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Public Act 91-0321

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    AN ACT in relation  to  juries,  amending  certain  named
Acts.

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

    Section 5.  The Counties  Code  is  amended  by  changing
Section 4-11001 as follows:

    (55 ILCS 5/4-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11001)
    Sec.  4-11001.  Juror  fees.  Per  diem and mileage. Each
county shall pay to grand and petit jurors for their services
in attending courts the sum of $4 for each day  of  necessary
attendance  at such courts as jurors in counties of the first
class, the sum of $5 for each day in counties of  the  second
class,  and  the  sum  of $10 for each day in counties of the
third class, or such higher amount as may  be  fixed  by  the
county  board.   In  all  counties,  the county board may fix
jurors fees at an amount not to exceed $15.50 for each  day's
service.
    In  addition, jurors shall receive such travel expense as
may be determined by the county board, provided  that  jurors
in counties of the first class and second class shall receive
at least 10 cents per mile for their travel expense.  The pay
and  travel expense shall be paid out of the county treasury.
Mileage shall be allowed for travel during a juror's term  as
well as for travel at the opening and closing of his term.
    If  a  judge  so  orders,  a  juror  shall  also  receive
reimbursement for the actual cost of day care incurred by the
juror during his or her service on a jury.
    The  juror fees for service, transportation, and day care
shall be paid out of the county treasury.
    The clerk of  the  court  shall  furnish  to  each  juror
without  fee  whenever  he is discharged a certificate of the
number of days' attendance at court,  and  upon  presentation
thereof  to  the  county treasurer, he shall pay to the juror
the sum provided for his service.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

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

    (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
    Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
all  counties  having  a population of 180,000 inhabitants or
less shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise  provided,
and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases
         (1)  All   civil  cases  except  as  otherwise
    provided...........................................   $40
         (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
(b)  Family
         (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,  filing
    transcript   of   commitment  proceedings  held  in
    another county, and cases under the Juvenile  Court
    Act of 1987........................................   $25
         (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
         (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
         (4)  Paternity................................   $40
(c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal
         (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
         (2)  Each  person  convicted of a misdemeanor,
    leaving  scene  of  an  accident,   driving   while
    intoxicated,   reckless  driving  or  drag  racing,
    driving  when   license   revoked   or   suspended,
    overweight,  or no interstate commerce certificate,
    or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
         (3)  Each  person  convicted  of  a   business
    offense............................................   $25
         (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
         (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
    ordinance            violation,           including
    without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
    court  supervision:
              (i)  For each offense....................   $10
              (ii)  For  each  notice   sent   to   the
    defendant's   last   known   address   pursuant  to
    subsection (c) of Section 6-306.4 of  the  Illinois
    Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
              (iii)  For   each   notice  sent  to  the
    Secretary of State pursuant to  subsection  (c)  of
    Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
         (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
         (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
         (8)  In  ordinance  violation cases punishable
    by fine only, the clerk of the circuit court  shall
    be  entitled  to receive, unless the fee is excused
    upon a finding by the court that the  defendant  is
    indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
    allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $62.50 $50 as
    a  fee  for  the  services of a jury.  The jury fee
    shall be paid by  the  defendant  at  the  time  of
    filing  his  or her jury demand.  If the fee is not
    so paid by the defendant, no jury shall be  called,
    and  the case shall be tried by the court without a
    jury.
(d)  Other Civil Cases
         (1)  Money or personal property  claimed  does
    not exceed $500....................................   $10
         (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
         (3)  Exceeds  $10,000, when relief in addition
    to or supplemental to recovery of  money  alone  is
    sought  in  an  action to recover personal property
    taxes or retailers occupational tax  regardless  of
    amount claimed.....................................   $45
         (4)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall be
    entitled to receive,  in  addition  to  other  fees
    allowed by law, the sum of $62.50 $50, as a fee for
    the  services  of  a jury in every civil action not
    quasi-criminal in its nature and not  a  proceeding
    for  the  exercise  of the right of eminent domain,
    and in every equitable action wherein the right  of
    trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The jury
    fee shall be paid by the party demanding a jury  at
    the  time of filing his jury demand.  If such a fee
    is not paid by  either  party,  no  jury  shall  be
    called  in the action, suit, or proceeding, and the
    same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
(e)  Confession of judgment and answer
         (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
         (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
(f)  Auxiliary Proceedings
         Any  auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to   the
    collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
    garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
(g)  Forcible entry and detainer
         (1)  For  possession  only  or  possession and
    rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
         (2)  For possession  and  rent  in  excess  of
    $10,000............................................   $40
(h)  Eminent Domain
         (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
         (2)  For  each  and every lot or tract of land
    or  right  or  interest  therein  subject   to   be
    condemned,  the  damages  in respect to which shall
    require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
(i)  Reinstatement
         Each case including petition for  modification
    of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
    30  days  after  the  entry of a judgment or order,
    except in forcible entry  and  detainer  cases  and
    small  claims  and  except  a  petition  to modify,
    terminate, or enforce  a  judgement  or  order  for
    child  or spousal support or to modify, suspend, or
    terminate an order  for  withholding,  petition  to
    vacate   judgment   of   dismissal   for   want  of
    prosecution whenever filed, petition to  reopen  an
    estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
(j)  Probate
         (1)  Administration   of  decedent's  estates,
    whether testate or intestate, guardianships of  the
    person  or  estate  or both of a person under legal
    disability, guardianships of the person  or  estate
    or  both of a minor or minors, or petitions to sell
    real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
         (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
    personal property of  an  estate  does  not  exceed
    $5,000.............................................   $25
         (3)  At  any time during the administration of
    the estate, however, at the request of  the  Clerk,
    the  Court  shall  examine the record of the estate
    and the personal representative  to  determine  the
    total  value  of  the real and personal property of
    the estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000  shall
    order  the  payment  of  an  additional  fee in the
    amount of..........................................   $40
         (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
         (5)  Issuing  letters  only  for   a   certain
    specific reason other than the administration of an
    estate, including but not limited to the release of
    mortgage;  the  issue of letters of guardianship in
    order that consent to marriage may  be  granted  or
    for  some  other specific reason other than for the
    care of  property  or  person;  proof  of  heirship
    without  administration;  or  when  a will is to be
    admitted to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to  be
    settled without administration.....................   $10
         (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
    matter  other  than  a routine claim is filed in an
    estate,  the  required  additional  fee  shall   be
    charged for such filing............................   $45
(k)  Change of Venue
         From a court, the charge is the same amount as
    the  original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee for
    preparation and certification of record  on  change
    of  venue,  when  original  documents or copies are
    forwarded..........................................   $10
(l)  Answer,   adverse    pleading,    or    appearance
                               In civil cases..........   $15
         With the following exceptions:
         (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
         (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
         (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
         (4)  Court    appeals   when   documents   are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
    over 200...........................................   10¢
(m)  Tax objection complaints
         For  each  tax  objection complaint containing
    one or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of  the
    number   of  parcels  involved  or  the  number  of
    taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
(n)  Tax deed
         (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
    is involved........................................   $45
         (2)  For each additional parcel  involved,  an
    additional fee of..................................   $10
(o)  Mailing Notices and Processes
         (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
    mail as first class mail...........................    $2
         (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
    required  to  mail by certified or registered mail,
    the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
(p)  Certification or Authentication
         (1)  Each certification or authentication  for
    taking  the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or other
    instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
         (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
         (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
         (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
    over 200...........................................   10¢
(q)  Reproductions
         Each   record  of  proceedings  and  judgment,
    whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
    copies of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all  other
    instruments, documents, records, or papers:
              (1)  First page..........................    $1
              (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
              (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
(r)  Counterclaim
         When  any  defendant  files  a counterclaim as
    part of his or her answer or otherwise,   or  joins
    another  party as a third party defendant, or both,
    he  or  she  shall  pay  a  fee   for   each   such
    counterclaim  or  third  party  action in an amount
    equal to the fee he or she would have  had  to  pay
    had  he  or  she  brought a separate action for the
    relief sought in the counterclaim  or  against  the
    third  party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of the
    appearance fee, if that has been paid.
(s)  Transcript of Judgment
         From  a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if   case
    originally filed.
(t)  Publications
         The cost of publication shall be paid directly
    to   the   publisher  by  the  person  seeking  the
    publication, whether the clerk is required  by  law
    to publish, or the parties to the action.
(u)  Collections
         (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
    except   the   State   and  County  and  except  in
    maintenance or child support cases, a sum equal  to
    2% of the amount collected and turned over.
         (2)  In  any  cases  remanded  to  the Circuit
    Court from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the  Appellate
    Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
    reinstate  the case with either its original number
    or a new number.  The Clerk shall  not  charge  any
    new  or additional fee for the reinstatement.  Upon
    reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
    the reinstatement.  A party  shall  have  the  same
    right  to  a jury trial on remand and reinstatement
    as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
    additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
    jury trial after remand.
         (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
    the Clerk may deduct from each  payment  an  amount
    equal  to  the  United States postage to be used in
    mailing the maintenance or child support  check  to
    the  recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk shall
    collect an annual fee of up to $36 from the  person
    making   such   payment   for   administering   the
    collection  and  distribution  of  maintenance  and
    child  support  payments.  Such  sum  shall  be  in
    addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
    paid  as  maintenance or child support and shall be
    deposited  in  a  separate  Maintenance  and  Child
    Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
    the custodian, ex officio, to be used by the  Clerk
    to further maintenance and child support collection
    efforts  in  his  office.  Unless  paid  in cash or
    pursuant to an order for withholding,  the  payment
    of  the  fee shall be by a separate instrument from
    the support payment and shall be made to the  order
    of the Clerk. The Clerk may recover from the person
    making the maintenance or child support payment any
    additional  cost incurred in the collection of this
    annual fee.
         The Clerk shall also be entitled to a  fee  of
    $5  for  certifications  made  to  the Secretary of
    State as provided in Section 7-703  of  the  Family
    Financial  Responsibility  Law and these fees shall
    also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
    Child Support Collection Fund.
(v)  Correction of Cases
         For correcting the case number or  case  title
    on  any document filed in his office, to be charged
    against the party that filed the document..........   $10
(w)  Record Search
         For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
(x)  Printed Output
         For each page of hard copy print output,  when
    case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
(y)  Alias Summons
         For each alias summons issued.................    $2
(z)  Expungement of Records
         For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
(aa)  Other Fees
         Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
    rule  or  administrative order of the Circuit Court, with
    the approval of the Supreme Court.
(bb)  Exemptions
         No fee provided for herein shall be charged  to  any
    unit  of  State  or  local  government or school district
    unless the Court orders another party to pay such fee  on
    its  behalf.  The  fee requirements of this Section shall
    not apply to police departments or other law  enforcement
    agencies.    In  this  Section,  "law enforcement agency"
    means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
    government that is vested by law or  ordinance  with  the
    duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
    laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
    shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
    (b) of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code  by
    a  private  owner  or tenant of real property within 1200
    feet of a dangerous or unsafe building seeking  an  order
    compelling  the  owner  or owners of the building to take
    any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
(cc)  Adoptions
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
    adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
    term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(dd)  Adoption exemptions
         No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (cc)
    shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
    adoption proceeding.
(ee)  Additional Services
         Beginning  July  1,  1993,  the clerk of the circuit
    court may provide  such  additional  services  for  which
    there  is  no fee specified by statute in connection with
    the operation of the clerk's office as may  be  requested
    by  the  public  and  agreed  to by the public and by the
    clerk and approved  by the chief  judge  of  the  circuit
    court.   Any  charges for additional services shall be as
    agreed to between the clerk  and  the  party  making  the
    request  and  approved  by the chief judge of the circuit
    court.  Nothing in this subsection shall be as agreed  to
    between  the  clerk  and  the  party  making the request.
    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to  require
    any  clerk  to provide any service not otherwise required
    by law.
(Source:  P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
90-466,  eff.  8-17-97;  90-796,   eff.   12-15-98;   revised
12-31-98.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
    Sec.  27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
in all counties having a population in excess of 180,000  but
not  more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances described
in this Section shall be as provided in  this  Section.   The
fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
    pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
    exceptions, shall be $150.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
         $250, $10.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed $500, $20.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
         exceed $2500, $30.
              (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
         not exceed $15,000, $75.
              (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
         damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
(a-1)  Family.
         For filing a petition under the Juvenile  Court  Act
    of 1987, $25.
         For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
         For performing a marriage in court, $10.
         For  filing  a petition under the Illinois Parentage
    Act of 1984, $40.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
    damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
    When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
    with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
    $15,000, $150.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
    his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
    amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
    had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
    sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
    does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
    $15,000, $200.
(e)  Appearance.
         The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
    shall be $50, except as follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
              (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
         exceed $1500, $20.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
         not exceed $15,000, $40.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
    and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
    $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
    exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
    $30.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
    cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
    estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
    before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
    $40.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
    terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
    spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
    order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
    the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
         (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
    $20.
(h)  Mailing.
         When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
    $6, plus the cost of postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
    except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
    cases, $10.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
    $80.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
    writing with the seal of office, $4.
         (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
         (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
         (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
    per page.
         (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
    case with either its original number or a new number. The
    Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
    reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
    the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
    same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
    he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
    fee  or  charge  shall  be  made  for  a jury trial after
    remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
    municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
    search fee of $4 for each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
    records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
    shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
    plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
    inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
    Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
    dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
    a  transcript  of  commitment proceedings held in another
    county, $25.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
    clerk, $4.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
    additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
    by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
    clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
    shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
    to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $192.50 $180, as
    a fee for the services of a jury in  every  civil  action
    not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
    the  exercise of the right of eminent domain and in every
    other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
    be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
    demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
    If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
    called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
    for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
    Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
    debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
    benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
    the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
    the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
    considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
    claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
    those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
    same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
    actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
    for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
    of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
    arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
    The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
release the costs payable under this subsection:
         (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
    (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
    $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
         $25.
              (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
         (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
         probate without administration (including  proof  of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a  particular  purpose without administration of the
         estate, the fee shall be $25.
         (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
    $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
         $25.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
         estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
         estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
         to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
         (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
    subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         $15.
              (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
         amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
         $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
         less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
         $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
         allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
         filing fee paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
         seeking  equitable relief including the construction
         or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
         make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
         trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
         $40.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
         (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
         or persons, $10.
              (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50 $90.
              (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
         judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
         wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
         action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
         administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
         paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
         that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
         the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
         (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
              (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
         office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
         plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
         document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
         for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
    attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
    miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
    attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
    incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
    notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
    the Probate Act of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
    criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
              (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
              (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $20.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
              (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
         $20.
              (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
         $20.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, $20.
         (2)  In  counties  having  a population in excess of
    180,000 but not more than 650,000 inhabitants,  when  the
    violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
    department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
    each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $10.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
    court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    $62.50 $50 as a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury
    fee  shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing
    his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
    defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of a new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
    of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, $25.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
    more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
    involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on  the
    complaint, $25.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
    involved, $150.
         (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
    State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
    support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
    collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
    shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
    returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
    making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
    distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
    This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
    amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
    support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
    the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
    by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
    his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
    making  the  maintenance  or  child  support payment  any
    additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
    fee.
         The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
    Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
    attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
    rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
    office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
    document, $15.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
    apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
    agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
    means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
    government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
    duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
    laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
    the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
         (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
    unit of local government or school district.
         (3)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
    apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
    Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
    private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
    of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an order
    compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
    any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoptions.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
    adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
    term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
    shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
    adoption proceeding.
(Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
    Sec.  27.2.  The  fees of the clerks of the circuit court
in all counties having a  population  in  excess  of  650,000
inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
instances  described  in this Section shall be as provided in
this Section.  In addition, the fees provided in this Section
shall apply to all  units  of  local  government  and  school
districts  in  counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
    pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
    exceptions, shall be $150.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
         $250, $10.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed $500, $20.
              (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
         exceed $2500, $30.
              (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
         not exceed $15,000, $75.
              (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
         damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
    damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $40.
    When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
    with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
    $15,000, $150.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
    his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
    amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
    had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
    sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed  $1500,  $50.  When  the amount exceeds $1500, but
    does not exceed $15,000, $115. When  the  amount  exceeds
    $15,000, $200.
(e)  Appearance.
         The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
    shall be $50, except as follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only; $20.
              (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
         exceed $1500, $20.
              (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
         not exceed $15,000, $40.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
    and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
    $1,000, $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
    exceed  $5,000,  $20; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
    $30.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
    cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
    estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
    before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
    $40.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
    terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
    spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
    order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
    the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
         (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
    $20.
(h)  Mailing.
         When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
    $6, plus the cost of postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
    except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
    cases, $10.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
    $80.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
    writing with the seal of office, $4.
         (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
         (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
         (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20  cents
    per page.
         (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
    case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
    The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
    the  reinstatement.  Upon  reinstatement  the Clerk shall
    advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
    have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
    reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
    additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
    trial after remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
    municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
    search fee of $4 for each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
    records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
    shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
    plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
    inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
    Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
    dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $25.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
    clerk, $4.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
    additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
    by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
    clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
    shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
    to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $192.50 $180, as
    a  fee  for  the services of a jury in every civil action
    not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
    the exercise of the right of eminent domain and in  every
    other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
    be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
    demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
    If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
    called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $10;
    for  recording  the  same,  25¢  for  each   100   words.
    Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
    debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
    benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
    the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
    the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
    considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
    claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
    those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
    same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
    actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $30
    for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
    of  $2  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
    arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
    The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
release the costs payable under this subsection:
         (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
    (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
    $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
         $25.
              (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
         (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
         probate  without  administration (including proof of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a particular purpose without administration  of  the
         estate, the fee shall be $25.
         (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
    $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
         $25.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
         estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
         estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
         to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
         (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
    subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         $15.
              (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
         amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
         $10;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
         less than $10,000, $25; when the amount  claimed  is
         $10,000  or  more,  $40;  provided that the court in
         allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
         filing fee paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or  supplemental  proceeding   based  upon an action
         seeking equitable relief including the  construction
         or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
         make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
         trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
         $40.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
         (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
         or persons, $10.
              (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50 $90.
              (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
         judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
         wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
         action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
         administration  of  the estate, $30, less any amount
         paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
         that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
         the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
         (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
              (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
         office, of court order or other  certification,  $1,
         plus  50¢  per  page  in  excess  of 3 pages for the
         document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
         for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
    attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
    miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested person  or  his  attorney
    shall  pay  to  the clerk all postage charges incurred by
    the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
    documents pursuant to the provisions of the  Probate  Act
    of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
    criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
              (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
              (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $20.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
              (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
         $20.
              (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
         $20.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever filed, $20.
              (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, $20.
         (2)  In counties having a population  of  more  than
    650,000  but  fewer  than 3,000,000 inhabitants, when the
    violation complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal  police
    department,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to costs from
    each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $10.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
    court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    $50 as a fee for the services of a jury.   The  jury  fee
    shall  be paid by the defendant at the time of filing his
    or her jury demand.  If the fee is not  so  paid  by  the
    defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
    of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, $25.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
    more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
    involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
    complaint, $25.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
    involved, $150.
         (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
    State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
    support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
    collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
    shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
    returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
    making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
    distribution  of  maintenance and child support payments.
    This fee shall  be  in  addition  to  and  separate  from
    amounts  ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or child
    support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
    Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
    the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
    by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
    his  or her office. The clerk may recover from the person
    making the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment  any
    additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
    fee.
         The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
    Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
    attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
    rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
    office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
    document, $15.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
    to police departments or other law enforcement  agencies.
    In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
    of  the  State  or  a  unit  of local government which is
    vested by law or ordinance  with  the  duty  to  maintain
    public  order and to enforce criminal laws or ordinances.
    "Law enforcement agency" also means the Attorney  General
    or  any  state's  attorney.  The fee requirements of this
    Section shall not apply to any  action  instituted  under
    subsection   (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the  Illinois
    Municipal Code by a  private  owner  or  tenant  of  real
    property  within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or unsafe
    building seeking an order compelling the owner or  owners
    of  the  building  to  take any of the actions authorized
    under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoptions.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
    adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
    term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
    shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
    adoption proceeding.
(Source: P.A.   89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

    (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
    Sec. 27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
in  all  counties  having  a  population of 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants in the instances described in this Section  shall
be  as  provided  in this Section.  The fees shall be paid in
advance and shall be as follows:
(a)  Civil Cases.
         The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
    pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
    exceptions, shall be $190.
              (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
         value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
         $250, $15.
              (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
         exceed $1000, $40.
              (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1000 but does
         not exceed $2500, $50.
              (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
         not exceed $5000, $100.
              (E)  When  that  amount  exceeds $5000 but does
         not exceed $15,000, $150.
              (F)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
         For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
         interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
         damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
         assessment by a jury, $150.
(b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
         In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
    plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
    claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
    damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $75.
    When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
    with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
    $15,000, $225.
(c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
         When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
    his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
    a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
    a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
    amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
    had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief



    sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
    defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
    has been paid.
(d)  Confession of Judgment.
         In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
    exceed  $1500,  $60.   When the amount exceeds $1500, but
    does not exceed $5000,  $75.   When  the  amount  exceeds
    $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
    exceeds $15,000, $250.
(e)  Appearance.
         The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
    shall be $75, except as follows:
              (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
         detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
              (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
         exceed $1500, $40.
              (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
         not exceed $15,000, $60.
(f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
         In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
    and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
    $1,000, $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
    exceed  $5,000,  $30; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
    $50.
(g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
         (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
    cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
    estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
    order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
    suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
    before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
    $50.
         (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
    or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
    terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
    spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
    order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
    the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
         (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
    $40.
(h)  Mailing.
         When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
    $10, plus the cost of postage.
(i)  Certified Copies.
         Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
    except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
    cases, $15.
(j)  Habeas Corpus.
         For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
    $125.
(k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
         (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
    the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
    writing with the seal of office, $6.
         (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
         (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
    forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
         (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
    forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25  cents
    per page.
         (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
    the clerk's files:
              (A)  First page, $2.
              (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
              (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
(l)  Remands.
         In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
    Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
    clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
    case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
    The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
    the  reinstatement.   Upon  reinstatement the Clerk shall
    advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
    have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
    reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
    additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
    trial after remand.
(m)  Record Search.
         For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
    municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
    search fee of $6 for each year searched.
(n)  Hard Copy.
         For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
    records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
    shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
(o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
         No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
    plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
    inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
    records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
    when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
    be charged for management records, multiple case records,
    and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
    Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
    dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
    Court.
(p)  Commitment Petitions.
         For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
    Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
(q)  Alias Summons.
         For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
    clerk, $5.
(r)  Other Fees.
         Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
    rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
    the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
    Courts.
         The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
    additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
    by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
    clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
    agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
    the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
    shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
    making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
    circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
    construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
    otherwise required by law.
(s)  Jury Services.
         The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
    to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $212.50 $200, as
    a  fee  for  the services of a jury in every civil action
    not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
    the exercise of the right of eminent domain and in  every
    other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
    be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
    demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
    If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
    called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
    tried by the court without a jury.
(t)  Voluntary Assignment.
         For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $20;
    for  recording  the  same,  50¢  for  each   100   words.
    Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
    debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
    benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
    the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
    the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
    considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
    claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
    those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
    same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
    actions.
(u)  Expungement Petition.
         The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $60
    for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
    of  $4  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
    arrest records.
(v)  Probate.
    The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
release the costs payable under this subsection:
         (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
    (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
    $150, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
         property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
         $40.
              (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
         (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
         probate  without  administration (including proof of
         heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
         a particular purpose without administration  of  the
         estate, the fee shall be $40.
         (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
    $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
    except:
              (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
         property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
         $40.
              (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
         guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
         estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
         estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
         estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
         a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
         to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
         (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
    subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
    following fees are payable:
              (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
         account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
         $25.
              (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
         amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
         $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
         less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
         $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
         allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
         filing fee paid by the claimant.
              (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
         or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
         seeking equitable relief including the  construction
         or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
         make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
         trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
         $60.
              (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
         of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
         appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
         administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
         litem, or special administrator, no fee.
              (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
         (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
         or persons, $30.
              (F)  For each jury demand, $137.50 $125.
              (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
         judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
         wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
         action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
         administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
         paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
         that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
         the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
         (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
              (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
         office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
         plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
         document certified.
              (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
         for certification.
         (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
    attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
    directly to the newspaper.
         (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
    for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
    miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
    person entitled thereto.
         (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
    petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
    attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
    incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
    notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
    the Probate Act of 1975.
(w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
         (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
    criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
    convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
              (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
              (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
              (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
              (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
              (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $30.
              (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
              (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
         $40.
              (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
         $30.
              (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
         whenever filed, $30.
              (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
         whenever filed, $25.
              (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
         "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
         State, $40.
         (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
    more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
    municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
    to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
              (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
         $30.
              (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
         (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
    only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
    receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
    court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
    other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
    $112.50  $100  as  a fee for the services of a jury.  The
    jury fee shall be paid by the defendant at  the  time  of
    filing his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid
    by  the  defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case
    shall be tried by the court without a jury.
(x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
         For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
    clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
    commencement of a new suit.
(y)  Change of Venue.
         (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
    of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
    if it were the commencement of a new suit.
         (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
    of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
    when original documents are forwarded, $40.
(z)  Tax objection complaints.
         For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
    more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
    involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
    complaint, $50.
(aa)  Tax Deeds.
         (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
    involved, $250.
         (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
(bb)  Collections.
         (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
    State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
    support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
    collected and turned over.
         (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
    shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
    earning of the office.
         (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
    returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
    closed, or payment stopped, $25.
         (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
    clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
    may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
    making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
    distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
    This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
    amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
    support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
    Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
    the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
    by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
    his or her office.  The clerk may recover from the person
    making the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment  any
    additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
    fee.
         The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
    certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
    in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
    Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
    Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
(cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
         For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
    attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
    rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
    office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
    document, $25.
(dd)  Exceptions.
         (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
    apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
    agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
    means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
    government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
    duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
    laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
    the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
         (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
    unit  of  local  government  or  school district. The fee
    requirements of this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any
    action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
    of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by a private owner or
    tenant of real property within 1200 feet of  a  dangerous
    or  unsafe building seeking an order compelling the owner
    or owners of the building to  take  any  of  the  actions
    authorized under that subsection.
(ee)  Adoption.
         (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
         (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
    adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
    term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
    ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
    Family Services.
(ff)  Adoption exemptions.
         No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
    shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
    adoption proceeding.
(Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

    Section  15.   The  Jury Secrecy Act is amended by adding
Section 2 as follows:

    (705 ILCS 315/2 new)
    Sec. 2. Secrecy  of  jury.   A  judge  may  prohibit  the
release  to  the  public  of the name of any member of a jury
sitting in a court over which the judge presides if the judge
finds that there would be a reasonable threat of harm to  the
juror if his or her name were released.

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