Illinois · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Woodford County, IL
Woodford County (population 38,111) records real-property documents through the Woodford County Clerk & Recorder. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Woodford County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Woodford County Clerk & Recorder
- Mailing address
- Woodford County Clerk & Recorder, 115 N. Main Street, Room 202, Eureka, IL 61530
- Phone
- 309-467-2822
- Recording hours
- Documents received at 4:00 p.m. or later are recorded the next business day
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Woodford County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $73.00 flat per standard document
- Additional pages
- None; flat fee covers all pages
- Other fees
- Non-standard document $86.00; plats $104.00; UCC $51.00; copies $1.00/page
- Transfer tax on deeds
- Illinois $0.50 per $500 of value plus county $0.25 per $500, paid at recording with Form PTAX-203
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Woodford County Clerk & Recorder before you mail a check.
What Woodford County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5 x 11 white paper; 12-point type or legible black print; 0.5-inch margins all sides; 3 x 5-inch blank space at top right of page 1; PIN and common address required
Checked against official Woodford County and Illinois sources on October 6, 2026: woodford-county.org, ilga.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Woodford County?
Woodford County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Woodford County, Illinois
- Prepare the document so it meets Woodford County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Woodford County Clerk & Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Woodford County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Woodford County property are searchable at Woodford County Supervisor of Assessments / Property Tax Inquiry (DEVNET Wedge). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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