5-5-3 of the
28    Unified Code of Corrections, any fees collected for attending
29    a traffic safety program under paragraph (c) of Supreme Court
30    Rule 529, any fee collected on behalf of a  State's  Attorney
31    under  Section 4-2002 of the Counties Code or a sheriff under
32    Section 4-5001 of the Counties  Code,  or  any  cost  imposed
33    under  Section  124A-5  of  the Code of Criminal Procedure of
 
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 1    1963, for convictions, orders of supervision,  or  any  other
 2    disposition  for  a violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6, 11, and 12
 3    of the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a  similar  provision  of  a
 4    local  ordinance,  and  any  violation of the Child Passenger
 5    Protection Act, or a similar provision of a local  ordinance,
 6    fees  collected  for  electronic  monitoring, drug or alcohol
 7    testing  and  screening,  probation  fees  authorized   under
 8    Section  5-6-3  of  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections,  and
 9    supervision  fees  authorized  under  Section  5-6-3.1 of the
10    Unified Code of Corrections, shall  be  disbursed  within  60
11    days  after  receipt  by  the  circuit clerk as follows:  47%
12    shall be disbursed to the entity authorized by law to receive
13    the fine imposed in the case; 12% shall be disbursed  to  the
14    State  Treasurer;  and 41% shall be disbursed to the county's
15    general corporate fund. Of the 12%  disbursed  to  the  State
16    Treasurer, 1/6 shall be deposited by the State Treasurer into
17    the  Violent  Crime  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  1/2 shall be
18    deposited into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction  Surcharge
19    Fund,  and  1/3 shall be deposited into the Drivers Education
20    Fund.  For fiscal years 1992 and 1993, amounts deposited into
21    the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund,  the  Traffic  and
22    Criminal  Conviction Surcharge Fund, or the Drivers Education
23    Fund shall not exceed 110%  of  the  amounts  deposited  into
24    those funds in fiscal year 1991.  Any amount that exceeds the
25    110%  limit  shall  be  distributed as follows:  50% shall be
26    disbursed to the county's  general  corporate  fund  and  50%
27    shall be disbursed to the entity authorized by law to receive
28    the  fine imposed in the case. Not later than March 1 of each
29    year the circuit clerk shall submit a report of the amount of
30    funds remitted to the  State  Treasurer  under  this  Section
31    during the preceding year based upon independent verification
32    of  fines  and  fees.   All counties shall be subject to this
33    Section,  except  that  counties  with  a  population   under
34    2,000,000  may, by ordinance, elect not to be subject to this
 
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 1    Section.  For offenses subject to this Section, judges  shall
 2    impose  one  total  sum of money payable for violations.  The
 3    circuit clerk may add on no  additional  amounts  except  for
 4    amounts that are required by Sections 27.3a and 27.3c of this
 5    Act,  unless  those  amounts  are  specifically waived by the
 6    judge.  With respect to money collected by the circuit  clerk
 7    as  a  result  of  forfeiture  of  bail, ex parte judgment or
 8    guilty plea pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 529,  the  circuit
 9    clerk shall first deduct and pay amounts required by Sections
10    27.3a  and  27.3c  of  this Act. This Section is a denial and
11    limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection
12    (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-234, eff. 1-1-96.)

14        (705 ILCS 105/27.6)
15        Sec.  27.6.  (a)  All  fees,  fines,  costs,   additional
16    penalties, bail balances assessed or forfeited, and any other
17    amount  paid  by  a  person to the circuit clerk equalling an
18    amount of $55 or more, except the additional fee required  by
19    subsections  (b)  and (c), restitution under Section 5-5-6 of
20    the Unified Code of Corrections, reimbursement for the  costs
21    of  an  emergency response as provided under Section 5-5-3 of
22    the Unified Code  of  Corrections,  any  fees  collected  for
23    attending  a  traffic  safety  program under paragraph (c) of
24    Supreme Court Rule 529, any fee  collected  on  behalf  of  a
25    State's Attorney under Section 4-2002 of the Counties Code or
26    a  sheriff  under Section 4-5001 of the Counties Code, or any
27    cost imposed under Section 124A-5 of  the  Code  of  Criminal
28    Procedure of 1963, for convictions, orders of supervision, or
29    any  other  disposition  for a violation of Chapters 3, 4, 6,
30    11, and 12  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  or  a  similar
31    provision  of  a  local  ordinance,  and any violation of the
32    Child Passenger Protection Act, or a similar provision  of  a
33    local  ordinance,  fees  collected for electronic monitoring,
 
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 1    drug  or  alcohol  testing  and  screening,  probation   fees
 2    authorized  under  Section  5-6-3  of  the  Unified  Code  of
 3    Corrections,  and  supervision  fees authorized under Section
 4    5-6-3.1  of  the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections,  shall   be
 5    disbursed  within  60 days after receipt by the circuit clerk
 6    as  follows:   44.5%  shall  be  disbursed  to   the   entity
 7    authorized  by  law  to receive the fine imposed in the case;
 8    16.825% shall  be  disbursed  to  the  State  Treasurer;  and
 9    38.675%  shall be disbursed to the county's general corporate
10    fund. Of the 16.825% disbursed to the State  Treasurer,  2/17
11    shall  be  deposited  by the State Treasurer into the Violent
12    Crime Victims Assistance Fund, 5.052/17  shall  be  deposited
13    into the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund, 3/17
14    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Drivers  Education Fund, and
15    6.948/17 shall be deposited into the Trauma Center  Fund.  Of
16    the  6.948/17  deposited into the Trauma Center Fund from the
17    16.825% disbursed  to  the  State  Treasurer,  50%  shall  be
18    disbursed to the Department of Public Health and 50% shall be
19    disbursed  to  the  Department of Public Aid. For fiscal year
20    1993,  amounts  deposited  into  the  Violent  Crime  Victims
21    Assistance  Fund,  the  Traffic   and   Criminal   Conviction
22    Surcharge  Fund,  or  the  Drivers  Education  Fund shall not
23    exceed 110% of the amounts  deposited  into  those  funds  in
24    fiscal  year  1991.   Any  amount that exceeds the 110% limit
25    shall be distributed as follows:  50% shall be  disbursed  to
26    the   county's  general  corporate  fund  and  50%  shall  be
27    disbursed to the entity authorized by law to receive the fine
28    imposed in the case. Not later than March 1 of each year  the
29    circuit  clerk  shall  submit a report of the amount of funds
30    remitted to the State Treasurer under this Section during the
31    preceding year based upon independent verification  of  fines
32    and  fees.   All  counties  shall be subject to this Section,
33    except that counties with a population under  2,000,000  may,
34    by  ordinance,  elect not to be subject to this Section.  For
 
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 1    offenses subject to this Section,  judges  shall  impose  one
 2    total sum of money payable for violations.  The circuit clerk
 3    may  add on no additional amounts except for amounts that are
 4    required by Sections 27.3a and  27.3c  of  this  Act,  unless
 5    those  amounts  are  specifically  waived by the judge.  With
 6    respect to money collected by the circuit clerk as  a  result
 7    of  forfeiture  of  bail,  ex  parte  judgment or guilty plea
 8    pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 529, the circuit  clerk  shall
 9    first  deduct  and pay amounts required by Sections 27.3a and
10    27.3c of this Act. This Section is a denial and limitation of
11    home rule  powers  and  functions  under  subsection  (h)  of
12    Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
13        (b)  In  addition  to  any  other  fines  and court costs
14    assessed by the courts, any person convicted or receiving  an
15    order  of  supervision  for  driving  under  the influence of
16    alcohol or drugs shall pay an additional fee of  $25  to  the
17    clerk  of  the  circuit court.  This amount, less 2 1/2% that
18    shall be used to defray administrative costs incurred by  the
19    clerk, shall be remitted by the clerk to the Treasurer within
20    60  days  after  receipt  for  deposit into the Trauma Center
21    Fund.  This additional fee of $25 shall not be  considered  a
22    part  of  the  fine for purposes of any reduction in the fine
23    for time served either before or after sentencing.  Not later
24    than March 1 of each year the Circuit Clerk  shall  submit  a
25    report of the amount of funds remitted to the State Treasurer
26    under this subsection during the preceding calendar year.
27        (c)  In  addition  to  any  other  fines  and court costs
28    assessed by the courts, any person convicted for a  violation
29    of Sections 24-1.1, 24-1.2, or 24-1.5 of the Criminal Code of
30    1961  or  a  person sentenced for a violation of the Cannabis
31    Control Act or the Controlled  Substance  Act  shall  pay  an
32    additional  fee  of  $100  to the clerk of the circuit court.
33    This amount, less  2  1/2%  that  shall  be  used  to  defray
34    administrative costs incurred by the clerk, shall be remitted
 
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 1    by  the  clerk  to the Treasurer within 60 days after receipt
 2    for deposit into the Trauma Center Fund.  This additional fee
 3    of $100 shall not be  considered  a  part  of  the  fine  for
 4    purposes  of any reduction in the fine for time served either
 5    before or after sentencing.  Not later than March 1  of  each
 6    year the Circuit Clerk shall submit a report of the amount of
 7    funds  remitted  to the State Treasurer under this subsection
 8    during the preceding calendar year.
 9    (Source: P.A.  89-105,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-234,  eff.  1-1-96;
10    89-516, eff. 7-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

11        Section  95.  No  acceleration  or delay.  Where this Act
12    makes changes in a statute  that is represented in  this  Act
13    by  text  that  is not yet or no longer in effect, the use of
14    that  text does not accelerate or delay the taking effect  of
15    (i)  the changes made by this Act or  (ii) provisions derived
16    from any other Public Act.

17        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
18    July 1, 2001.".

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