County Clerk & Recorder

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 618 ~ Pontiac, IL 61764-0618

Phone (815) 844-2006   ~   Fax (815) 842-1844

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

“Legislators have recently passed HB3878 which increases the Rental Housing Support Fee by an additional $9.00. The increase affects recording fees in all 102 counties throughout the State of Illinois and will take effect July 1, 2023.”

Link to Elections

Other Links:

• Assumed Business Name:

  1. Assumed Business Name Application

  2. Assumed Business Name Change Form

  3. Assumed Business Name Withdrawal Form

• County Clerk & Recorder Fee Schedule

• Property Fraud Alerts

• Livingston County Yearbook 

• Marriage/Civil Union License Information

  1. Link to Online Marriage/Civil Union License Application (Livingston County, IL)

• Levy & Tax Extensions

• Vital Records

  1. Link to Official Records Online (Livingston County, IL)

Land Search Records

Currently, data & images are available from July 1, 1996 to present. Data and images have been back indexed through July 1, 1996.  The earliest document image available online is 379858, Dated July 3, 1978.  Any Documents prior to that date are only available for searching in our office.

• Laredo Land Records Search

• Laredo Connect Set Up Instructions

• Laredo User Agreement – A subscription-based Land Records search

• Tapestry Land Records Search – A Charge per Land Records search

COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER

The County Clerk’s Office is responsible for a variety of duties.  Some areas are very familiar to the public, such as elections and vital records.  In the vital records division, the Clerk’s Office issues marriage licenses and is responsible for maintaining all birth, death and marriage records that occur in the county.  Marriage records go back to 1837, births to 1856 and deaths to 1878.

The election division has jurisdiction over 47 precincts (35 polling sites) and is responsible for approximately 22,000 registered voters.  The entire election process is administered by the County Clerk’s Office from voter registration and election judge training to the completion of an election upon the verification of the results to the state.

The County Clerk’s Office works closely with the County Assessor and the Treasurer in the real estate tax process, receiving budgets and levies from approximately 170 taxing bodies in the county, entering data that goes into the calculation of the tax bills, verifying annexations, and reporting to the state.  The Clerk’s office collects all delinquent and forfeited taxes and is responsible for reimbursing the tax buyers.

Other responsibilities of the office include statements of economic interest, processing raffle and liquor license applications, maintaining records of small businesses (assumed business names).  In addition, the Clerk maintains records of the County Board and prepares the official proceedings of County Board meetings.  Veterans’ discharge documents (DD214’s) are also recorded in the office and are available from 1862 to the present.

On the Recorder side, the office is responsible for maintaining the land records of 26,500 parcels of land in Livingston County.  This includes deeds, mortgages, liens, assignments, releases, and plats, as well as corporations, since 1837.

Foreclosure Notices

Notices of Foreclosure to be provided to the County of Livingston under Public Act 96-856, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1503 (b) may be sent to:

Kristy A. Masching, Livingston County Clerk

112 W. Madison Street

P.O. Box 618

Pontiac, IL 61764-0618