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LaSalle County recorder recommends $100 recording fee; forwards fee study to finance committee
Summary
Recorder Karen Miller presented a cost study recommending higher recording fees and asked the committee to forward a proposed ordinance (standard documents $100; nonstandard $125) to the finance committee. The committee voted to recommend the change to finance; implementation requires further steps at finance and full board.
Karen Miller, LaSalle County recorder, told the Taxes, Election & GIS Committee on Jan. 27 that a Bellwether cost study recommends raising standard recording fees — currently $77–$82 depending on document type — to about $107.6. Miller said she was not recommending the full $107.60 figure and instead urged a single, even standard fee of $100 and a $125 charge for nonstandard documents to simplify billing and cover office costs.
Miller said the county allocates portions of recording fees to multiple funds by statute: the assessor’s GIS fund, a rural housing support fee that goes to the Illinois Department of Revenue, a recorder automation/equipment fund, and the county general fund. She described the split…
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