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Cook County Changing to Predictable Fee Schedule
04/17/2019 - 2:21pm
Cook County has announced that, effective May 20, 2019, it is changing to a predictable fee schedule for recordings. For details and the new rates, please read the attached fee schedule from the...
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UPDATE: Cook County Recorder Ordered to Record Affidavits of Heirship
11/26/2018 - 1:06pm
On March 15, 2019, Judge Michael T. Mullen entered summary judgment in favor of the Illinois Land Title Association in its suit against the Cook County Recorder of Deeds, ordering the Recorder to...
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Claims Corner - United States v. Z Investment Properties, LLC.
06/26/2019 - 1:02pm
In United States v. Z Investment Properties, LLC., 921 F.3d 696 (2019), the United States recorded a Notice of Federal Tax Lien (“Notice”) against the sole owner of a property in Lake County,...
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Title Claims - Importance of Checking Legal Descriptions
06/26/2019 - 1:00pm
A common underlying cause of claims is an error in the legal description. Mistakes of this type can result in omitted parcels, unpaid taxes, erroneous conveyances, overlaps, and/or title disputes....
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Fight Back against Cyber Crime
01/22/2019 - 11:00am
The threat of wire fraud is growing exponentially. Consider these staggering statistics involving Business E-mail Compromise (BEC) and E-mail Account Compromise (EAC) scams: $3 billion stolen from 41...
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MyDec Required for All Cook County Conveyances Starting January 21, 2019
01/10/2019 - 2:52pm
The Cook County Recorder of Deeds has announced, effective January 21, 2019, the requirement to include electronically-completed MyDec declarations when recording property conveyances will expand to...
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Kendall County Changing to Predictable Fee Schedule
01/08/2019 - 5:33pm
Kendall County has announced that, effective February 2, 2019, they are changing to a predictable fee schedule for recordings. For details and the new rates, please read the attached notice from the...
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