Illinois Compiled Statutes
765 ILCS 70/2 (2026)
After the effective date of this Act all contracts for the sale of a dwelling structure may be recorded or registered with the recorder or the Registrar of Titles in the same manner as a deed or other document relating to the title of the real estate to be sold
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(765 ILCS 70/2)
(from Ch. 29, par. 8.12)
Sec. 2.
After the effective date of this Act all contracts for the sale of
a dwelling structure may be recorded or registered with the recorder or
the Registrar of Titles in the same manner as a deed or other
document relating to the title of the real estate to be sold. Any provision
in a contract for the sale of a dwelling structure which forbids the
contract buyer to record the contract or provides that recording shall not
constitute notice or provides for any penalty for recording is void.
(Source: P.A. 83-358.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Farmers State Bank v. Neese, 665 N.E.2d 534 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996).
Farmers State Bank v. Neese, 665 N.E.2d 534 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “The bank first argues a contract for the sale of real estate need not be recorded to be valid, citing section 2 of the Dwelling Structure Contract Act (Contract Act) (765 ILCS 70/2 (West 1992)). It next observes that there is an explicit statutory mandate to record judgment…”
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