Ford County Recorder Fees And Requirements
All documents must include:
- Prepared By
- Return To
- Notary Seal ,date & Signature
- Signatures
- Date of document
- Exempt Stamp and /or Transfer Declaration
- Plat Act Affidavit
- Mail Tax Statement To: (Name and Address)
- Releases, Assignments and Extensions must have a document number, and/or book and page number.
- Documents after 4:00 pm will be recorded on the next business day
Real Estate Documents (Includes a $10 State of Illinois Rental Housing Support Program surcharge. School districts, state & local government, and easements for public utilities are exempt from the RHSP surcharge)
Real Estate documents include, but not limited to, the following :$ 44.00 1st 4 pages
| Agreements/Options to purchases | Foreclosures | Mineral Deed | Notice of Reclamation |
| Coal Lease | Land Grants | Modifications | Oil & Gas Lease |
| Deeds & Contracts for Deed | Leases | Monument Records | Royalty Deed |
| Easements (other than public utility) | Liens | Liens | Subordinations |
Other Documents (EXEMPT from Illinois Rental Housing Support Program surcharge)
$ 34.00 1st 4 pages
| Articles of incorporation & related documents | Transcript (involving a will, death certificate, etc) |
| Birth records, death certificates, marriage records | UCC’s (real estate and fixture liens only) |
| All Judgments, Memo of Judgments, etc. | Wills |
| Notice of Probate | Power of Attorney (including for property) |
Additional Charges to apply to Real-Estate or Other documents above
| Each additional page beyond the 1st 4 pages | $1.00 ea page |
| Certified Copy of Document | $12.00 for 1st 4 pgs.+ $1.00 per page |
| New Subdivision Plat/Survey | $54.00 |
| Non-Compliance Document Fee(if a document contains any of the following) | $60.50 1st 4 pages |
| Additional page for noncompliance of standardization laws | $2.00 ea page |
| - Paper not white or less than 20 lb weight | |
| - One or more sheets not measuring 8 ½ x 11 | |
| - Lacks clean margin of at least ½ inch top, bottom and side | |
| - 1st page lacks blank space measuring 3x5 inches in upper right corner | |
| - Permanently bound or of continuous form | |
| - Contains colored ink, is not type written or computer generated | |
| - Type face smaller than 10 point | |
| - Contains an attachment stapled, taped or otherwise affixed to document | |
UCC Fixture Filings
| (in Real Estate Records) | $34.00 |