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90_HB1258eng

      705 ILCS 105/27.1         from Ch. 25, par. 27.1
      705 ILCS 105/27.1a        from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a
      705 ILCS 105/27.2         from Ch. 25, par. 27.2
      705 ILCS 105/27.2a        from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a
          Amends the Clerks of Courts Act.  Provides that  a  clerk
      of   a  circuit  court  may  recover  from  a  person  making
      maintenance or child support  payments  any  additional  cost
      incurred  in  the  collection  of  the  annual  $36  fee  for
      administering   the  collection  and  distribution  of  these
      payments.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Clerks  of  Courts  Act  by  changing
 2    Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a as follows:
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a as follows:
 7        (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
 8        Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
 9    all  counties  having  a population of 180,000 inhabitants or
10    less shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise  provided,
11    and shall be as follows:
12    (a)  Civil Cases
13             (1)  All   civil  cases  except  as  otherwise
14        provided...........................................   $40
15             (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
16    (b)  Family
17             (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
18        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code,  filing
19        transcript   of   commitment  proceedings  held  in
20        another county, and cases under the Juvenile  Court
21        Act of 1987........................................   $25
22             (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
23             (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
24             (4)  Paternity................................   $40
25    (c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal
26             (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
27             (2)  Each  person  convicted of a misdemeanor,
28        leaving  scene  of  an  accident,   driving   while
29        intoxicated,   reckless  driving  or  drag  racing,
30        driving  when   license   revoked   or   suspended,
31        overweight,  or no interstate commerce certificate,
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 1        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
 2             (3)  Each  person  convicted  of  a   business
 3        offense............................................   $25
 4             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
 5             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
 6        ordinance violation, including
 7    without   limitation  when  the  disposition  is  court
 8        supervision:
 9                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
10                  (ii)  For  each  notice   sent   to   the
11        defendant's   last   known   address   pursuant  to
12        subsection (c) of Section 6-306.4 of  the  Illinois
13        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
14                  (iii)  For   each   notice  sent  to  the
15        Secretary of State pursuant to  subsection  (c)  of
16        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
17             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
18             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
19             (8)  In  ordinance  violation cases punishable
20        by fine only, the clerk of the circuit court  shall
21        be  entitled  to receive, unless the fee is excused
22        upon a finding by the court that the  defendant  is
23        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
24        allowed  or imposed by law, the sum of $50 as a fee
25        for the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall  be
26        paid  by the defendant at the time of filing his or
27        her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by  the
28        defendant,  no  jury  shall be called, and the case
29        shall be tried by the court without a jury.
30    (d)  Other Civil Cases
31             (1)  Money or personal property  claimed  does
32        not exceed $500....................................   $10
33             (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
34             (3)  Exceeds  $10,000, when relief in addition
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 1        to or supplemental to recovery of  money  alone  is
 2        sought  in  an  action to recover personal property
 3        taxes or retailers occupational tax  regardless  of
 4        amount claimed.....................................   $45
 5             (4)  The  Clerk  of the Circuit Court shall be
 6        entitled to receive,  in  addition  to  other  fees
 7        allowed  by  law,  the sum of $50, as a fee for the
 8        services of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action  not
 9        quasi-criminal  in  its nature and not a proceeding
10        for the exercise of the right  of  eminent  domain,
11        and  in every equitable action wherein the right of
12        trial by jury is or may be given by law.  The  jury
13        fee  shall be paid by the party demanding a jury at
14        the time of filing his jury demand.  If such a  fee
15        is  not  paid  by  either  party,  no jury shall be
16        called in the action, suit, or proceeding, and  the
17        same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
18    (e)  Confession of judgment and answer
19             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
20             (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
21    (f)  Auxiliary Proceedings
22             Any   auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to  the
23        collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
24        garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
25    (g)  Forcible entry and detainer
26             (1)  For possession  only  or  possession  and
27        rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
28             (2)  For  possession  and  rent  in  excess of
29        $10,000............................................   $40
30    (h)  Eminent Domain
31             (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
32             (2)  For each and every lot or tract  of  land
33        or   right   or  interest  therein  subject  to  be
34        condemned, the damages in respect  to  which  shall
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 1        require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
 2    (i)  Reinstatement
 3             Each  case including petition for modification
 4        of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
 5        30 days after the entry of  a  judgment  or  order,
 6        except  in  forcible  entry  and detainer cases and
 7        small claims  and  except  a  petition  to  modify,
 8        terminate,  or  enforce  a  judgement  or order for
 9        child or spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or
10        terminate  an  order  for  withholding, petition to
11        vacate  judgment   of   dismissal   for   want   of
12        prosecution  whenever  filed, petition to reopen an
13        estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
14    (j)  Probate
15             (1)  Administration  of  decedent's   estates,
16        whether  testate or intestate, guardianships of the
17        person or estate or both of a  person  under  legal
18        disability,  guardianships  of the person or estate
19        or both of a  minor,  or  petitions  to  sell  real
20        estate in the administration of any estate.........   $50
21             (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
22        personal  property  of  an  estate  does not exceed
23        $5,000.............................................   $25
24             (3)  At any time during the administration  of
25        the  estate,  however, at the request of the Clerk,
26        the Court shall examine the record  of  the  estate
27        and  the  personal  representative to determine the
28        total value of the real and  personal  property  of
29        the  estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000 shall
30        order the payment  of  an  additional  fee  in  the
31        amount of..........................................   $40
32             (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
33             (5)  Issuing   letters   only  for  a  certain
34        specific reason other than the administration of an
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 1        estate, including but not limited to the release of
 2        mortgage; the issue of letters of  guardianship  in
 3        order  that  consent  to marriage may be granted or
 4        for some other specific reason other than  for  the
 5        care  of  property  or  person;  proof  of heirship
 6        without administration; or when a  will  is  to  be
 7        admitted  to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to be
 8        settled without administration.....................   $10
 9             (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
10        matter other than a routine claim is  filed  in  an
11        estate,   the  required  additional  fee  shall  be
12        charged for such filing............................   $45
13    (k)  Change of Venue
14             From a court, the charge is the same amount as
15        the original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee  for
16        preparation  and  certification of record on change
17        of venue, when original  documents  or  copies  are
18        forwarded..........................................   $10
19    (l)  Answer, adverse pleading, or appearance
20             In civil cases................................   $15
21             With the following exceptions:
22             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
23             (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
24             (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
25             (4)  Court    appeals   when   documents   are
26        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
27        over 200...........................................   10¢
28    (m)  Tax objection complaints
29             For  each  tax  objection complaint containing
30        one or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of  the
31        number   of  parcels  involved  or  the  number  of
32        taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
33    (n)  Tax deed
34             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
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 1        is involved........................................   $45
 2             (2)  For each additional parcel  involved,  an
 3        additional fee of..................................   $10
 4    (o)  Mailing Notices and Processes
 5             (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
 6        mail as first class mail...........................    $2
 7             (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
 8        required  to  mail by certified or registered mail,
 9        the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
10    (p)  Certification or Authentication
11             (1)  Each certification or authentication  for
12        taking  the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or other
13        instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
14             (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
15        forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
16             (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
17        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
18             (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
19        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
20        over 200...........................................   10¢
21    (q)  Reproductions
22             Each   record  of  proceedings  and  judgment,
23        whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
24        copies of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all  other
25        instruments, documents, records, or papers:
26                  (1)  First page..........................    $1
27                  (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
28                  (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
29    (r)  Counterclaim
30             When  any  defendant  files  a counterclaim as
31        part of his or her answer or otherwise,   or  joins
32        another  party as a third party defendant, or both,
33        he  or  she  shall  pay  a  fee   for   each   such
34        counterclaim  or  third  party  action in an amount
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 1        equal to the fee he or she would have  had  to  pay
 2        had  he  or  she  brought a separate action for the
 3        relief sought in the counterclaim  or  against  the
 4        third  party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of the
 5        appearance fee, if that has been paid.
 6    (s)  Transcript of Judgment
 7             From  a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if   case
 8        originally filed.
 9    (t)  Publications
10             The cost of publication shall be paid directly
11        to   the   publisher  by  the  person  seeking  the
12        publication, whether the clerk is required  by  law
13        to publish, or the parties to the action.
14    (u)  Collections
15             (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
16        except   the   State   and  County  and  except  in
17        maintenance or child support cases, a sum equal  to
18        2% of the amount collected and turned over.
19             (2)  In  any  cases  remanded  to  the Circuit
20        Court from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the  Appellate
21        Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
22        reinstate  the case with either its original number
23        or a new number.  The Clerk shall  not  charge  any
24        new  or additional fee for the reinstatement.  Upon
25        reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
26        the reinstatement.  A party  shall  have  the  same
27        right  to  a jury trial on remand and reinstatement
28        as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
29        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
30        jury trial after remand.
31             (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
32        the Clerk may deduct from each  payment  an  amount
33        equal  to  the  United States postage to be used in
34        mailing the maintenance or child support  check  to
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 1        the  recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk shall
 2        collect an annual fee of up to $36 from the  person
 3        making   such   payment   for   administering   the
 4        collection  and  distribution  of  maintenance  and
 5        child  support  payments.  Such  sum  shall  be  in
 6        addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
 7        paid  as  maintenance or child support and shall be
 8        deposited  in  a  separate  Maintenance  and  Child
 9        Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
10        the custodian, ex officio, to be used by the  Clerk
11        to further maintenance and child support collection
12        efforts  in  his  office.  Unless  paid  in cash or
13        pursuant to an order for withholding,  the  payment
14        of  the  fee shall be by a separate instrument from
15        the support payment and shall be made to the  order
16        of the Clerk. The Clerk may recover from the person
17        making the maintenance or child support payment any
18        additional  cost incurred in the collection of this
19        annual fee.
20             The Clerk shall also be entitled to a  fee  of
21    $5 for certifications made to the Secretary of State as
22    provided  in  Section  7-703  of  the  Family Financial
23    Responsibility  Law  and  these  fees  shall  also   be
24    deposited  into  the  Separate  Maintenance  and  Child
25    Support Collection Fund.
26    (v)  Correction of Cases
27             For  correcting  the case number or case title
28        on any document filed in his office, to be  charged
29        against the party that filed the document..........   $10
30    (w)  Record Search
31             For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
32    (x)  Printed Output
33             For  each page of hard copy print output, when
34        case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
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 1    (y)  Alias Summons
 2             For each alias summons issued.................    $2
 3    (z)  Expungement of Records
 4             For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
 5    (aa)  Other Fees
 6             Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
 7        rule or administrative order of the Circuit  Court,  with
 8        the approval of the Supreme Court.
 9    (bb)  Exemptions
10             No  fee  provided for herein shall be charged to any
11        unit of State or  local  government  or  school  district
12        unless  the Court orders another party to pay such fee on
13        its behalf. The fee requirements of  this  Section  shall
14        not  apply to police departments or other law enforcement
15        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
16        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
17        government  that  is  vested by law or ordinance with the
18        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
19        laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
20        shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
21        (b)  of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code by
22        a private owner or tenant of real  property  within  1200
23        feet  of  a dangerous or unsafe building seeking an order
24        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
25        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
26    (cc)  Adoptions
27             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
28             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
29        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
30        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
31        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
32        Family Services.
33    (dd)  Adoption exemptions
34             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (cc)
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 1        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
 2        adoption proceeding.
 3    (ee)  Additional Services
 4             Beginning July 1, 1993, the  clerk  of  the  circuit
 5        court  may  provide  such  additional  services for which
 6        there is no fee specified by statute in  connection  with
 7        the  operation  of the clerk's office as may be requested
 8        by the public and agreed to by  the  public  and  by  the
 9        clerk.   Any  charges for additional services shall be as
10        agreed to between the clerk  and  the  party  making  the
11        request.   Nothing  in this subsection shall be as agreed
12        to between the clerk and the party  making  the  request.
13        Nothing  in this subsection shall be construed to require
14        any clerk to provide any service not  otherwise  required
15        by law.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-38; 88-45; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-92, eff.
17    7-1-96; 89-593, eff. 8-1-96.)
18        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
19        Sec.  27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
20    in all counties having a population in excess of 180,000  but
21    not  more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances described
22    in this Section shall be as provided in  this  Section.   The
23    fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
24    (a)  Civil Cases.
25             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
26        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
27        exceptions, shall be $150.
28                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
29             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
30             $250, $10.
31                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
32             exceed $500, $20.
33                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
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 1             exceed $2500, $30.
 2                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
 3             not exceed $15,000, $75.
 4                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
 5             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 6             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
 7             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
 8             assessment by a jury, $150.
 9    (a-1)  Family.
10             For filing a petition under the Juvenile  Court  Act
11        of 1987, $25.
12             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
13             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
14             For  filing  a petition under the Illinois Parentage
15        Act of 1984, $40.
16    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
17             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
18        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
19        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
20        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
21        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
22        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
23        $15,000, $150.
24    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
25             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
26        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
27        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
28        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
29        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
30        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
31        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
32        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
33        has been paid.
34    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
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 1             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 2        exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 3        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
 4        $15,000, $200.
 5    (e)  Appearance.
 6             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
 7        shall be $50, except as follows:
 8                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
 9             detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
10                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
11             exceed $1500, $20.
12                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
13             not exceed $15,000, $40.
14    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
15             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
16        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
17        $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
18        exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
19        $30.
20    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
21             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
22        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
23        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
24        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
25        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
26        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
27        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
28        $40.
29             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
30        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
31        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
32        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
33        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
34        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
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 1             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 2        $20.
 3    (h)  Mailing.
 4             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
 5        $6, plus the cost of postage.
 6    (i)  Certified Copies.
 7             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
 8        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
 9        cases, $10.
10    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
11             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
12        $80.
13    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
14             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
15        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
16        writing with the seal of office, $4.
17             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
18        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
19             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
20        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
21             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
22        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
23        per page.
24             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
25        the clerk's files:
26                  (A)  First page, $2.
27                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
28                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
29    (l)  Remands.
30             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
31        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
32        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
33        case with either its original number or a new number. The
34        Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for  the
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 1        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
 2        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
 3        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
 4        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
 5        fee  or  charge  shall  be  made  for  a jury trial after
 6        remand.
 7    (m)  Record Search.
 8             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
 9        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
10        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
11    (n)  Hard Copy.
12             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
13        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
14        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
15    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
16             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
17        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
18        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
19        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
20        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
21        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
22        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
23        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
24        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
25        Court.
26    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
27             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
28        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
29        a  transcript  of  commitment proceedings held in another
30        county, $25.
31    (q)  Alias Summons.
32             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
33        clerk, $4.
34    (r)  Other Fees.
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 1             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 2        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 3        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 4        Courts.
 5             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
 6        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
 7        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
 8        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
 9        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
10        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
11        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
12        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
13        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
14        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
15        otherwise required by law.
16    (s)  Jury Services.
17             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
18        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as  a  fee
19        for  the  services  of  a  jury in every civil action not
20        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
21        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
22        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
23        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
24        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
25        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
26        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
27        tried by the court without a jury.
28    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
29             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $10;
30        for  recording  the  same,  25¢  for  each   100   words.
31        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
32        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
33        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
34        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
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 1        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
 2        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
 3        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
 4        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
 5        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 6        actions.
 7    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 8             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $30
 9        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
10        of  $2  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
11        arrest records.
12    (v)  Probate.
13        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
14    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
15    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
16    release the costs payable under this subsection:
17             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
18        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
19        $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
20        except:
21                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
22             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
23             $25.
24                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
25             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
26             probate  without  administration (including proof of
27             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
28             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
29             estate, the fee shall be $25.
30             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
31        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
32        except:
33                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
34             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
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 1             $25.
 2                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 3             guardian of the person, but not  of  the  estate  or
 4             (ii) letters of office are issued in the estate of a
 5             ward without administration of the estate, including
 6             filing  or  joining in the filing of a tax return or
 7             releasing a mortgage or consenting to  the  marriage
 8             of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
 9             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
10        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
11        following fees are payable:
12                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
13             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
14             $15.
15                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
16             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
17             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
18             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
19             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
20             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
21             filing fee paid by the claimant.
22                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
23             or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
24             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
25             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
26             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
27             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
28             $40.
29                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
30             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
31             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
32             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
33             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
34                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
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 1             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 2             or persons, $10.
 3                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
 4                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 5             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 6             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
 7             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
 8             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
 9             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
10             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
11             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
12             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
13                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
14             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
15             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
16             document certified.
17                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
18             for certification.
19             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
20        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
21        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
22        directly to the newspaper.
23             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
24        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
25        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
26        person entitled thereto.
27             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
28        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
29        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
30        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
31        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
32        the Probate Act of 1975.
33    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
34             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
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 1        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
 2        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 3                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 4                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 5                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 6                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
 7                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 8             $20.
 9                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
10                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
11             $20.
12                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
13             $20.
14                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
15             whenever filed, $20.
16                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
17             whenever filed, $20.
18                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
19             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
20             State, $20.
21             (2)  In  counties  having  a population in excess of
22        180,000 but not more than 650,000 inhabitants,  when  the
23        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
24        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
25        each person convicted therein as follows:
26                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
27             $10.
28                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
29             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
30        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
31        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
32        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
33        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
34        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
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 1        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
 2        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 3        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 4        tried by the court without a jury.
 5    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 6             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 7        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 8        commencement of a new suit.
 9    (y)  Change of Venue.
10             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
11        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
12        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
13             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
14        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
15        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
16    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
17             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
18        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
19        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on  the
20        complaint, $25.
21    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
22             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
23        involved, $150.
24             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
25    (bb)  Collections.
26             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
27        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
28        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
29        collected and turned over.
30             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
31        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
32        earning of the office.
33             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
34        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
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 1        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 2             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 3        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 4        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 5        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 6        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 7        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 8        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
 9        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
10        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
11        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
12        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
13        his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
14        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support payment  any
15        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
16        fee.
17             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
18        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
19        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
20        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
21        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
22    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
23             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
24        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
25        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
26        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
27        document, $15.
28    (dd)  Exceptions.
29             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
30        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
31        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
32        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
33        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
34        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
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 1        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
 2        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 3             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
 4        unit of local government or school district.
 5             (3)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
 6        apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
 7        Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
 8        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
 9        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    (ee)  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    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
20             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
21        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
22        adoption proceeding.
23    (Source: P.A. 88-38; 88-45; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-92, eff.
24    7-1-96; 89-593, eff. 8-1-96.)
25        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
26        Sec. 27.2.  The fees of the clerks of the  circuit  court
27    in  all  counties  having  a  population in excess of 650,000
28    inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
29    instances described in this Section shall be as  provided  in
30    this Section.  In addition, the fees provided in this Section
31    shall  apply  to  all  units  of  local government and school
32    districts in counties with more than  3,000,000  inhabitants.
33    The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
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 1    (a)  Civil Cases.
 2             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
 3        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
 4        exceptions, shall be $150.
 5                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 6             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
 7             $250, $10.
 8                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 9             exceed $500, $20.
10                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
11             exceed $2500, $30.
12                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
13             not exceed $15,000, $75.
14                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
15             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
16             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
17             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
18             assessment by a jury, $150.
19    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
20             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
21        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
22        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
23        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
24        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
25        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
26        $15,000, $150.
27    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
28             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
29        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
30        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
31        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
32        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
33        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
34        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
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 1        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
 2        has been paid.
 3    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 4             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 5        exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 6        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
 7        $15,000, $200.
 8    (e)  Appearance.
 9             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
10        shall be $50, except as follows:
11                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
12             detainer case seeks possession only; $20.
13                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
14             exceed $1500, $20.
15                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
16             not exceed $15,000, $40.
17    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
18             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
19        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
20        $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
21        exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
22        $30.
23    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
24             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
25        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
26        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
27        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
28        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
29        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
30        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
31        $40.
32             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
33        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
34        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
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 1        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
 2        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
 3        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
 4             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 5        $20.
 6    (h)  Mailing.
 7             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
 8        $6, plus the cost of 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, $10.
13    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
14             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
15        $80.
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, $4.
20             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
21        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
22             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
23        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
24             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
25        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
26        per page.
27             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
28        the clerk's files:
29                  (A)  First page, $2.
30                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
31                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
32    (l)  Remands.
33             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
34        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
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 1        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
 2        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
 3        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
 4        the reinstatement. Upon  reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
 5        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
 6        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
 7        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
 8        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
 9        trial after remand.
10    (m)  Record Search.
11             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
12        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
13        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
14    (n)  Hard Copy.
15             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
16        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
17        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
18    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
19             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
20        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
21        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
22        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
23        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
24        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
25        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
26        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
27        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
28        Court.
29    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
30             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
31        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $25.
32    (q)  Alias Summons.
33             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
34        clerk, $4.
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 1    (r)  Other Fees.
 2             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 3        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 4        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 5        Courts.
 6             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
 7        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
 8        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
 9        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
10        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
11        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
12        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
13        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
14        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
15        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
16        otherwise required by law.
17    (s)  Jury Services.
18             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
19        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as  a  fee
20        for  the  services  of  a  jury in every civil action not
21        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
22        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
23        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
24        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
25        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
26        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
27        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
28        tried by the court without a jury.
29    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
30             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $10;
31        for  recording  the  same,  25¢  for  each   100   words.
32        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
33        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
34        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
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 1        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
 2        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
 3        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
 4        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
 5        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
 6        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 7        actions.
 8    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 9             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $30
10        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
11        of  $2  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
12        arrest records.
13    (v)  Probate.
14        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
15    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
16    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
17    release the costs payable under this subsection:
18             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
19        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
20        $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
21        except:
22                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
23             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
24             $25.
25                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
26             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
27             probate  without  administration (including proof of
28             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
29             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
30             estate, the fee shall be $25.
31             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
32        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
33        except:
34                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
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 1             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
 2             $25.
 3                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 4             guardian of the person, but not  of  the  estate  or
 5             (ii) letters of office are issued in the estate of a
 6             ward without administration of the estate, including
 7             filing  or  joining in the filing of a tax return or
 8             releasing a mortgage or consenting to  the  marriage
 9             of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
10             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
11        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
12        following fees are payable:
13                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
14             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
15             $15.
16                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
17             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
18             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
19             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
20             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
21             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
22             filing fee paid by the claimant.
23                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
24             or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
25             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
26             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
27             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
28             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
29             $40.
30                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
31             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
32             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
33             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
34             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
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 1                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
 2             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 3             or persons, $10.
 4                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
 5                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 6             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 7             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
 8             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
 9             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
10             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
11             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
12             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
13             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
14                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
15             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
16             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
17             document certified.
18                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
19             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, $80.
 5                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 6                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 7                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
 8                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 9             $20.
10                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
11                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
12             $20.
13                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
14             $20.
15                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
16             whenever filed, $20.
17                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
18             whenever filed, $20.
19                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
20             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
21             State, $20.
22             (2)  In  counties  having  a population of more than
23        650,000 but fewer than 3,000,000  inhabitants,  when  the
24        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
25        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
26        each person convicted therein as follows:
27                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
28             $10.
29                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
30             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
31        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
32        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
33        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
34        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
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 1        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
 2        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
 3        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 4        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 5        tried by the court without a jury.
 6    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 7             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 8        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 9        commencement of new suit.
10    (y)  Change of Venue.
11             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
12        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
13        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
14             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
15        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
16        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
17    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
18             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
19        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
20        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
21        complaint, $25.
22    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
23             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
24        involved, $150.
25             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
26    (bb)  Collections.
27             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
28        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
29        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
30        collected and turned over.
31             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
32        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
33        earning of the office.
34             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
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 1        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
 2        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 3             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 4        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 5        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 6        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 7        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 8        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 9        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
10        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
11        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
12        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
13        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
14        his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
15        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment any
16        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
17        fee.
18             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
19        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
20        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
21        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
22        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
23    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
24             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
25        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
26        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
27        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
28        document, $15.
29    (dd)  Exceptions.
30             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
31        to  police departments or other law enforcement agencies.
32        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
33        of the State or a  unit  of  local  government  which  is
34        vested  by  law  or  ordinance  with the duty to maintain
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 1        public order and to enforce criminal laws or  ordinances.
 2        "Law  enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General
 3        or any state's attorney. The  fee  requirements  of  this
 4        Section  shall  not  apply to any action instituted under
 5        subsection  (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the   Illinois
 6        Municipal  Code  by  a  private  owner  or tenant of real
 7        property within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe
 8        building  seeking an order compelling the owner or owners
 9        of the building to take any  of  the  actions  authorized
10        under that subsection.
11    (ee)  Adoptions.
12             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
13             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
14        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
15        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
16        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
17        Family Services.
18    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
19             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
20        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
21        adoption proceeding.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-38; 88-45; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-92, eff.
23    7-1-96; 89-593, eff. 8-1-96.)
24        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
25        Sec. 27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
26    in  all  counties  having  a  population of 3,000,000 or more
27    inhabitants in the instances described in this Section  shall
28    be  as  provided  in this Section.  The fees shall be paid in
29    advance and shall be as follows:
30    (a)  Civil Cases.
31             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
32        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
33        exceptions, shall be $190.
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 1                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 2             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
 3             $250, $15.
 4                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 5             exceed $1000, $40.
 6                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1000 but does
 7             not exceed $2500, $50.
 8                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
 9             not exceed $5000, $100.
10                  (E)  When  that  amount  exceeds $5000 but does
11             not exceed $15,000, $150.
12                  (F)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
13             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
14             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
15             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
16             assessment by a jury, $150.
17    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
18             In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
19        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
20        claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
21        damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $75.
22        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
23        with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
24        $15,000, $225.
25    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
26             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
27        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
28        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
29        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
30        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
31        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
32        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
33        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
34        has been paid.
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 1    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 2             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 3        exceed  $1500,  $60.   When the amount exceeds $1500, but
 4        does not exceed $5000,  $75.   When  the  amount  exceeds
 5        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
 6        exceeds $15,000, $250.
 7    (e)  Appearance.
 8             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
 9        shall be $75, except as follows:
10                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
11             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
12                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
13             exceed $1500, $40.
14                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
15             not exceed $15,000, $60.
16    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
17             In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
18        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
19        $1,000, $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
20        exceed  $5,000,  $30; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
21        $50.
22    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
23             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
24        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
25        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
26        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
27        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
28        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
29        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
30        $50.
31             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
32        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
33        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
34        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
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 1        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
 2        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
 3             (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
 4        $40.
 5    (h)  Mailing.
 6             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
 7        $10, plus the cost of postage.
 8    (i)  Certified Copies.
 9             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
10        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
11        cases, $15.
12    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
13             For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
14        $125.
15    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
16             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
17        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
18        writing with the seal of office, $6.
19             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
20        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
21             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
22        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
23             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
24        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25  cents
25        per page.
26             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
27        the clerk's files:
28                  (A)  First page, $2.
29                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
30                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
31    (l)  Remands.
32             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
33        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
34        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
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 1        case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
 2        The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
 3        the  reinstatement.   Upon  reinstatement the Clerk shall
 4        advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
 5        have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
 6        reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
 7        additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
 8        trial after remand.
 9    (m)  Record Search.
10             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
11        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
12        search fee of $6 for each year searched.
13    (n)  Hard Copy.
14             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
15        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
16        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
17    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
18             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
19        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
20        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
21        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
22        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
23        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
24        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
25        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
26        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
27        Court.
28    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
29             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
30        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
31    (q)  Alias Summons.
32             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
33        clerk, $5.
34    (r)  Other Fees.
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 1             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 2        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 3        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 4        Courts.
 5             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 6        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
 7        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
 8        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 9        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
10        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
11        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
12        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
13        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
14        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
15        otherwise required by law.
16    (s)  Jury Services.
17             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
18        to  other  fees allowed by law, the sum of $200, as a fee
19        for the services of a jury  in  every  civil  action  not
20        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
21        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
22        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
23        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
24        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
25        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
26        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
27        tried by the court without a jury.
28    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
29             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $20;
30        for   recording   the  same,  50¢  for  each  100  words.
31        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
32        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
33        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
34        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
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 1        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
 2        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 3        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 4        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 5        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 6        actions.
 7    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 8             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $60
 9        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
10        of $4 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
11        arrest records.
12    (v)  Probate.
13        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
14    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
15    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
16    release the costs payable under this subsection:
17             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
18        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
19        $150,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
20        except:
21                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
22             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
23             $40.
24                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
25             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
26             probate without administration (including  proof  of
27             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
28             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
29             estate, the fee shall be $40.
30             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
31        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
32        except:
33                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
34             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
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 1             $40.
 2                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 3             guardian  of  the  person,  but not of the estate or
 4             (ii) letters of office are issued in the estate of a
 5             ward without administration of the estate, including
 6             filing or joining in the filing of a tax  return  or
 7             releasing  a  mortgage or consenting to the marriage
 8             of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
 9             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
10        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
11        following fees are payable:
12                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
13             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
14             $25.
15                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
16             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
17             $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
18             less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
19             $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
20             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
21             filing fee paid by the claimant.
22                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
23             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
24             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
25             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
26             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
27             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
28             $60.
29                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
30             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
31             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
32             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
33             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
34                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
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 1             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
 2             or persons, $30.
 3                  (F)  For each jury demand, $125.
 4                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
 5             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
 6             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
 7             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
 8             administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
 9             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
10             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
11             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
12             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
13                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
14             office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
15             plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
16             document certified.
17                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
18             for certification.
19             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
20        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
21        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
22        directly to the newspaper.
23             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
24        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
25        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
26        person entitled thereto.
27             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
28        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
29        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
30        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
31        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
32        the Probate Act of 1975.
33    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
34             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
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 1        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
 2        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 3                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
 4                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
 5                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
 6                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
 7                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 8             $30.
 9                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
10                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
11             $40.
12                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
13             $30.
14                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
15             whenever filed, $30.
16                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
17             whenever filed, $25.
18                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
19             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
20             State, $40.
21             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
22        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
23        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
24        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
25                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
26             $30.
27                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
28             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
29        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
30        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
31        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
32        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
33        $100  as  a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
34        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
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 1        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 2        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 3        tried by the court without a jury.
 4    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 5             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 6        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 7        commencement of a new suit.
 8    (y)  Change of Venue.
 9             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
10        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
11        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
12             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
13        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
14        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
15    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
16             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
17        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
18        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
19        complaint, $50.
20    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
21             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
22        involved, $250.
23             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
24    (bb)  Collections.
25             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
26        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
27        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
28        collected and turned over.
29             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
30        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
31        earning of the office.
32             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
33        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
34        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
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 1             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 2        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 3        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 4        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 5        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 6        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 7        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
 8        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
 9        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
10        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
11        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
12        his or her office.  The clerk may recover from the person
13        making the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment  any
14        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
15        fee.
16             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
17        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
18        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
19        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
20        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
21    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
22             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
23        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
24        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
25        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
26        document, $25.
27    (dd)  Exceptions.
28             (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
29        apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
30        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
31        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
32        government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
33        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
34        laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
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 1        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 2             (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
 3        unit  of  local  government  or  school district. The fee
 4        requirements of this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any
 5        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
 6        of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by a private owner or
 7        tenant of real property within 1200 feet of  a  dangerous
 8        or  unsafe building seeking an order compelling the owner
 9        or owners of the building to  take  any  of  the  actions
10        authorized under that subsection.
11    (ee)  Adoption.
12             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
13             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
14        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
15        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
16        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
17        Family Services.
18    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
19             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
20        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
21        adoption proceeding.
22    (Source: P.A. 88-38; 88-45; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-92, eff.
23    7-1-96; 89-593, eff. 8-1-96.)
24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
25    becoming law.

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