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

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

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

 7        (55 ILCS 5/4-11001) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-11001)
 8        Sec. 4-11001. Juror fees.  Per  diem  and  mileage.  Each
 9    county shall pay to grand and petit jurors for their services
10    in  attending  courts the sum of $4 for each day of necessary
11    attendance at such courts as jurors in counties of the  first
12    class,  the  sum of $5 for each day in counties of the second
13    class, and the sum of $10 for each day  in  counties  of  the
14    third  class,  or  such  higher amount as may be fixed by the
15    county board.  In all counties,  the  county  board  may  fix
16    jurors  fees at an amount not to exceed $15.50 for each day's
17    service.
18        In addition, jurors shall receive such travel expense  as
19    may  be  determined by the county board, provided that jurors
20    in counties of the first class and second class shall receive
21    at least 10 cents per mile for their travel expense.  The pay
22    and travel expense shall be paid out of the county  treasury.
23    Mileage  shall be allowed for travel during a juror's term as
24    well as for travel at the opening and closing of his term.
25        If  a  judge  so  orders,  a  juror  shall  also  receive
26    reimbursement for the actual cost of day care incurred by the
27    juror during his or her service on a jury.
28        The juror fees for service, transportation, and day  care
29    shall be paid out of the county treasury.
30        The  clerk  of  the  court  shall  furnish  to each juror
31    without fee whenever he is discharged a  certificate  of  the
 
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 1    number  of  days'  attendance at court, and upon presentation
 2    thereof to the county treasurer, he shall pay  to  the  juror
 3    the sum provided for his service.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 5        Section  10.  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,
32        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
 
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 1             (3)  Each   person  convicted  of  a  business
 2        offense............................................   $25
 3             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
 4             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
 5        ordinance           violation,            including
 6        without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
 7        court  supervision:
 8                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
 9                  (ii)  For   each   notice   sent  to  the
10        defendant's  last   known   address   pursuant   to
11        subsection  (c)  of Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois
12        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
13                  (iii)  For  each  notice  sent   to   the
14        Secretary  of  State  pursuant to subsection (c) of
15        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
16             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
17             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
18             (8)  In ordinance violation  cases  punishable
19        by  fine only, the clerk of the circuit court shall
20        be entitled to receive, unless the fee  is  excused
21        upon  a  finding by the court that the defendant is
22        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
23        allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $62.50 $50 as
24        a fee for the services of a  jury.   The  jury  fee
25        shall  be  paid  by  the  defendant  at the time of
26        filing his or her jury demand.  If the fee  is  not
27        so  paid by the defendant, no jury shall be called,
28        and the case shall be tried by the court without  a
29        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 $62.50 $50, as a fee for
 8        the 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 minors, or petitions to  sell
20        real 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
22        State  as  provided  in Section 7-703 of the Family
23        Financial Responsibility Law and these  fees  shall
24        also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
25        Child 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
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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  and  approved   by  the chief judge of the circuit
10        court.  Any charges for additional services shall  be  as
11        agreed  to  between  the  clerk  and the party making the
12        request and approved by the chief judge  of  the  circuit
13        court.   Nothing in this subsection shall be as agreed to
14        between the clerk  and  the  party  making  the  request.
15        Nothing  in this subsection shall be construed to require
16        any clerk to provide any service not  otherwise  required
17        by law.
18    (Source:  P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
19    90-466,   eff.   8-17-97;   90-796,  eff.  12-15-98;  revised
20    12-31-98.)

21        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
22        Sec. 27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
23    in  all counties having a population in excess of 180,000 but
24    not more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances  described
25    in  this  Section  shall be as provided in this Section.  The
26    fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
27    (a)  Civil Cases.
28             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
29        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
30        exceptions, shall be $150.
31                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
32             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
33             $250, $10.
 
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 1                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 2             exceed $500, $20.
 3                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
 4             exceed $2500, $30.
 5                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
 6             not exceed $15,000, $75.
 7                  (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
 8             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 9             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
10             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
11             assessment by a jury, $150.
12    (a-1)  Family.
13             For  filing  a petition under the Juvenile Court Act
14        of 1987, $25.
15             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
16             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
17             For filing a petition under the  Illinois  Parentage
18        Act of 1984, $40.
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. The
 3        Clerk  shall not charge any new or additional fee for the
 4        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
 5        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
 6        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
 7        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
 8        fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
 9        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 and for filing
32        a transcript of commitment proceedings  held  in  another
33        county, $25.
34    (q)  Alias Summons.
 
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 1             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
 2        clerk, $4.
 3    (r)  Other Fees.
 4             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 5        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 6        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 7        Courts.
 8             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 9        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
10        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
11        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
12        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
13        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
14        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
15        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
16        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
17        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
18        otherwise required by law.
19    (s)  Jury Services.
20             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
21        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $192.50 $180, as
22        a  fee  for  the services of a jury in every civil action
23        not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
24        the exercise of the right of eminent domain and in  every
25        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
26        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
27        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
28        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
29        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
30        tried by the court without a jury.
31    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
32             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $10;
33        for  recording  the  same,  25¢  for  each   100   words.
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 1        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
 2        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
 3        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
 4        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
 5        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
 6        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
 7        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
 8        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 9        actions.
10    (u)  Expungement Petition.
11             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $30
12        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
13        of  $2  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
14        arrest records.
15    (v)  Probate.
16        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
17    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
18    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
19    release the costs payable under this subsection:
20             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
21        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
22        $100, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
23        except:
24                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
25             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
26             $25.
27                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
28             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
29             probate  without  administration (including proof of
30             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
31             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
32             estate, the fee shall be $25.
33             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
34        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 
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 1        except:
 2                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
 3             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
 4             $25.
 5                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 6             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
 7             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
 8             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
 9             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
10             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
11             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
12             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
13        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
14        following fees are payable:
15                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
16             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
17             $15.
18                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
19             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
20             $10;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
21             less than $10,000, $25; when the amount  claimed  is
22             $10,000  or  more,  $40;  provided that the court in
23             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
24             filing fee paid by the claimant.
25                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
26             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
27             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
28             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
29             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
30             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
31             $40.
32                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
33             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
34             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
 
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 1             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 2             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
 3                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
 4             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
 5             or persons, $10.
 6                  (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50 $90.
 7                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
 8             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
 9             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
10             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
11             administration  of  the estate, $30, less any amount
12             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
13             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
14             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
15             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
16                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
17             office, of court order or other  certification,  $1,
18             plus  50¢  per  page  in  excess  of 3 pages for the
19             document certified.
20                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
21             for certification.
22             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
23        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
24        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
25        directly to the newspaper.
26             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
27        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
28        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
29        person entitled thereto.
30             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
31        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
32        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
33        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
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 1        the Probate Act of 1975.
 2    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 3             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
 4        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
 5        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 6                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 7                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 8                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 9                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
10                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
11             $20.
12                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
13                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
14             $20.
15                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
16             $20.
17                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
18             whenever filed, $20.
19                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
20             whenever filed, $20.
21                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
22             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
23             State, $20.
24             (2)  In counties having a population  in  excess  of
25        180,000  but  not more than 650,000 inhabitants, when the
26        violation complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal  police
27        department,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to costs from
28        each person convicted therein as follows:
29                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
30             $10.
31                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
32             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
33        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
34        receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
 
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 1        court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
 2        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
 3        $62.50 $50 as a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury
 4        fee shall be paid by the defendant at the time of  filing
 5        his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
 6        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 7        tried by the court without a jury.
 8    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 9             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
10        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
11        commencement of a new suit.
12    (y)  Change of Venue.
13             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
14        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
15        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
16             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
17        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
18        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
19    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
20             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
21        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
22        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on the
23        complaint, $25.
24    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
25             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
26        involved, $150.
27             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
28    (bb)  Collections.
29             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
30        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
31        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
32        collected and turned over.
33             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
34        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
 
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 1        earning of the office.
 2             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
 3        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
 4        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 5             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
 6        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 7        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
 8        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 9        distribution  of  maintenance and child support payments.
10        This fee shall  be  in  addition  to  and  separate  from
11        amounts  ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or child
12        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
13        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
14        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
15        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
16        his  or her office. 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 annual
19        fee.
20             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
21        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
22        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
23        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
24        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
25    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
26             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
27        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
28        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
29        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
30        document, $15.
31    (dd)  Exceptions.
32             (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
33        apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
34        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
 
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 1        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
 2        government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
 3        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
 4        laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
 5        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 6             (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
 7        unit of local government or school district.
 8             (3)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
 9        apply to any action instituted under  subsection  (b)  of
10        Section  11-31-1  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code by a
11        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
12        of a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an  order
13        compelling  the  owner  or owners of the building to take
14        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
15    (ee)  Adoptions.
16             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
17             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
18        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
19        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
20        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
21        Family Services.
22    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
23             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
24        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
25        adoption proceeding.
26    (Source: P.A.   89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
27    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

28        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
29        Sec. 27.2.  The fees of the clerks of the  circuit  court
30    in  all  counties  having  a  population in excess of 650,000
31    inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
32    instances described in this Section shall be as  provided  in
33    this Section.  In addition, the fees provided in this Section
 
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 1    shall  apply  to  all  units  of  local government and school
 2    districts in counties with more than  3,000,000  inhabitants.
 3    The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
 4    (a)  Civil Cases.
 5             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
 6        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
 7        exceptions, shall be $150.
 8                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 9             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
10             $250, $10.
11                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
12             exceed $500, $20.
13                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
14             exceed $2500, $30.
15                  (D)  When that amount exceeds  $2500  but  does
16             not exceed $15,000, $75.
17                  (E)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
18             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
19             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
20             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
21             assessment by a jury, $150.
22    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
23             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
24        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
25        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
26        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $40.
27        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
28        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
29        $15,000, $150.
30    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
31             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
32        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
33        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
34        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
 
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 1        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
 2        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
 3        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
 4        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
 5        has been paid.
 6    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 7             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 8        exceed $1500, $50. When the  amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 9        does  not  exceed  $15,000, $115. When the amount exceeds
10        $15,000, $200.
11    (e)  Appearance.
12             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
13        shall be $50, except as follows:
14                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
15             detainer case seeks possession only; $20.
16                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
17             exceed $1500, $20.
18                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
19             not exceed $15,000, $40.
20    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
21             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
22        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
23        $1,000,  $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
24        exceed $5,000, $20; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
25        $30.
26    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
27             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
28        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
29        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
30        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
31        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
32        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
33        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
34        $40.
 
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 1             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
 2        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
 3        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
 4        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
 5        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
 6        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
 7             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 8        $20.
 9    (h)  Mailing.
10             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
11        $6, plus the cost of postage.
12    (i)  Certified Copies.
13             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
14        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
15        cases, $10.
16    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
17             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
18        $80.
19    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
20             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
21        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
22        writing with the seal of office, $4.
23             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
24        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
25             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
26        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
27             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
28        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20 cents
29        per page.
30             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
31        the clerk's files:
32                  (A)  First page, $2.
33                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
34                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
 
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 1    (l)  Remands.
 2             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
 3        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
 4        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
 5        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
 6        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
 7        the reinstatement. Upon  reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
 8        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
 9        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
10        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
11        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
12        trial after remand.
13    (m)  Record Search.
14             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
15        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
16        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
17    (n)  Hard Copy.
18             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
19        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
20        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
21    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
22             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
23        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
24        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
25        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
26        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
27        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
28        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
29        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
30        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
31        Court.
32    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
33             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
34        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $25.
 
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 1    (q)  Alias Summons.
 2             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
 3        clerk, $4.
 4    (r)  Other Fees.
 5             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 6        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 7        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 8        Courts.
 9             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
10        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
11        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
12        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
13        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
14        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
15        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
16        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
17        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
18        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
19        otherwise required by law.
20    (s)  Jury Services.
21             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
22        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $192.50 $180, as
23        a fee for the services of a jury in  every  civil  action
24        not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
25        the  exercise of the right of eminent domain and in every
26        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
27        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
28        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
29        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
30        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
31        tried by the court without a jury.
32    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
33             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
34        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
 
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 1        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
 2        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
 3        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
 4        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
 5        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
 6        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 7        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 8        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 9        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
10        actions.
11    (u)  Expungement Petition.
12             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
13        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
14        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
15        arrest records.
16    (v)  Probate.
17        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
18    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
19    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
20    release the costs payable under this subsection:
21             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
22        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
23        $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
24        except:
25                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
26             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
27             $25.
28                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
29             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
30             probate without administration (including  proof  of
31             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
32             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
33             estate, the fee shall be $25.
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 1        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 2        except:
 3                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
 4             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
 5             $25.
 6                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 7             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
 8             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
 9             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
10             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
11             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
12             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
13             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
14        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
15        following fees are payable:
16                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
17             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
18             $15.
19                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
20             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
21             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
22             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
23             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
24             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
25             filing fee paid by the claimant.
26                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
27             or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
28             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
29             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
30             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
31             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
32             $40.
33                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
34             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
 
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 1             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
 2             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 3             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
 4                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
 5             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 6             or persons, $10.
 7                  (F)  For each jury demand, $102.50 $90.
 8                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 9             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
10             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
11             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
12             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
13             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
14             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
15             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
16             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
17                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
18             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
19             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
20             document certified.
21                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
22             for certification.
23             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
24        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
25        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
26        directly to the newspaper.
27             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
28        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
29        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
30        person entitled thereto.
31             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
32        petitioner,  or  other  interested person or his attorney
33        shall pay to the clerk all postage  charges  incurred  by
34        the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
 
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 1        documents  pursuant  to the provisions of the Probate Act
 2        of 1975.
 3    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 4             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
 5        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
 6        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 7                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 8                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 9                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
10                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
11                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
12             $20.
13                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
14                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
15             $20.
16                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
17             $20.
18                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
19             whenever filed, $20.
20                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
21             whenever filed, $20.
22                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
23             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
24             State, $20.
25             (2)  In  counties  having  a population of more than
26        650,000 but fewer than 3,000,000  inhabitants,  when  the
27        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
28        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
29        each person convicted therein as follows:
30                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
31             $10.
32                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
33             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
34        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
 
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 1        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
 2        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
 3        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
 4        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
 5        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
 6        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 7        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 8        tried by the court without a jury.
 9    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
10             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
11        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
12        commencement of new suit.
13    (y)  Change of Venue.
14             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
15        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
16        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
17             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
18        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
19        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
20    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
21             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
22        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
23        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
24        complaint, $25.
25    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
26             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
27        involved, $150.
28             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
29    (bb)  Collections.
30             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
31        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
32        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
33        collected and turned over.
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 1        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
 2        earning of the office.
 3             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
 4        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
 5        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 6             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 7        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 8        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 9        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
10        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
11        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
12        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
13        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
14        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
15        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
16        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
17        his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
18        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment any
19        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
20        fee.
21             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
22        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
23        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
24        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
25        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
26    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
27             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
28        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
29        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
30        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
31        document, $15.
32    (dd)  Exceptions.
33             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
34        to  police departments or other law enforcement agencies.
 
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 1        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
 2        of the State or a  unit  of  local  government  which  is
 3        vested  by  law  or  ordinance  with the duty to maintain
 4        public order and to enforce criminal laws or  ordinances.
 5        "Law  enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General
 6        or any state's attorney. The  fee  requirements  of  this
 7        Section  shall  not  apply to any action instituted under
 8        subsection  (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the   Illinois
 9        Municipal  Code  by  a  private  owner  or tenant of real
10        property within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe
11        building  seeking an order compelling the owner or owners
12        of the building to take any  of  the  actions  authorized
13        under that subsection.
14    (ee)  Adoptions.
15             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
16             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
17        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
18        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
19        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
20        Family Services.
21    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
22             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
23        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
24        adoption proceeding.
25    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
26    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

27        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
28        Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
29    in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
30    inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
31    be as provided in this Section.  The fees shall  be  paid  in
32    advance and shall be as follows:
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 1             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
 2        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
 3        exceptions, shall be $190.
 4                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 5             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
 6             $250, $15.
 7                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 8             exceed $1000, $40.
 9                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
10             not exceed $2500, $50.
11                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
12             not exceed $5000, $100.
13                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
14             not exceed $15,000, $150.
15                  (F)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
16             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
17             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
18             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
19             assessment by a jury, $150.
20    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
21             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
22        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
23        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
24        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $75.
25        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
26        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
27        $15,000, $225.
28    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
29             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
30        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
31        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
32        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
33        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
34        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
 
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 1        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
 2        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
 3        has been paid.
 4    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 5             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 6        exceed $1500, $60.  When the amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 7        does  not  exceed  $5000,  $75.   When the amount exceeds
 8        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
 9        exceeds $15,000, $250.
10    (e)  Appearance.
11             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
12        shall be $75, except as follows:
13                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
14             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
15                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
16             exceed $1500, $40.
17                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
18             not exceed $15,000, $60.
19    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
20             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
21        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
22        $1,000,  $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
23        exceed $5,000, $30; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
24        $50.
25    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
26             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
27        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
28        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
29        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
30        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
31        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
32        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
33        $50.
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 1        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
 2        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
 3        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
 4        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
 5        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
 6             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 7        $40.
 8    (h)  Mailing.
 9             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
10        $10, plus the cost of postage.
11    (i)  Certified Copies.
12             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
13        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
14        cases, $15.
15    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
16             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
17        $125.
18    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
19             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
20        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
21        writing with the seal of office, $6.
22             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
23        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
24             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
25        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
26             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
27        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25 cents
28        per page.
29             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
30        the clerk's files:
31                  (A)  First page, $2.
32                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
33                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
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 1             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
 2        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
 3        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
 4        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
 5        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
 6        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
 7        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
 8        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
 9        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
10        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
11        trial after remand.
12    (m)  Record Search.
13             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
14        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
15        search fee of $6 for each year searched.
16    (n)  Hard Copy.
17             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
18        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
19        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
20    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
21             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
22        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
23        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
24        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
25        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
26        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
27        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
28        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
29        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
30        Court.
31    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
32             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
33        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
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 1             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
 2        clerk, $5.
 3    (r)  Other Fees.
 4             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 5        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 6        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 7        Courts.
 8             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
 9        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
10        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
11        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
12        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
13        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
14        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
15        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
16        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
17        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
18        otherwise required by law.
19    (s)  Jury Services.
20             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
21        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $212.50 $200, as
22        a fee for the services of a jury in  every  civil  action
23        not quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for
24        the  exercise of the right of eminent domain and in every
25        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
26        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
27        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
28        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
29        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
30        tried by the court without a jury.
31    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
32             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $20;
33        for   recording   the  same,  50¢  for  each  100  words.
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 1        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
 2        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
 3        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
 4        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
 5        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 6        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 7        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 8        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 9        actions.
10    (u)  Expungement Petition.
11             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $60
12        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
13        of $4 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
14        arrest records.
15    (v)  Probate.
16        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
17    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
18    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
19    release the costs payable under this subsection:
20             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
21        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
22        $150,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
23        except:
24                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
25             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
26             $40.
27                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
28             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
29             probate without administration (including  proof  of
30             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
31             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
32             estate, the fee shall be $40.
33             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
34        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
 
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 1        except:
 2                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
 3             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
 4             $40.
 5                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 6             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
 7             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
 8             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
 9             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
10             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
11             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
12             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
13        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
14        following fees are payable:
15                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
16             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
17             $25.
18                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
19             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
20             $20; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
21             less  than  $10,000, $40; when the amount claimed is
22             $10,000 or more, $60; provided  that  the  court  in
23             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
24             filing fee paid by the claimant.
25                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
26             or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
27             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
28             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
29             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
30             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
31             $60.
32                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
33             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
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 1             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
 2             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
 3                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
 4             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 5             or persons, $30.
 6                  (F)  For each jury demand, $137.50 $125.
 7                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 8             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 9             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
10             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
11             administration of the estate, $50, less  any  amount
12             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
13             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
14             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
15             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
16                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
17             office,  of  court order or other certification, $2,
18             plus $1 per page  in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
19             document certified.
20                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
21             for certification.
22             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
23        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
24        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
25        directly to the newspaper.
26             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
27        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
28        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
29        person entitled thereto.
30             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
31        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
32        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
33        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
34        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
 
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 1        the Probate Act of 1975.
 2    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
 3             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
 4        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
 5        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 6                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
 7                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
 8                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
 9                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
10                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
11             $30.
12                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
13                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
14             $40.
15                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
16             $30.
17                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
18             whenever filed, $30.
19                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
20             whenever filed, $25.
21                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
22             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
23             State, $40.
24             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
25        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
26        municipal  police department, the clerk shall be entitled
27        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
28                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
29             $30.
30                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
31             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
32        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
33        receive, unless the fee is excused upon a finding by  the
34        court  that  the  defendant  is  indigent, in addition to
 
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 1        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
 2        $112.50 $100 as a fee for the services of  a  jury.   The
 3        jury  fee  shall  be paid by the defendant at the time of
 4        filing his or her jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid
 5        by the defendant, no jury shall be called, and  the  case
 6        shall be tried by the court without a jury.
 7    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 8             For  the  filing  of  a  transcript of judgment, the
 9        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
10        commencement of a new suit.
11    (y)  Change of Venue.
12             (1)  For the filing of a change of case on a  change
13        of  venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as
14        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
15             (2)  The fee for the preparation  and  certification
16        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
17        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
18    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
19             For  each  tax objection complaint containing one or
20        more tax objections, regardless of the number of  parcels
21        involved  or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in the
22        complaint, $50.
23    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
24             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only  one  parcel  is
25        involved, $250.
26             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
27    (bb)  Collections.
28             (1)  For  all collections made of others, except the
29        State and county  and  except  in  maintenance  or  child
30        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
31        collected and turned over.
32             (2)  Interest  earned on any funds held by the clerk
33        shall be turned over to the county  general  fund  as  an
34        earning of the office.
 
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 1             (3)  For  any check, draft, or other bank instrument
 2        returned to the clerk for non-sufficient  funds,  account
 3        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 4             (4)  In  child  support  and  maintenance cases, the
 5        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 6        may collect an annual fee of up to $36  from  the  person
 7        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 8        distribution  of  maintenance and child support payments.
 9        This fee shall  be  in  addition  to  and  separate  from
10        amounts  ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or child
11        support  and  shall  be   deposited   into   a   Separate
12        Maintenance  and  Child Support Collection Fund, of which
13        the clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be  used
14        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
15        his or her office.  The clerk may recover from the person
16        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment any
17        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
18        fee.
19             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
20        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
21        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
22        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
23        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
24    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
25             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
26        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
27        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
28        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
29        document, $25.
30    (dd)  Exceptions.
31             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
32        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
33        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
34        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
 
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 1        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
 2        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
 3        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
 4        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 5             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
 6        unit of local government  or  school  district.  The  fee
 7        requirements  of  this  Section  shall  not  apply to any
 8        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
 9        of the Illinois Municipal Code  by  a  private  owner  or
10        tenant  of  real property within 1200 feet of a dangerous
11        or unsafe building seeking an order compelling the  owner
12        or  owners  of  the  building  to take any of the actions
13        authorized under that subsection.
14    (ee)  Adoption.
15             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
16             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
17        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
18        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
19        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
20        Family Services.
21    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
22             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (ee)
23        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
24        adoption proceeding.
25    (Source: P.A.   89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
26    90-466, eff. 8-17-97; 90-796, eff. 12-15-98.)

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

29        (705 ILCS 315/2 new)
30        Sec.  2.  Secrecy  of  jury.   A  judge  may prohibit the
31    release to the public of the name of any  member  of  a  jury
32    sitting in a court over which the judge presides if the judge
 
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 1    finds  that there would be a reasonable threat of harm to the
 2    juror if his or her name were released.

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