Code of Ordinances

The Coun­ty Board does here­by require that an Affi­davit of Com­pli­ance (a copy of which attached) be com­plet­ed by any per­son desir­ing to trans­fer prop­er­ty in Union Coun­ty pri­or to said trans­fer being giv­en sta­tus of record, when in the opin­ion of the Union Coun­ty Clerk/Recorder there is doubt that said trans­fer com­plies with the Plat Act or the Union Coun­ty Sub­di­vi­sion Code.  The affi­davit shall state that the trans­fer doc­u­ment does ful­ly com­ply with the above ref­er­enced laws and ordi­nances.  Any indi­vid­ual dis­cov­ered to have inten­tion­al­ly and in a mate­ri­al­ly false way com­plet­ed said affi­davit shall be sub­ject to a fine of not less than Sev­en­­­ty-Five Dol­lars ($75.00) and not more than One Thou­sand Dol­lars ($1,000.00), said fine is to be deter­mined by the Union Coun­ty Board of Com­mis­sion­ers after a hear­ing at which time the offend­ing par­ty has the right to appeal.

A record­ing fee of Eigh­teen Dol­lars ($18.00) shall be charged to record said Affi­davit of Compliance.

The fol­low­ing fees and charges shall be col­lect­ed by the Sheriff’s Office; to-wit:

(A) Body Attach­ment Order Ser­vice  $50.00

(B) Bond Pro­cess­ing Fee 20.00

(C) Civ­il Paper Pro­cess­ing Fee  42.00

(D) Civ­il Paper Cer­ti­fied Mail­ings Fee 15.00

(E) Copies of Acci­dent Reports  5.00

(F) Copies of Inci­dent Reports 5.00

(G) Cor­rec­tion­al Offi­cers Train­ing Acad­e­my Tuition  569.00

(H) Deputy Sher­iff Hourly Rate 45.00

(I) Evic­tion and Set-out Fees  50.00

(J) Hous­ing of Inmates – Dai­ly Rate  54.00

(K) Mileage-Tran­s­­­ports to/from State Insti­tu­tions .35

(L) Real Estate Order of Judg­ment  50.00

(M) Process Ser­vice Fees as spec­i­fied below

1.  For tak­ing spe­cial bail  50.00
2.  For tak­ing all bonds on legal process, civ­il and crim­i­nal 50.00
3. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve sum­mons on each defen­dant                                                  45.00
4. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve an order or Judg­ment grant­i­ng injunc­tion­al relief  45.00
5. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve each gar­nishee 45.00
6. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve an order for replevin  45.00
7. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve an order for attach­ment on each defen­dant 45.00
8. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve a sub­poe­na on Each wit­ness  45.00
9. For serv­ing or attempt­ing to serve any oth­er civ­il court doc­u­ment not list­ed in this Sec­tion  45.00

All monies col­lect­ed pur­suant to sub­sec­tion (M)(1) and sub­sec­tion (M)(2) of this Sec­tion shall be non-refund­able and shall be in addi­tion to the amount of bond ordered by the court.

The Sher­iff shall remit all monies col­lect­ed pur­suant to this Arti­cle to the Treasurer.

(Ord. No. 2010–18; 08–05–10)

(This has been amend­ed by Ord. No. 2012–24; 12-24-2012) 

(See 55 ILCS 5/4–5001)

(A) Basic Record­ing Fees.

UCC – 1        Financ­ing State­ment                                    $26.00

UCC – 3        Con­tin­u­a­tion————————————– $26.00

Amend­ment————————————– $26.00

Assign­ment————————————— $26.00

Release (par­tial)———————————- $26.00

Ter­mi­na­tion————————————— $26.00

(B)  Record­ing Fees.

First four pages————————————————————— $40.00

Each addi­tion­al                                                                   $1.00

Legal size first four pages————————————————– $52.00

Each addi­tion­al legal size page———————————————- $1.00

SUBDIVISION PLATS——————————————————– $56.00

Addi­tion­al Lot  $1.00

SURVEYS       —————————————————————- $40.00

CERTIFIED REAL ESTATE RECORD COPIES—————————- $5.00

FOR THE FIRST FOUR COPIES

FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE OF CERTIFIED COPY—————- $1.00

(C) Addi­tion­al Fees.

CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE—————————————– $8.00

Each Addi­tion­al—————————————————————— $1.00

CERTIFIED DEATH CERTIFICATE—————————————– $8.00

Each Addi­tion­al—————————————————————— $1.00

COPIES         —————————————————————— $0.25

(D) The Coun­ty Clerk shall impose an addi­tion­al Two Dol­lar ($2.00) charge for cer­ti­fied copies of vital records as defined in Sec­tion 1 of the Vital Records Act, for the pur­pose of devel­op­ing, main­tain­ing, and improv­ing tech­nol­o­gy in the office of the Coun­ty Clerk.

(E) The Coun­ty Clerk shall remit all monies col­lect­ed pur­suant to this Sec­tion to the Treasurer.

(F) All monies col­lect­ed pur­suant to sub­sec­tion (D) of this Sec­tion shall be deposit­ed in a spe­cial fund, known as the Coun­ty Clerk Tech­nol­o­gy Fund, which fund shall be estab­lished by the Trea­sur­er.  Such monies shall be used exclu­sive­ly for devel­op­ing, main­tain­ing, and improv­ing tech­nol­o­gy in the office of the Coun­ty Clerk.

(Ord. No. 2010–18; 08–05–10)

(A) Def­i­n­i­tion.  Vital records means records of births, deaths, fetal deaths, mar­riages, dis­so­lu­tion of mar­riages, and data-relat­ed thereto.

(B) Fee Estab­lished.  The Coun­ty Clerk shall impose an addi­tion­al Two Dol­lar ($2.00) charge for cer­ti­fied copies of vital records which are request­ed to be made by the Coun­ty Clerk’s office.  The addi­tion­al Two Dol­lar ($2.00) charge is to 
be used for the sole pur­pose of defray­ing the costs of con­vert­ing theCountyClerk’s doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem for said vital records to com­put­ers or micro­graph­ics, and for main­tain­ing system.

(C) Spe­cial Fund.  The­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er is here­by ordered to estab­lish a spe­cial fund for deposit of the monies col­lect­ed as a result of said addi­tion­al charge.  The monies col­lect­ed shall be placed in said spe­cial fund and shall be used sole­ly to pro­vide the equip­ment, mate­r­i­al and nec­es­sary expens­es incurred to help defray the cost of imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing the Coun­ty Clerk’s doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem for vital records.

(See 55 ILCS 5/4–4001)

The Coun­ty Board does here­by pro­vide for a charge of Four Dol­lars ($4.00) for fil­ing every instru­ment, paper, or notice for record, (1) in order to defray the cost of con­vert­ing the Coun­ty Recorder’s doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem to com­put­ers or micro­graph­ics and (2) in order to defray the cost of pro­vid­ing access to records through the glob­al infor­ma­tion sys­tem known as the Internet.

(A) Fund Estab­lished.  A spe­cial fund shall be set up by the Trea­sur­er of the Coun­ty and such funds col­lect­ed pur­suant to Pub­lic Act 83–1321 shall be used (1) for a doc­u­ment stor­age sys­tem to pro­vide the equip­ment, mate­ri­als and nec­es­sary expens­es incurred to help defray the costs of imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing such a doc­u­ment records sys­tem and (2) for a sys­tem to pro­vide elec­tron­ic access to those records.  (55 ILCS 5/3–5018) 

For issu­ing each mar­riage and civ­il union license, the cer­tifi­cate there­of, and for record­ing the same, includ­ing the record­ing of the parent’s or guardian’s con­sent where indi­cat­ed, Twen­­­ty-Five Dol­lars ($25.00).  (Ord. No. 2011-06; 05–20–11)

The Coun­ty Clerk shall charge and col­lect a Five Dol­lar ($5.00) fee to be added to the stan­dard fee col­lect­ed for each mar­riage license appli­ca­tion issued in Union Coun­ty.  The Coun­ty Clerk shall trans­fer said fees col­lect­ed to the Illi­nois State Trea­sur­er in accor­dance with the Mar­ried Fam­i­lies Domes­tic Vio­lence Act.  (Ord. No. 08–04; 05–19–08)

The fees to be assessed by the Coun­ty Clerk and Recorder of Deeds shall be as follows:

Attend Tax Sale; Issue Cer­tifi­cate Per Tract 12.00

Can­cel Tax Sale; Issue Cer­tifi­cate of Redemp­tion  33.00

Record­ing of Deeds  15.00

(See 55 LCS 5/4–4001 and 5/3–5018) 

There is here­by imposed a tax on the priv­i­lege of trans­fer­ring a con­trol­ling inter­est in a real estate enti­ty own­ing prop­er­ty locat­ed in Union Coun­ty, includ­ing a lessee’s inter­est in cer­tain ground leas­es, in the amount of Twen­­­ty-Five Cents ($0.25) per Five Hun­dred Dol­lars ($500.00) con­sid­er­a­tion or frac­tion of Five Hun­dred Dol­lars ($500.00) val­ue declared in the real estate trans­fer dec­la­ra­tion required by 35 ILCS 200/31–25, such tax to be in addi­tion to any and all trans­fer tax cur­rent­ly autho­rized for col­lec­tion by the County.

The tax here­in imposed shall be in addi­tion to all oth­er occu­pa­tion or priv­i­lege tax­es imposed by the State of Illi­nois or by any munic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tion or polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sion thereof.

All pro­ceeds result­ing from the col­lec­tion of the tax imposed by this Arti­cle shall be paid to the Coun­ty Trea­sur­er on a dai­ly basis.

The fol­low­ing deeds and trust doc­u­ments shall be exempt from the pro­vi­sions of this Arti­cle except as here­inafter provided:

(A) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments rep­re­sent­ing real estate trans­fers made before the adop­tion of this Ordi­nance but record­ed after that date.

(B) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments to prop­er­ty acquired by any gov­ern­men­tal body or from any gov­ern­men­tal body or deeds or trust doc­u­ments to prop­er­ty between asso­ci­a­tion, foun­da­tion or insti­tu­tion orga­nized and oper­at­ed exclu­sive­ly for char­i­ta­ble, reli­gious or edu­ca­tion­al purposes.

(C) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments which secure debt or oth­er obligation.

(D) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments which, with­out addi­tion­al con­sid­er­a­tion, con­firm, cor­rect, mod­i­fy, or sup­ple­ment a deed pre­vi­ous­ly recorded.

(E) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments where the actu­al con­sid­er­a­tion is less than One Hun­dred Dol­lars ($100.00).

(F) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments of release of prop­er­ty which is secu­ri­ty for a debt or oth­er obligation.

(G) Tax deeds or trust documents.

(H) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments of partition.

(I) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments made pur­suant to merg­ers, con­sol­i­da­tions or trans­fers or sales of sub­stan­tial­ly all of the assets or cor­po­ra­tions pur­suant to plans of reorganization.

(J) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments made by a sub­sidiary cor­po­ra­tion to its par­ent cor­po­ra­tion for no con­sid­er­a­tion oth­er than the can­cel­la­tion or sur­ren­der of the subsidiary’s stock.

(K) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments where­in there is an actu­al exchange of real estate except that mon­ey dif­fer­ence or money’s worth paid for one to the oth­er shall not be exempt from the tax.

(L) Deeds or trust doc­u­ments rep­re­sent­ing trans­fers sub­ject to the impo­si­tion of a documentary’s stamp tax imposed by the gov­ern­ment of the­Unit­ed States, except that such deeds shall not be exempt from fil­ing the declaration.

A tax is imposed on the priv­i­lege of trans­fer­ring title to real estate or ben­e­fi­cial inter­est in a land trust, as rep­re­sent­ed by the deed that is filed for recor­da­tion, at the rate of Twen­­­ty-Five Cents ($0.25) for each Five Hun­dred Dol­lars ($500.00) of val­ue or frac­tion there­of stat­ed in the dec­la­ra­tion pro­vid­ed for in this Sec­tion.  If, how­ev­er, the real estate is trans­ferred sub­ject to a mort­gage, the amount of the mort­gage remain­ing out­stand­ing at the time of trans­fer shall not be includ­ed in the basis of com­put­ing the tax.

Such tax shall be col­lect­ed by the Recorder of Deeds through the sale of rev­enue stamps whose design, denom­i­na­tions and form shall be pre­scribed by the Recorder of Deeds.  The Recorder of Deeds may sell the rev­enue stamps at a rate of Twen­­­ty-Five Cents ($0.25) per Five Hun­dred Dol­lars ($500.00) of val­ue or frac­tion there­of.  Except as pro­vid­ed in No. 4 of this Arti­cle, no deed or trust doc­u­ment shall be accept­ed for fil­ing by the Recorder of Deeds unless Coun­ty rev­enue stamps in the required amount have been pur­chased from the Recorder of Deeds.  Such rev­enue stamp shall be affixed to the deed or trust doc­u­ment by the Recorder of Deeds either before or after record­ing as request­ed by the grantee.  A per­son using or affix­ing a rev­enue stamp shall can­cel it and so deface it as to ren­der it unfit for reuse by mark­ing it with his ini­tials and the day, month and year when the affix­ing occurs.  Such mark­ings shall be made by writ­ing or stamp­ing in indeli­ble ink or by per­fo­rat­ing with a machine or punch.  How­ev­er, the rev­enue stamp shall not be so defaced as to pre­vent ready deter­mi­na­tion of its denom­i­na­tion and genuineness.

At such time as the tax levied by this Arti­cle is paid, there shall be filed with the Recorder of Deeds a ful­ly exe­cut­ed and com­plet­ed copy of the “Real Estate Trans­fer Dec­la­ra­tion” required by pro­vi­sions of 35 ILCS 305/3.

The fol­low­ing words shall have the mean­ings ascribed to them in this Article:

“Recor­da­tion” means the record­ing of deeds by the Recorder of Deeds.

“Per­son” means any nat­ur­al indi­vid­ual, firm, part­ner­ship, asso­ci­a­tion, joint stock com­pa­ny, joint adven­ture, pub­lic or pri­vate cor­po­ra­tion, or a receiv­er, execu­tor, trustee, con­ser­va­tor or oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive appoint­ed by order of any court.

“Val­ue” means the amount of the full actu­al con­sid­er­a­tion there­of, includ­ing the amount of any lien or liens assumed by the buyer.

The Cir­cuit Clerk shall col­lect addi­tion­al fees on each judg­ment of guilty, con­di­tion­al dis­charge, or grant of super­vi­sion under Sec­tion 5–9‑1 of the Uni­fied Code of Cor­rec­tions accord­ing­ly as indi­cat­ed for the fol­low­ing infractions:

(A) For all felony and mis­de­meanor offens­es as defined under the Illi­nois Com­piled Statutes result­ing in judg­ments of guilt, con­di­tion­al dis­charge, or court super­vi­sion in the amount of Thir­ty Dol­lars ($30.00) as an addi­tion­al court fee for each conviction.

(B) All amounts col­lect­ed by the Cir­cuit Clerk shall be deposit­ed by the Trea­sur­er into an account specif­i­cal­ly for the oper­a­tion and admin­is­tra­tion of the Two River’s Child Cen­ter locat­ed in Anna, Union Coun­ty, Illi­nois, and then to remit those fees to Two River’s Child Advo­ca­cy Cen­ter on a month­ly basis.  (#R17-2008; 10–20–08)

The Cir­cuit Clerk’s office shall col­lect the fees as follows:

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOC / TOTALS

Law Over $50,000 $100 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $170

Answer Appear­ance Fee . $60 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $125

LM’s

Under $250 $10 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $80

$250-$500 $20 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $90

$500-$2,500 $30 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $100

Above $2,500 $75 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $145

Answer Appear­ance Fee

$0–500 $20 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $85

$500-$2,500 $30 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $95

Above $2,500  $60 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $125

Small Claims

<$250 $10 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $80

$250-$500 $20 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $90

$500-$2,500 $30 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $100

$2,500-$10,000 $60 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $130

Answer Appear­ance Fee

$0–500 $20 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $85

$500-$2,500 $30 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $95

$2,500-$10,000 $60 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $125

Small Claims Jury Demand

Jury of Six (6) $12.50

Jury of Twelve (12) $25

Forcible Entry Detainer

Under $15,000 $40 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $110

Over $15,000  $100 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $170

F.E.D. Answer Appearance

Pos­ses­sion Only $30 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $95

Less than $15,000 $30 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $95

>$15,000 $60 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $125

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOC / TOTALS

Con­fes­sion of Judgment

$0-$1,500 $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

$1,500-$15,000 $115 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $185

Exceeds $15,000 $200 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $270

Answer Appear­ance Fee $60 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $125

Gar­nish­ments Wage Deduct.

Cita­tions $15 / $15

Alias Sum­mons Alias Cita­tion $5 / $5

Jury Demand 12 Mem­bers $150 / $150

Jury Demand 6 Mem­bers $75 / $75

In Every Civ­il Action

Emi­nent Domain $150 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $220

For each addi­tion­al lot or tract of land or right or inter­est there­in sub­ject to be con­demned, the dam­ages in respect to which shall require sep­a­rate assess­ment by jury $150.

Divorce & MR’s $80 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $150

Chancery $100 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $170

Fam­i­ly (F) $40 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15  / $110

Answer Appear­ance Fee $40 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $105

Peti­tion Mar­riage License $10 / $10

Per­form­ing Marriage/Court $10 / $10

Vacate or Mod­i­fy Judg­ment Does not include small claims, forcible entry and detain­er, reopen­ing or an estate, child or spousal sup­port, or order for withholding.

<30 days after entry $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

>30 days after entry $75 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $145

Fam­i­ly Under Juve­nile Act        $25                  State’s Attor­ney Fee $10 / $35

Juve­nile, Juve­nile Abuse,

Juve­nile Delinquent

Peti­tion to Vacate Bond

For­fei­ture $40 / $40

Mail­ing $10 / $10

when the clerk is required to

mail the fee will be $10 plus cost

of $7.95 cer­ti­fied mail plus postage

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOC / TOTALS

Cer­ti­fied copies $5 / $5

Child Sup­port Administrative

Fee $36 / $36

Deposit­ed into a sep­a­rate main­te­nance and child sup­port col­lec­tion fund of which the clerk shall be the cus­to­di­an, ex-officio.

$5

Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion made to the Sec­re­tary of State sec­tion 7–703

Cor­rec­tions of Num­bers $15 / $15

Cor­rec­tion of a case num­ber, case title, or attor­ney com­put­er iden­ti­fi­ca­tion num­ber, if required by rule of court, on any doc­u­ment filed in the clerk’s office, to be charged against the par­ty that filed the document.

Change of Venue Same as a New Suit

Fee for the Preparation

Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of a Record on

A Change of Venue  $40 / $40

Tran­scripts of Judgment

For­eign judg­ment                       Same as a New Suit

Excep­tions The fee require­ments of this sec­tion shall not apply to police depart­ments or oth­er law enforce­ment agen­cies.  “Agency of State or a unit of local gov­ern­ment” which is vest­ed by law or ordi­nance with the duty to main­tain pub­lic order and to enforce crim­i­nal laws or ordi­nances.  “Law enforce­ment agency” also means the Attor­ney Gen­er­al or any state’s attorney.

No fee pro­vid­ed here­in shall be charged to any unit of local gov­ern­ment or school district.

Counter Claim or Join­ing Third Par­ty Defendant

Third Par­ty Practice

Counter Claims

Cross­claims

Join­der of 3^rd Par­ty Def.  Fee charged as if the third par­ty action was brought as a sep­a­rate action minus the amount of the appear­ance fee if already paid.

Com­mit­ment Peti­tion M.H. $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

Adop­tions $65 / $65

no oth­er fees

Expunge­ment $60 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $130

$4 each cer­ti­fied copy of an order to expunge arrest records

Tax Objec­tion $50 regard­less of the num­ber of tracts in complaint

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOCTOTALS

Tax Deeds $200 plus $60 for each addi­tion­al parcel

Vol­un­tary Assign­ment $20 for fil­ing each deed of vol­un­tary assign­ment 50 cents for each 100 words

Excep­tions filed to claims pre­sent­ed to an assignee of a debtor who has made a vol­un­tary assign­ment for the ben­e­fit of cred­i­tors shall be con­sid­ered and treat­ed, for the pur­pose of tax­ing costs there­in, as actions in which the par­ty of par­ties fil­ing the excep­tions shall be con­sid­ered as par­ty of par­ties defen­dant, and those par­ties respec­tive­ly shall pay to the clerk the those par­ties respec­tive­ly shall pay to the clerk the same fees as pro­vid­ed by this sec­tion to be paid in oth­er actions.

Returned Checks for Non-

Suf­fi­cient Funds  $25  / $25

each cer­ti­fied copy of a judgment

after the first, except in small

claims and forcible entry and detainer

Habeas Cor­pus

for fil­ing a peti­tion for

relief by habeas cor­pus  $80 /  $80

Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Authen­ti­ca­tion $6 / $6

Repro­duc­tion

Appeals $60 / $60

court appeals when original

doc­u­ments are forwarded,

under 100 pages plus

deliv­ery and costs

court appeals when orig­i­nal  $150 / $150

doc­u­ments are forwarded,

over 100 pages plus

deliv­ery and costs

court appeals when orig­i­nal   $0.25 / $0.25

doc­u­ments are forwarded,

over 200 pages an

addi­tion­al fee

Repro­duc­tion of Any

Doc­u­ment

First Page   $2

Next 19 pages  .50 cents

All remain­ing pages  .25 cents

Record Search­es $6 / $6

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOC / TOTALS

Hard Copy $6 / $6

for each page of hard copy print

out­put, when case records are

main­tained on an automated

medi­um, the clerk shall be entitled

to a fee

Index Inquiry and Other

Record No Fee

Remand In any cas­es remand­ed to the Cir­cuit Court from the Supreme Court or the Appel­late Court for a new tri­al, the clerk shall file the remand­ing order and rein­state the case with either its ORIGINAL NUMBER or A NEW NUMBER.  The check shall not charge any new or addi­tion­al fee for the rein­state­ment.  Upon rein­state­ment the clerk shall advise the par­ties of the rein­state­ment.  A par­ty shall have the same right to a jury tri­al on remand and rein­state­ment that he or she had before the appeal, and no addi­tion­al or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury tri­al after remand.

Pro­bate

Inde­pen­dent administration

>$15,000 $35 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $105

$15,000-$300,000 $90 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $160

>$300,000 $110 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $180

1.   Proof of Heir­ship alone

2.   Will admit­ted w/o

Admin­is­tra­tion  $35 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $115

3.   One let­ter of office

issued for a particular

pur­pose w/o administration

of estate

Peti­tion to Sell Real Estate $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

Admin­is­tra­tion of Estate of

A Ward Val­ue <$15,000 $35 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $105

Val­ue >$15,000 $65 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $135

If Let­ters are Issued to $15 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

Guardian of the Person

w/o Admin­is­tra­tor of the

Estate

Accounts Oth­er Than Final $20 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $90

Account

CLK / CRT / CAF / LL / JS / DOC / TOTALS

Claims on an Estate

$0-$149.00  $0 / $0

$150-$500 $15 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $95

$500-$10,000 $30 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $100

>$10,000 $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

Peti­tion for Will Con­test $50 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $120

Enforce­ment of Con­tract to

make a will; Tes­ta­men­tary Trust

issues oth­er equi­table relief

Let­ters of Office $2

Exem­pli­fi­ca­tion $2 plus Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion Fee

Estate Opened Under

Wrong­ful Death Act

<$5,000  $20 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $90

>$5,000 $40 / $5 / $15 / $10 / $25 / $15 / $110

Pro­bate Jury Demand  $100

Crim­i­nal Con­vic­tion or

Sen­tenced to Supervision

Felony  $100

Motion-Vacate Exparte   $40

Mis­de­meanor $75

Motion-Vacate Judg­ment $40

Busi­ness Offense  $75

On For­fei­tures

Pet­ty Offense $40

Motion Vacate  $40

Minor Traf­fic  $15

Fail­ure to appear

Court Appear­ance  $15

Fail­ure to comply

Motion – Vacate $40

Minor Traf­fic $10

Court Appear $15

Motion-Vacate Bond For­feit  $40

Ordi­nance Vio­la­tion Cases

Jury Demand   $137

(A) Civ­il Courts System

(B) Ani­mal Control

(C) Recorder

(D) Vital Records

(E) Child Support

(F) Personnel

(G) Administration

(H) Financial

(I)  Law Library

Any reports or files extract­ed from the sys­tems list­ed above will be charged the fol­low­ing rates:

(A)  Staff Time  $56.00 per hour

(B) Com­put­er Time  $56.00 per hour

The fees of the Coroner’s Office shall be as follows:

(A)

1. A copy of a tran­script of sworn tes­ti­mo­ny:  Three Dol­lars ($3.00) per page.
2. A copy of an autop­sy report (if not includ­ed in tran­script):  Thir­ty Dol­lars ($30.00).
3. A copy of the ver­dict of a coroner’s jury:  Five Dol­lars ($5.00).
4. A copy of a tox­i­col­o­gy report:  Fif­teen Dol­lars ($15.00).
5. A print of a pic­ture obtained by the coro­ner:  actu­al cost or Three Dol­lars ($3.00), whichev­er is greater.
6. Each copy of mis­cel­la­neous reports, includ­ing artist’s draw­ings but not includ­ing police reports:  actu­al cost or Fif­teen Dol­lars ($15.00), whichev­er is greater.
7. A coroner’s or med­ical examiner’s per­mit to cre­mate a dead human body:  Ten Dol­lars ($10.00).

(B) All fees under this Arti­cle col­lect­ed by or on behalf of the Coroner’s Office shall be paid over to the Coun­ty Trea­sur­er and deposit­ed into the gen­er­al fund of the County.

(A) Cir­cuit Court

(B) Cir­cuit Clerk

(C) State’s Attorney

(D) Probation

(E) Pub­lic Defender

(F) Sheriff

Any reports or files extract­ed from the Union Coun­ty CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM will be charged the fol­low­ing rates:

(A) Staff Time                                            $68.00 per hour

(B) Com­put­er Time                                     $68.00 per hour

Any reports or files extract­ed from the Union Coun­ty Elec­tion Sys­tem will be charged the fol­low­ing rates.  Infor­ma­tion may be print­ed on either paper or labels.

Print­ed on: Paper  / Labels

(A) Coun­­­ty-Wide Lists  $85.00

(B)  Vot­er Body 8.70

(C)  Vot­er Body-Zip Code Order   62.00

(D) Vot­er Body-Precinct Zip Code Order  34.00

(E) Precinct   3.45  /  5.85

The costs for an extract­ed file that is request­ed on a stor­age medi­um oth­er than paper will be charged at the same rate as a paper list.  Requests to extract data from the Elec­tion Sys­tem will be sub­mit­ted by the Coun­ty Clerk Office and the fee for the request will be col­lect­ed by the office mak­ing the request. 

Any reports or files extract­ed from the Union Coun­ty Tax Sys­tem will be charged the fol­low­ing rates:

(A) Staff Time  $56 per hour

(B) Com­put­er Time  $56 per hour

Requests to extract data from the Tax Sys­tem will be sub­mit­ted by the fol­low­ing offices and the fee for the request will be col­lect­ed by the office mak­ing the request.

1. Asses­sor
2. Board of Review
3. Coun­ty Clerk
4. Cir­cuit Clerk
5. Map­ping and Platting
6. Trea­sur­er 

All sums of mon­ey received under this Sec­tion shall be deposit­ed in a spe­cial fund with the prin­ci­pal and inter­est invest­ed as autho­rized by 55 ILCS 5/3–10009 and 5/3–10002.  No pay­ment shall be made from the fund except by order of the court declar­ing a sale in error under 35 ILCS 200/21–310.  Any monies accu­mu­lat­ed in the fund in excess of Five Hun­dred Thou­sand Dol­lars ($500,000.00) by the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er shall be paid to the Gen­er­al Fund ofU­nion­Coun­ty pri­or to the com­mence­ment of the annu­al tax sale.

The Trea­sur­er may impose a fee of up to Six­ty Dol­lars ($60.00), payable to the­Coun­ty­Col­lec­tor, upon each per­son pur­chas­ing any prop­er­ty at a sale held pur­suant to the Illi­nois Rev­enue Code pri­or to the issuance of any cer­tifi­cate of pur­chase. 

The Coun­ty Trea­sur­er is here­by ordered to estab­lish a spe­cial fund for the deposit of the monies col­lect­ed as a result of said Ten Dol­lars ($10.00)per par­cel automa­tion fee.  The monies col­lect­ed shall be placed in said spe­cial fund and shall be used sole­ly to pro­vide the equip­ment, mate­r­i­al and nec­es­sary expens­es incurred to help defray the cost of imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing an automa­tion sys­tem in the Coun­ty Collector’s Office. 

The Coun­ty Trea­sur­er as Ex-Offi­­­cio Coun­ty Col­lec­tor shall impose a Ten Dol­lar ($10.00) per par­cel automa­tion fee to the pur­chas­er of prop­er­ty for delin­quent tax­es. 

ll pro­ceeds result­ing from the impo­si­tion of the tax under this Arti­cle, includ­ing penal­ties shall be appro­pri­at­ed as follows:

(A) Two per­cent (2%) of the gross tax rev­enue col­lect­ed each year shall be appro­pri­at­ed for and direct­ed to the Gen­er­al Fund ofU­nion­Coun­ty to defray the costs of admin­is­ter­ing and pro­cess­ing the impo­si­tion, appli­ca­tion and col­lec­tion of the tax.

(B) All the rest, residue and remain­der of the Tax Rev­enue col­lect­ed each year, shall be paid to the Trea­sur­er of the­Coun­ty of Union into a spe­cial fund to be used and applied for the pro­mo­tion and devel­op­ment of tourism and con­ven­tions in the Coun­ty of Union.

(See 55 ILCS Sec. 5/5–1030)

When­ev­er any per­son shall fail to pay any tax as here­in pro­vid­ed, the State’s Attor­ney shall, upon the request of the Coun­ty Board bring or cause to be brought an action to enforce the pay­ment of said tax on behalf of the Coun­ty in any court of com­pe­tent juris­dic­tion. 

(A) Com­menc­ing on Jan­u­ary 1, 2009, the own­er or own­ers of each hotel or motel with­in the unin­cor­po­rat­ed areas of Union Coun­ty shall file tax returns show­ing tax receipts received with respect to each hotel or motel room dur­ing each month com­menc­ing on Jan­u­ary 1, 2009.  The return shall be due on or before the last day of each suc­ceed­ing cal­en­dar month, and the return shall indi­cate for what peri­od the return is to be filed; i.e., returned for Jan­u­ary tax receipts is due on or before the last day of February.

(B) Com­menc­ing on Jan­u­ary 1, 2009, the tax return and pay­ment for such peri­od shall be due on or before Feb­ru­ary 28, 2009.  There­after report­ing peri­ods and tax­es shall be paid in accor­dance with the pro­vi­sion of this Arti­cle.  At the time of fil­ing said tax returns; the own­er shall pay to the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er all tax­es due for the peri­od to which the tax return applies.

(C) If for any rea­son any tax is not paid when due, a penal­ty at the rate of one and one-half per­cent (1 ½%) com­pound­ed every thir­ty (30) days or por­tion there­of, from the date of delin­quen­cy, includ­ing all fees incurred to col­lect said tax and/or penal­ty shall be added and collected.

The Coun­ty Trea­sur­er or autho­rized rep­re­sen­ta­tive, may enter the premis­es of any hotel or motel for inspec­tion and exam­i­na­tion of records in order to effec­tu­ate the prop­er admin­is­tra­tion of this Arti­cle, and to assure the enforce­ment of the col­lec­tion of the tax imposed.  It shall be unlaw­ful for any per­son to pre­vent, hin­der, or inter­fere with the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er or autho­rized rep­re­sen­ta­tive in the dis­charge of the duties in the enforce­ment of this Arti­cle.  It shall be the duty of every own­er to keep accu­rate and com­plete books and records to which the Coun­ty Trea­sur­er, or autho­rized rep­re­sen­ta­tive, shall at all times have full access, which records shall include a dai­ly sheet showing:

(A) The num­ber of hotel or motel rooms rent­ed dur­ing the twen­­­ty-four (24) hour peri­od, includ­ing mul­ti­ple rentals of the same hotel or motel rooms where such shall occur; and

(B) The actu­al hotel or motel tax receipts col­lect­ed for the date in question.

(A) Any hotel or motel hav­ing twen­ty (20) hotel or motel rooms or less is exclud­ed from the tax imposed under this Article.

(B) The ulti­mate inci­dence of, and lia­bil­i­ty for pay­ment of said tax is to be borne by the per­son who seeks the priv­i­lege of occu­py­ing the hotel or motel room, said per­son here­inafter referred to as “renter”.

(C) The tax here­in levied shall be paid in addi­tion to any and all oth­er tax­es and charges.  It shall be the duty of the own­er of every hotel or motel to secure said tax from the renter of the motel or hotel room, and to pay-over to the Coun­ty Trea­sur­er or any autho­rized rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Coun­ty said tax under pro­ce­dures pre­scribed by the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er, or as oth­er­wise pro­vid­ed in this Article.

(D) Every per­son required to col­lect the tax levied by this Arti­cle shall secure said tax from the renter at the time he col­lects the rental pay­ment for the hotel or motel room.  Upon the invoice receipt or oth­er state­ment or mem­o­ran­dum of the rent giv­en to the renter at the time of pay­ment, the amount due under the tax pro­vid­ed in this Arti­cle shall be stat­ed sep­a­rate­ly on said document.

here is here­by levied and imposed a tax of five per­cent (5%)of the rent charged for the priv­i­lege and use of rent­ing a hotel or motel room with­in the Coun­ty for each twen­­­ty-four (24) hour peri­od or any por­tion there­of for which a dai­ly room charge is made.

For the pur­pose of this Arti­cle, when­ev­er any of the fol­low­ing words, terms or def­i­n­i­tions are used here­in, they shall have the mean­ing ascribed to them in this Article.

(A) “Hotel Room or Motel Room” means a room with­in a struc­ture con­tain­ing twen­ty (20) hotel or motel rooms or more offered for rental on a dai­ly basis and con­tain­ing facil­i­ties for sleep­ing.  One room offered for rental with or with­out an adjoin­ing bath shall be con­sid­ered as a sin­gle hotel or motel room.  The num­ber of hotel or motel rooms with­in a suite shall be com­put­ed on the basis of those rooms uti­lized for the pur­pose of sleeping.

(B) “Own­er” means any per­son hav­ing an own­er­ship inter­est in, con­duct­ing the oper­a­tion of a hotel or motel room, or receiv­ing the con­sid­er­a­tion for the rental of such hotel or motel room.

(C) “Per­son” means any nat­ur­al per­son, trustee, court appoint­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tive, syn­di­cate, asso­ci­a­tion, part­ner­ship, firm, club, com­pa­ny, cor­po­ra­tion, busi­ness trust, insti­tu­tion, or oth­er polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sion, con­trac­tor, sup­pli­er, ven­dor, vendee, oper­a­tor, user or own­er, or any offi­cers, agents, employ­ees or oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive, act­ing either for him­self or for any oth­er per­son in any capac­i­ty, or any oth­er enti­ty rec­og­nized by law as the sub­ject of rights and duties.  The mas­cu­line, fem­i­nine, sin­gu­lar or plur­al is includ­ed in any cir­cum­stances. 

If it should appear that an amount of sur­charge has been paid which was not due under the pro­vi­sions of this Arti­cle, whether as a result of a mis­take of fact or an error of law, then such amount shall be cred­it against any sur­charge due, or to become due, under this Arti­cle from the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er who made the erro­neous payment.

(See 750 ILCS Sec. 15.3)

(1994)

Simul­ta­ne­ous­ly, with the remit­tance of the sur­charge amount to the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er, each telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er shall make a return to the­Coun­tyTrea­sur­er and to any Emer­gency Tele­phone Sys­tem Board which may be cre­at­ed in the future, stat­ing the fol­low­ing for the peri­od for which the remit­tance applies:

(A) The name of the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions carrier.

(B) The telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion carrier’s prin­ci­pal place of business.

(C) The num­ber of net­work con­nec­tions to which a sur­charge applies.

(D) The amount of sur­charge due.

(E) Any amounts which may have been deduct­ed by the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er pur­suant to this Arti­cle or pur­suant to State statute.

(F) Such oth­er infor­ma­tion as the Coun­ty of Union or an Emer­gency Tele­phone Sys­tem Board, which may here­after be cre­at­ed, may require.

The Coun­ty Trea­sur­er is to cre­ate an emer­gency tele­phone sys­tem fund in which all monies received by the sur­charge imposed under this Arti­cle shall be deposit­ed.  The Coun­ty Trea­sur­er is here­by deemed to be the cus­to­di­an of the Emer­gency Tele­phone Sys­tem Fund.  All inter­est accru­ing on the Emer­gency Tele­phone Sys­tem Fund shall remain in the fund.  The sur­charge due and owing by the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er shall be remit­ted to the Coun­ty Trea­sur­er who shall deposit said amount in the Emer­gency Tele­phone Sys­tem Fund.

The amount of the sur­charge due and owing shall be paid to the Coun­ty not lat­er than nine­ty (90) days after the sur­charge lia­bil­i­ty accrues, net of any net­work or oth­er “9–1‑1” or sophis­ti­cat­ed “9–1‑1” sys­tem charge then due the par­tic­u­lar telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er as shown on an item­ized bill and the three per­cent (3%) account­ing and col­lec­tion charge described in Sec­tion 36–8‑3.

he sur­charge shall be imposed on the first (1^st) day of the month fol­low­ing the expi­ra­tion of nine­ty (90) days from the date the Coun­ty Clerk cer­ti­fies to any of the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­ers who are sub­ject to the sur­charge that the ref­er­en­dum referred to in Sec­tion 36–8‑2 of this Arti­cle has passed. 

For the pur­pose of this Arti­cle, the fol­low­ing def­i­n­i­tions shall apply:

(A) “Net­work connection(s)” means the num­ber of voice grade com­mu­ni­ca­tions chan­nels direct­ly between a sub­scriber and a telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion carrier’s pub­lic switched net­work with­out the inter­ven­tion of any oth­er telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion carrier’s switched net­work which would be required to car­ry the sub­scribers inter­premis­es traffic.

(B) “Trans­mit­ting mes­sages” shall have the mean­ing ascribed to a term in Chap­ter 24; Sec­tion 8–11‑2 of the Illi­nois Munic­i­pal Code.

(C) “Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er” means any nat­ur­al indi­vid­ual, form, trust, estate, part­ner­ship, asso­ci­a­tion, joint stock com­pa­ny, joint adven­ture, cor­po­ra­tion, munic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tion or polit­i­cal sub­di­vi­sion of this State, or a receiv­er, trustee, con­ser­va­tor or oth­er rep­re­sen­ta­tive appoint­ed by the order of any court engaged in the busi­ness of trans­mit­ting mes­sages by means of electricity.

In lieu of the telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­ers impos­ing a three per­cent (3%) account­ing and col­lec­tion charge on its sub­scribers as per­mit­ted under the “Act”, each telecom­mu­ni­ca­tion car­ri­er is here­by autho­rized and instruct­ed to recov­er said account­ing and col­lec­tion charge by deduct­ing three per­cent (3%) from the amount of sur­charge, which is Two Dol­lars Fifty Cents ($2.50) per line per month, per in-ser­vice net­work con­nec­tion, oth­er­wise due and owing the Coun­ty pri­or to remit­tance under Sec­tion 36–8‑6 and 36–8‑7 of this Arti­cle. 

A sur­charge is here­by imposed at a rate of One Dol­lar ($1.00) per month in-ser­vice net­work con­nec­tion, oth­er than those net­work con­nec­tions assigned to the Coun­ty, where the sub­scribers ser­vice address for each net­work connection(s) are locat­ed with­in the cor­po­rate lim­its of the Coun­ty.  The “ser­vice address” shall mean the loca­tion of the subscriber’s pri­ma­ry use of the net­work connection(s).  A net­work con­nec­tion shall not be deemed in-ser­vice where a subscriber’s account is uncol­lectible. 

A sur­charge is here­by imposed, sub­ject to the pro­vi­sions of Sec­tion 36–8‑2 of this Arti­cle, upon all telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions car­ri­ers engaged in the busi­ness of trans­mit­ting mes­sages by means of elec­tric­i­ty orig­i­nat­ing with­in the cor­po­rate lim­its of the Coun­ty and ter­mi­nat­ing with­in the State of Illi­nois for fund­ing of a “9–1‑1” emer­gency tele­phone sys­tem. 

All Union Coun­ty Gov­ern­ment Offices shall be exempt from the GIS fil­ing fees estab­lished by the Union Coun­ty Board Res­o­lu­tion 2005–15 enti­tled Amend­ing a Rate for Recorder of Deeds GIS Fund.  (#2005–22; 08–15–05)

There is here­by estab­lished a Ten Dol­lar ($10.00) fee for every instru­ment, paper or notice filed for record in the Recorder’s Office.  Nine Dol­lars ($9.00) of the fee shall be deposit­ed into the spe­cial fund estab­lished by the Coun­ty Treasurer’s Office.  All these funds shall be used sole­ly for equip­ment, mate­ri­als and nec­es­sary expens­es incurred in imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing a Geo­graph­ic Infor­ma­tion Sys­tem.  The Recorder may use the remain­ing One Dol­lar ($1.00) to defray the cost of imple­ment­ing and main­tain­ing the Geo­graph­ic Infor­ma­tion Sys­tem.  (See 55 ILCS 5/3–5018)  (Res­o­lu­tion No. 2005–15) 

The Union Coun­ty Board pur­suant to the author­i­ty of the Coun­ty Jail Act, 730 ILCS 125/17 here­by declares thatU­nion­Coun­ty shall reim­burse pri­vate hos­pi­tals, physi­cians or oth­er agen­cies pro­vid­ing med­ical ser­vices to inmates of the Union Coun­ty Jail at the same rate as that paid by the Illi­nois Depart­ment of Pub­lic Aid for med­ical assistance.

(Ord. No. 2005-02; 02–07–05)

The pur­pose of this Arti­cle is to ease the finan­cial bur­den onUnion­Coun­ty for med­ical ser­vices for arrests due to the fact that pub­lic aid rates are nor­mal­ly less than the usu­al rates charges for such services.

This Arti­cle is adopt­ed and enact­ed pur­suant to the author­i­ty grant­ed to the Coun­ty by all rel­e­vant State and Fed­er­al laws, includ­ing but not lim­it­ed to the following:

730 ILCS 125/17 pro­vides that when med­ical or hos­pi­tal ser­vices are required by any per­son held in cus­tody, the coun­ty, pri­vate hos­pi­tal, physi­cian or any pub­lic agency which pro­vides such ser­vices shall be enti­tled to obtain reim­burse­ment from the coun­ty or from the Arrestee’s Med­ical Costs Fund to the extent that mon­eys in the Fund are avail­able for the cost of such services.

Fur­ther, pur­suant to 730 ILCS 125/17 the­Coun­ty­Board is autho­rized to adopt this Ordi­nance pro­vid­ing for reim­burse­ment for the cost of those ser­vices at the Depart­ment of Pub­lic Aid’s rates for med­ical assistance.

The gen­er­al assess­ment shall not include real prop­er­ty con­sti­tut­ing a farm which is assessed pur­suant to 35 ILCS 200/10–110et seq.

(Ord. No. 2009–16; 08–17–09)

The gen­er­al assess­ment years for each assess­ment dis­trict shall be as follows:

Assess­ment Dis­trict 1:  2012 and every fourth year thereafter;

Assess­ment Dis­trict 2:  2013 and every fourth year thereafter;

Assess­ment Dis­trict 3:  2014 and every fourth year there­after; and

Assess­ment Dis­trict 4:  2011 and every fourth year thereafter.

The Coun­ty shall be divid­ed into four (4)assess­ment dis­tricts, num­bers one through four (1–4), as shown in Exhib­it A in the Assessor’s office.