Public Act 094-0821
 
HB4760 Enrolled LRB094 16177 AJO 51420 b

    AN ACT concerning property.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Conveyances Act is amended by changing
Section 35c as follows:
 
    (765 ILCS 5/35c)  (from Ch. 30, par. 34c)
    Sec. 35c. Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance or
other instrument to be made a matter of record is executed
there shall be typed or printed to the side or below all
signatures the names of the parties signing such instruments
including the witnesses thereto, if any, and the names of the
parties or officers taking the acknowledgments. The absence or
neglect to print or type the names of the parties under the
signatures shall not invalidate the instrument.
    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance or other
instrument to be made a matter of record is executed, the
signatures of the parties making the conveyance shall be
acknowledged by a notary public appointed and commissioned by
the Secretary of State or by one of the courts or officers
designated in Section 20 of this Act. Failure to comply with
this provision shall not invalidate the instrument.
    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance is executed
the name and address of the owner or owners to whom subsequent
tax bills are to be sent shall be endorsed on the instrument.
The absence or neglect of any one to comply with this provision
shall not invalidate the instrument.
    Whenever any deed or instrument of conveyance is executed
and is to be made a matter of record wherein a metes and bounds
description is incorporated, the metes and bounds description
shall contain the section, township and range with an
identifiable point of beginning. Subsequent courses shall
contain approximate linear distance and direction values,
direction being defined as any one or more of the following:
    a. The angular relationship of the described course to a
described course.
    b. The bearing of the described course relative to the
bearing of a described course.
    c. The relationship of the described course to a known
line, or a point thereon, such as a previously described course
in the same description or a line of a section or fraction
thereof or a line in a platted lot or block.
    If references are made to existing monuments or points or
lines of previously recorded conveyances, the instant
description shall contain sufficient information so that it may
be located without reference to matters outside the instant
description.
    The neglect to comply with the provisions of this Section
shall not invalidate the instrument.
(Source: P.A. 85-1232.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2007