55 ILCS 5/4-12002
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 4 - Fees And Salaries

   (from Ch. 34, par. 4-12002)Sec. 4-12002. Fees of recorder in third class counties. Except as provided for in Section 4-12002.1, the fees of  the recorder in counties of the third class for recording deeds or other  instruments in writing and maps of plats of additions, subdivisions or  otherwise, and for certifying copies of records, shall be paid in advance  and shall be as follows:For recording deeds or other instruments $20 for the first 2 pages  thereof, plus $2 for each additional page thereof.  The aggregate minimum fee  for recording  any one instrument shall not be less than $20.For recording deeds or other instruments wherein the premises  affected thereby are referred to by document number and not by legal  description the recorder shall charge a fee of $4 in addition  to that hereinabove referred to for each document number therein noted.For recording deeds or other instruments wherein more than one tract,  parcel or lot is described and such additional tract, or tracts, parcel  or parcels, lot or lots is or are described therein as falling in a  separate or different addition or subdivision the recorder  shall charge as an additional fee, to that herein provided, the sum of  $2 for each additional addition or subdivision referred to in such deed  or instrument.For recording any document that affects an interest in real property other than documents which solely affect or relate to an easement for water, sewer, electricity, gas, telephone or other public service, the recorder shall charge a fee of $1 per document to all filers of documents not filed by any State agency, any unit of local government, or any school district.  Fifty cents of the  $1 fee hereby established shall be deposited into the County General Revenue Fund.  The remaining $0.50 shall be deposited into the County Recorder Document Storage System Fund and may not be appropriated or expended for any other purpose.  The additional amounts available to the recorder for expenditure from the County Recorder Document Storage System Fund shall not offset or reduce any other county appropriations or funding for the office of the recorder.For recording maps or plats of additions, subdivisions or otherwise  (including the spreading of the same of record in well bound books) $100  plus $2 for each tract, parcel or lot contained therein.For certified copies of records the same fees as for recording, but  in no case shall the fee for a certified copy of a map or plat of an  addition, subdivision or otherwise exceed $200.For non-certified copies of records, an amount not to exceed one half of  the amount provided herein for certified copies, according to a standard scale  of fees, established by county ordinance and made public.For filing of each release of any chattel mortgage or trust deed  which has been filed but not recorded and for indexing the same in the  book to be kept for that purpose $10.For processing the sworn or affirmed statement required for filing a deed  or assignment of a beneficial interest in a land trust in accordance with  Section 3-5020 of this Code, $2.The recorder shall charge an additional fee, in an amount equal to the  fee otherwise provided by law, for recording a document (other than a  document filed under the Plat Act or the Uniform Commercial Code) that does  not conform to  the following standards:(1) The document shall consist of one or more     individual sheets measuring 8.5 inches by 11 inches, not permanently bound and not a continuous form.  Graphic displays accompanying a document to be recorded that measure up to 11 inches by 17 inches shall be recorded without charging an additional fee.(2) The document shall be legibly printed in black     ink, by hand, type, or computer.  Signatures and dates may be in contrasting colors if they will reproduce clearly.(3) The document shall be on white paper of not less     than 20-pound weight and shall have a clean margin of at least one-half inch on the top, the bottom, and each side.  Margins may be used only for non-essential notations that will not affect the validity of the document, including but not limited to form numbers, page numbers, and customer notations.(4) The first page of the document shall contain a     blank space, measuring at least 3 inches by 5 inches, from the upper right corner.(5) The document shall not have any attachment     stapled or otherwise affixed to any page.  A document that does not conform to these standards shall  not be recorded except upon payment of the additional fee required under  this paragraph.  This paragraph, as amended by this amendatory Act of 1995,  applies only to documents dated after the effective date of this amendatory  Act of 1995.The recorder shall collect a $9 Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document. Payment of the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge shall be evidenced by a receipt that shall be marked upon or otherwise affixed to the real estate-related document by the recorder. The form of this receipt shall be prescribed by the Department of Revenue and the receipts shall be issued by the Department of Revenue to each county recorder.The recorder shall not collect the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge from any State agency, any unit of local government or any school district.On the 15th day of each month, each county recorder shall report  to the Department of Revenue, on a form prescribed by the Department,  the number of real estate-related documents recorded for which  the Rental Housing Support Program  State surcharge   was  collected. Each recorder shall submit $9 of each surcharge collected in the  preceding month to the Department of Revenue and the Department  shall deposit these amounts in the Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Subject to appropriation, amounts in the Fund may be expended only for the purpose of funding and administering the Rental Housing Support Program.For purposes of this Section, "real estate-related document" means that term as it is defined in Section 7 of the Rental Housing Support Program Act.The fee requirements of this Section apply to units of local  government and school districts.Regardless of any other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that may  be collected from the Department of Revenue for filing or indexing a  lien, certificate of lien release or subordination, or any other type of notice  or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $5.  Regardless of any  other provision in this Section, the maximum fee that may be collected from the  Department of Revenue for indexing each additional name in excess of  one for any lien, certificate of lien release or subordination, or any other  type of notice or other documentation affecting or concerning a lien is $1.  (Source: P.A. 100-1034, eff. 1-1-19.)