Every recorder shall keep the following books or computer databases:
         1. An entry book, in which the recorder shall,
    
immediately on the receipt of any instrument to be recorded or filed, enter, in the order of its reception, the names of the parties thereto, its date, the day of the month, hour and year of receiving the same, and a brief description of the premises, indorsing upon each instrument a number corresponding with the number of such entry.
        2. A grantor‘s index, in which shall be entered the
    
name of each grantor, in alphabetical order, the name of the grantee, date of the instrument, time of receipt, kind of instrument, consideration, the book and page in which it is recorded, or the number under which it is filed, and a brief description of the premises.
        3. A grantee’s index, in which shall be entered the
    
name of each grantee, in alphabetical order, the name of the grantor, date of the instrument, time of receipt, kind of instrument, consideration, the book and page in which it is recorded, or the number under which it is filed, and a brief description of the premises.
        4. An index to each book or computer database of
    
record, in which shall be entered, in alphabetical order, the name of each grantor and grantee, and the page number in which or reference number to which the instrument is recorded.
        5. When required by the county board, an abstract
    
book, which shall show by tracts every conveyance or incumbrance recorded, the date of the instrument, time of filing the same, the book and page where the same is recorded; which book shall be so kept as to show a true chain of title to each tract and the incumbrances thereon, as shown by the records of the office.
        6. An index to recorded maps, plats and subdivisions,
    
such index to be made by description of land mapped, or subdivided by range, township, Section, quarter-section, etc.
        7. An index showing in alphabetical order the names
    
of the parties against whom judgments have been rendered or made and transcripts or memoranda of such judgments have been recorded, and the parties named in notices recorded pursuant to Section 1 of “An Act concerning constructive notice of condemnation proceedings, proceedings to sell real property of decedents to pay debts, or other suits seeking equitable relief involving real property, and proceedings in bankruptcy” approved June 11, 1917, as amended.
        8. An index of all ordinances, petitions, assessment
    
rolls, orders, judgments or other documents filed or recorded in respect of any drainage or special assessment matter sufficient to enable the public to identify all tracts involved therein and to locate all the documents which have been filed or recorded. The recorder may solicit the assistance of the State Records Commission in organizing and indexing these documents.
    Any recorder may install or contract for the use of a computerized system that will permit automated entry and indexing, alphabetically by document, of instruments filed in the office and that will provide both quick search and retrieval of such entries and hard copy print output, whether on paper, optical disk media, or microfilm, of such entries as indexed. If such a computerized system has been in use in the office for at least 6 months and the recorder determines that it provides accurate and reliable indices that may be stored as permanent records, more quickly and efficiently than the system previously used, the recorder may thereafter discontinue the use of the manual system and use only the computerized system for such indices. In that event, references in this Division to books, records or forms as relate to such indices are intended to encompass and refer to the computer system and all materials and forms directly related to that system and its proper use.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/3-5025

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" alone, is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.10
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     This Section is subject to the Local Records Act.
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