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   Office of the Recorder of Deeds    

The Kankakee County Recorder of Deeds serves the people of Kankakee County by receiving, filing and maintaining all records related to real property in our county.  These documents range from all types of conveyance deeds, mortgages, releases and assignments, property liens, as well as, assorted federal, state and local liens.  The Recorder's office is responsible for the recordation and storage of plats of subdivision, land surveys and monument records.  Many other miscellaneous documents are recorded, such as; foreign birth certificates, foreign marriage licenses, and military discharge paperwork to name a few.

County Recorders are an integral part of property ownership.  The foundation of what was to become the Recorder's office was laid in 1215 A.D. with the signing of the Magna Carta which provided for state protection of land ownership.  The Kankakee County Recorder's office retain records dating to the founding of the county in 1853.

The Kankakee County Recorder's primary responsibility has not changed since that time.  Our goal now, as it was in the past, is the accurate and timely indexing and maintenance of documents reflecting changing of title to land within Kankakee County.

A tour of our office is a chronological history not only of Kankakee County property, but of technology itself.  The records held within our office will showcase the latest and best means of record keeping within any given time in our history.  Records painstakingly stored within large leather bound books filled with the flowing and often poetic language of our forefather's forefathers.  Books documenting the original government tracts laid out throughout the state, military discharge papers dating back to the early 1900's following a path through history in both times of peace, as well as, conflict. 

Serving you is my main mission as the Kankakee County Recorder along with the deputies in this office.  We are committed to the protection and preservation of the records governing the ownership of all land within our county.  I look forward to continually improving the Recorder's office to better serve your needs.

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