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Grundy County Recording Fee Increase in Effect

12/08/2017 - 6:23pm
Effective December 1, 2017, the cost to record a four-page document in Grundy County, Illinois, increased to $86.00 (previously $80.00), plus $1.00 for each additional page. For more more information...

Lake County Recording Fee Increase

09/29/2017 - 3:05pm
Effective December 1, 2017, the cost to record a standard document in Lake County, Illinois, will increase to $60 regardless of the number of pages. For a list of other new rates, see pages 5-6 of...

City of Chicago Discontinuing Multiple Dwelling Building Registrations

09/13/2017 - 11:13am
As of September 6, 2017, the City of Chicago no longer requires sellers to obtain a multiple dwelling (four or more units) building registration. Since the repeal of this requirement, it is no longer...

McHenry County Exemption Requirement Effective September 1, 2017

08/03/2017 - 3:41pm
ATTN Member Agents Doing Transactions in McHenry County, Illinois We received the following notice from the McHenry County Recorder's Office: Effective September 1, 2017, the accompanying document...

CFPB on Wire Fraud, Final TRID Amendments

07/10/2017 - 9:38am
EDITOR'S NOTE: ATG is reposting the American Land Title Association (ALTA) notice about two important items that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published Friday, July 7, 2017....

Criminals Have a New Target for Wire Transfer Fraud

05/25/2017 - 11:03am
And the Cheat Goes On... by Gregory J. Miely, ATG Senior Underwriting Manager and Corporate Counsel IMPORTANT: Verify Payoff Statements and Wire Transfer Instructions with the Lender before...

Confirm Wire Instructions before Sending Funds

05/04/2017 - 5:22pm
See our REVISED post, Don't Fall Victim to Wire Fraud Schemes, updated May 4, 2017. New language on #2 confirms that a party should never use contact information supplied in an email they receive for...

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