Effective January 21, 2019, prior to recording, all Cook County property conveyance instruments must be accompanied by an electronically-completed Cook County Real Estate Transfer Tax Declaration, aka, a “MyDec,” which can be completed via the Illinois Department of Revenue’s MyDec Transfer Tax Portal – https://mytax.illinois.gov/mydec The requirement to use MyDec is already in effect for all […]
In an effort to better deliver core services in a time of tight government resources, the Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office will be implementing changes to the way it administers its duties and functions as an agent for City, County and State Transfer Tax authorities, specifically to the factors we use when reviewing a […]
The Cook County Recorder of Deeds Office announced on Wednesday, August 27, that all five satellite offices have been brought online and trained in using the new State of Illinois MyDec program, an online application to complete and file State, County and City of Chicago real property transfer tax declarations and print stamps. The satellite […]
