(a) In this Section, “paper document” means a document that is received by the county recorder in a form that is not electronic.
     (b) A county recorder:
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 33/4

  • 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
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • 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
  • United States: may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

         (1) who implements any of the functions listed in
    
this Section shall do so in compliance with standards established by the Illinois Electronic Recording Commission and must follow the procedures of the Local Records Act before destroying any original paper records as part of a conversion process into an electronic or other format.
        (2) may receive, index, store, archive, and transmit
    
electronic documents.
        (3) may provide for access to, and for search and
    
retrieval of, documents and information by electronic means, including the Internet, and on approval by the county recorder of the form and amount, the county board may adopt a fee for document detail or image retrieval on the Internet.
        (4) who accepts electronic documents for recording
    
shall continue to accept paper documents as authorized by State law and shall place entries for both types of documents in the same index.
        (5) may convert paper documents accepted for
    
recording into electronic form.
        (6) may convert into electronic form information
    
recorded before the county recorder began to record electronic documents.
        (7) may accept electronically any fee or tax that the
    
county recorder is authorized to collect.
        (8) may agree with other officials of a state or a
    
political subdivision thereof, or of the United States, on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of prior approvals and conditions precedent to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.
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