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The effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties, as of today, are as follows: Cook - 4/28/08 Will - 4/1/08 Dupage - 4/25/08 Mchenry - 4/24/08 Lake - 4/24/08 Kane - 4/18/08 Kendall - 3/18/08

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The current effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows:Cook - 4/21/08 Will - 3/31/08 Dupage - 4/18/08 Mchenry - 4/21/08 Lake - 4/17/08 Kane - 4/7/08 Kendall 3/7/08

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The effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties in Illinois are as follows: Cook - 4/14/08 Will - 3/19/08 Dupage - 4/9/08 Mchenry - 4/10/08 Lake - 4/8/08 Kane - 3/26/08 Kendall - 2/27/08

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Earth Day is celebrated April 22nd. This is a good opportunity to reflect on ways we can make our offices more environmentally friendly. Just a few steps we have taken to make Prairie Title a "greener" title company: We recycle our paper and have implemented a procedure to shred and recycle all sensitive documents. We offer our borrowers copies of their closing packages on CD. We are

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The effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties in Illinois are as follows: Cook - 4/7/08 Will - 3/12/08 Dupage - 4/1/08 Mchenry - 4/3/08 Lake - 4/2/08 Kane - 3/24/08 Kendall - 2/26/08

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The following are the effective dates at the recorders' offices at Cook and surrounding counties: Cook - 4/1/08 Will - 3/6/08 Dupage - 3/27/08 Mchenry - 3/28/08 Lake - 3/25/08 Kane - 3/20/08 Kendall - 2/21/08

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The effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 3/21/08 Will - 3/6/08 Dupage - 3/20/08 Mchenry - 3/20/08 Lake - 3/19/08 Kane - 3/13/08 Kendall - 2/15/08

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The current effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 3/14/08 Will - 2/27/08 Dupage - 3/17/08 Mchenry - 3/17/08 Lake - 3/12/08 Kane - 3/7/08 Kendall - 1/16/08

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The new City of Chicago real estate transfer tax rate goes into effect Tuesday, April 1. Any transfers that take place on or after this date will be subject to the new rate. Along with the new tax rate, there is a new declaration (form 7551). Be advised that the new form is more complicated, and longer than the old one (7 pages), so it will take additional time to complete. Continue reading

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As of today, the current effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 3/10/08 Will - 2/20/08 Dupage - 3/11/08 Mchenry - 3/7/08 Lake - 3/10/08 Kane - 2/28/08 Kendall - 12/28/07

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The effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows (as of today): Cook - 2/29/08 Will - 2/19/08 Dupage - 3/3/08 Mchenry - 3/3/08 Lake - 3/3/08 Kane - 2/26/08 Kendall - 12/28/07

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As a result of a Supplemental Tax Ordinance enacted by the City Council of the City of Chicago, the transfer tax on Chicago properties will increase. Any transfer taking place on or after April 1, 2008 will be subject to the new tax. Effective on all transactions on or after this date, the transfer tax amount is increased to $10.50 per $1,000 of sales price. On March 10, the City of Chicago

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The current effective dates of recordings at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 2/22/08 Will - 2/26/08 Dupage - 2/26/08 Mchenry - 2/22/08 Lake - 2/27/08 Kane - 2/14/08 Kendall - 12/28/07

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Today's effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties: Cook - 2/14/08 Will - 1/31/08 Dupage - 2/19/08 Mchenry - 2/15/08 Lake - 2/21/08 Kane - 2/13/08 Kendall - 12/28/07

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The recording effective dates at Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 2/7/08 Will - 1/30/08 Dupage - 2/11/08 McHenry - 2/8/08 Lake - 2/12/08 Kane - 1/31/08 Kendall - 12/28/07

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As of March 3, 2008, Cook County Ordinance #07-0-77 goes into affect. This was passed on November 6, 2007 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and effectively raised the Geographic Information System (GIS) fee from $3 to $15 dollars per recording. The new fee structure will be as follows: $20.00 for the first two pages$2.00 Each additional page$3.00 Document Storage Fee$15.00 for GIS

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How title insurance differs from P&C Title insurance is a frequently misunderstood business. That is hardly a novel concept, but seldom is it more apparent than when title insurance is compared to property and casualty insurance. Over and over we read that title claims are extremely low when compared to the claims ratios of the P&C world. As a result, some believe that because title insurers pay

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Today's County Effective Dates: Cook - 1/25/08 Will - 1/11/08 Dupage - 1/25/08 Mchenry - 1/25/08 Lake - 1/28/08 Kane - 1/17/08 Kendall - 12/18/07

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Below are the effective dates for Cook and surrounding counties: Cook - 1/16/08 Will - 1/3/08 Dupage - 1/18/08 Mchenry - 1/18/08 Lake - 1/22/08 Kane - 1/11/08 Kendall - 12/10/07

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As of today, these are the current effective dates at each county: Cook - 1/10/08 Will - 12/24/07 Dupage - 1/14/08 Mchenry - 1/11/08 Lake - 1/14/08 Kane - 1/11/08 Kendall -12/10/7

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As of today, the effective dates for Cook and the surrounding counties are as follows: Cook - 1/4/08 Will - 12/20/07 Dupage - 1/7/08 Mchenry - 1/4/08 Lake - 1/7/08 Kane - 12/31/07 Kendall - 11/29/07

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The effective dates at Cook County and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook -12/27/07 Will - 12/14/07 Dupage - 12/28/07 Mchenry - 12/28/07 Lake - 12/31/07 Kane- 12/21/07 Kendall 11/15/07

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Several months ago, as part of the Title Industry Consumer Initiative, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) announced a set of basic ethical principles in the title industry. These fundamental business practices are nothing new to us. We have been conducting business by these standards for many years and, to date, Prairie Title is among 62 title companies nationwide to adopt the ALTA

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The effective dates for each county are as follows: Cook - 12/19/07 Will - 12/5/07 Dupage - 12/20/07 McHenry - 12/20/07 Lake - 12/26/07 Kane - 12/13/07 Kendall - 11/13/07

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The effective dates for Cook and surrounding counties are as follows: Cook -12/17/07 Will - 11/27/07 Dupage - 12/14/07 Mchenry - 12/17/07 Lake - 12/18/07 Kane - 12/10/07 Kendall - 11/13/07

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