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