765 ILCS 420

in effect

765 ILCS 420/1 This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Land Trust Recordation and Transfer Tax Act

(765 ILCS 420/1) (from Ch. 30, par. 801) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Land Trust Recordation and Transfer Tax Act. (Source: P.A. 84-858.)

765 ILCS 420/2

(765 ILCS 420/2) (from Ch. 30, par. 802) Sec. 2. As used in this Act: "Beneficial interest" means any interest, regardless of how small or minimal such interest may be, in a land trust, held by a trustee for the benefit of beneficiaries of such land trust. "Land trust" means any express agreement or arrangement whereby a use, confidence or trust is declared of any land, or of any charge upon land, for the use or benefit of any beneficiary, under which the legal title to real property is held by a trustee, which may be enforced by the beneficiaries who have the exclusive right to manage and control the real estate, to have the possession thereof, to receive the net proceeds from the rental, sale, hypothecation or other disposition thereof, and under which the interest of the beneficiary is personal property only. (Source: P.A. 84-858.)

765 ILCS 420/3

(765 ILCS 420/3) (from Ch. 30, par. 803) Sec. 3. Every trustee of a land trust who accepts any instrument which transfers the beneficial interest under such trust after January 1, 1986, other than trust documents relating to land situated in counties with a population of 2,000,000 or less which secure debt or other obligation or when the actual consideration is less than $100, shall record the instrument or a facsimile thereof with the Recorder of Deeds or Registrar of Titles of the county in which the real estate that is the subject of the trust is located. Such document shall be recorded in the same manner as a deed for such real estate would be recorded or registered within 60 days after the trustee accepts the instrument which transfers such beneficial interest. Any document which is to be recorded pursuant to this Section may be altered so as to delete or omit the name of any or all parties named in the instrument and may be modified in any other reasonable manner to prevent the disclosure of the identity of such parties. If the county board of a county adopts an ordinance imposing a tax upon the privilege of transferring a beneficial interest in a land trust, no transfer of a beneficial interest in any land trust shall be operative until such time as there is compliance with the county ordinance imposing the transfer tax. (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

765 ILCS 420/4

(765 ILCS 420/4) (from Ch. 30, par. 804) Sec. 4. Any trustee who knowingly violates this Act is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be liable to the State and any unit of local government for any taxes which would have been payable to the State or the unit of local government had the trustee complied with this Act, plus 20% interest on such amount, accruing from the date the trust document was executed. (Source: P.A. 84-858.)

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