Make all checks payable to:
 Clark County Clerk
Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope

No requests handled
over  phone.
Please submit requests
in writing  

Marriage  and Birth Records $16 for the first copy, $6 for each additional

Genealogy Copies - 75 years or older

Tax Redemption Fee - Back Taxes

Clark County, Illinois Recording Fee Schedule
CH. 34P .3-5018

    Present and accept only originals for recordation! Instruments filed in the office of the County Recorder include a $3.00 restoration fee, $10.00 rental housing surcharge fee and a $21.00 GIS fee.

Document Standardization
All documents must be on letter size paper, not permanently bound and not a continuous form. The document shall be legibly printed in black ink, by hand, type or computer.  The document shall be on white paper of not less than 20-pound weight with clean margins of at least one-half inch on the top, the bottom and each side. The first page of the document shall contain a 3” x 5” blank space in the top right corner. The document shall not have any attachment stapled or otherwise affixed to any page. There will be an additional charge for documents that do not adhere.

New fee schedule effective March 1st, 2013

Please call or ask 217-826-8311.

NO LEGAL ADVICE, OPINIONS, OR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS WILL BE GIVEN BY THE RECORDER’S STAFF IN PERSON OR BY TELEPHONE.