Bureau County
Recorder
Recording of Documents
Our recording office accepts all different types of
documents for recording. All real estate-related documents
are recorded along with liens, military discharges, UCC's,
and plats. WE ONLY RECORD ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS OR
CERTIFIED COPIES.
Our standard recording fee for documents (deeds, deed of
trust, mortgages, amendments, assignments, and releases)
that fulfill the statutory requirement is $47.00 for the first
four pages.
The $47.00 recording fee includes:
- $10.00 rental housing surcharge put in place by the State
of Illinois. Not applied to documents associated with
Government entities
- $22.00 fee for the GIS system approved by the Bureau
County Board
- $ 3.00 fee for Recorder's Document Storage.
Other fees include:
Plat of new subdivision -- $85.00
Additional pages and attachments -- $1.00 per page
Multiple instrument number references - $1.00 per
reference after the first reference
Reference to property legal description by document
number -- $1.00 per reference
Non-standard (non-conforming)document --
additional $12.00 for the first four pages/or double the recording fee
and subtract $35.00
Multiple assignments -- $7.00 per assignment
All deeds must include:
*a complete legal description;a statement of exemption
or transfer tax declaration form;
*name and address of --
the preparer, who to return the document to and
the taxpayer;
*notary date/seal/signature;
*parcel identification number

