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by Matt Buckley, ATG Law Clerk

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Real Property Transfer on Death Instrument Act on July 9, 2021, and the Act went into effect on January 1...

EDITOR'S NOTE: IMPORTANT — Extensions are not automatic, you must submit request.

In light of the...

In re Pisula, 09 CH 13 (ARDC Hearing Board, May 16, 2011), M R 24722 (Ill S Ct, Sept. 26, 2011). Search the...

The DeKalb County, Illinois, Clerk and Recorder’s Office recently announced an increase in its Geographic Information System (GIS) fee from $13.00 to $24.00. The County portion of the...

We remind our Indiana agents to strictly adhere to filed rates. In a recent audit, the...

Originally published in the December 2008 issue of the ATG Casenotes and Underwriters' Bulletin

It is important to make sure that a name search is done for all the parties...

In certain circumstances, judgments and liens against a buyer will be subordinate to the lien of a purchase-money mortgage (a mortgage the proceeds of which are used to purchase the property on...

The County Clerk and Recorder of Kendall County has announced new rates effective January 1, 2020 (see...

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...

Effective December 1, 2017, the cost to record a standard document in Lake County, Illinois, will increase to $60 regardless of the number of pages. For a list of other new rates, see pages 5-6 of...

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