093_HB3140

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to counties.

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

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

 6        (55 ILCS 5/4-12002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)
 7        Sec.  4-12002.  Fees of recorder in third class counties.
 8    The fees of the recorder in counties of the third  class  for
 9    recording  deeds  or other instruments in writing and maps of
10    plats  of  additions,  subdivisions  or  otherwise,  and  for
11    certifying copies of records, shall be paid  in  advance  and
12    shall be as follows:
13        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments  other than
14    mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, or other  instruments
15    securing an indebtedness in the nature of a mortgage, $20 for
16    the  first  2 pages thereof, plus $2 for each additional page
17    thereof.  For recording  mortgages,  trust  deeds,  deeds  of
18    trust,  or  other instruments securing an indebtedness in the
19    nature of a mortgage, $40 for the first 2 pages, plus $2  for
20    each  additional page.  For recording a full or final release
21    or satisfaction of a mortgage, trust deed, deed of trust,  or
22    other  instrument securing an indebtedness in the nature of a
23    mortgage or a certificate  of  release,  there  shall  be  no
24    additional  charge if the document being released is recorded
25    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the  93rd
26    General  Assembly.  Except  for  releases as provided in this
27    Section, the aggregate minimum  fee  for  recording  any  one
28    instrument shall not be less than $20.
29        For  recording  deeds  or  other  instruments wherein the
30    premises affected thereby are referred to by document  number
31    and  not by legal description the recorder shall charge a fee
 
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 1    of $4 in addition to that hereinabove referred  to  for  each
 2    document number therein noted.
 3        For  recording  deeds  or  other instruments wherein more
 4    than  one  tract,  parcel  or  lot  is  described  and   such
 5    additional  tract,  or tracts, parcel or parcels, lot or lots
 6    is or are described therein  as  falling  in  a  separate  or
 7    different  addition  or subdivision the recorder shall charge
 8    as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of  $2
 9    for  each  additional  addition or subdivision referred to in
10    such deed or instrument.
11        For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or
12    otherwise (including the spreading of the same of  record  in
13    well  bound books) $100 plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot
14    contained therein.
15        For certified copies of records  the  same  fees  as  for
16    recording,  but in no case shall the fee for a certified copy
17    of a map or plat of an  addition,  subdivision  or  otherwise
18    exceed $200.
19        For  filing  of  each  release of any chattel mortgage or
20    trust deed which has been filed  but  not  recorded  and  for
21    indexing  the  same  in  the book to be kept for that purpose
22    $10.
23        For processing the sworn or affirmed  statement  required
24    for filing a deed or assignment of a beneficial interest in a
25    land  trust  in  accordance with Section 3-5020 of this Code,
26    $2.
27        The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount
28    equal to the fee otherwise provided by law, for  recording  a
29    document  (other  than a document filed under the Plat Act or
30    the Uniform Commercial Code) that does  not  conform  to  the
31    following standards:
32             (1)  The  document  shall  consist  of  one  or more
33        individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches,  not
34        permanently  bound  and  not  a continuous form.  Graphic
 
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 1        displays accompanying a  document  to  be  recorded  that
 2        measure  up  to  11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded
 3        without charging an additional fee.
 4             (2)  The document shall be legibly printed in  black
 5        ink,  by  hand,  type, or computer.  Signatures and dates
 6        may be in  contrasting  colors  if  they  will  reproduce
 7        clearly.
 8             (3)  The  document  shall  be  on white paper of not
 9        less than 20-pound weight and shall have a  clean  margin
10        of  at  least  one-half  inch on the top, the bottom, and
11        each side.  Margins may be used  only  for  non-essential
12        notations  that  will  not  affect  the  validity  of the
13        document, including but not limited to form numbers, page
14        numbers, and customer notations.
15             (4)  The first page of the document shall contain  a
16        blank  space,  measuring  at  least 3 inches by 5 inches,
17        from the upper right corner.
18             (5)  The document  shall  not  have  any  attachment
19        stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.
20    A document that does not conform to these standards shall not
21    be  recorded  except  upon  payment  of  the  additional  fee
22    required under this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by
23    this  amendatory Act of 1995, applies only to documents dated
24    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.
25        The fee requirements of this Section apply  to  units  of
26    local government and school districts.
27        Regardless  of  any  other provision in this Section, the
28    maximum fee that may be  collected  from  the  Department  of
29    Revenue  for  filing  or indexing a lien, certificate of lien
30    release or subordination, or any  other  type  of  notice  or
31    other  documentation  affecting  or  concerning a lien is $5.
32    Regardless of  any  other  provision  in  this  Section,  the
33    maximum  fee  that  may  be  collected from the Department of
34    Revenue for indexing each additional name in  excess  of  one
 
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 1    for  any  lien, certificate of lien release or subordination,
 2    or any other type of notice or other documentation  affecting
 3    or concerning a lien is $1.
 4    (Source: P.A. 92-492, eff. 1-1-02.)

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.