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