Illinois Statutes Chapter 765. Property § 33/3.5. Electronic documents certified by notary public

(a) A paper or tangible copy of an electronic document that a notary public has certified to be a true and correct copy under subsection (b) satisfies any requirement of law that, as a condition for recording, the document:

(b) A notary public duly appointed and commissioned under Section 2-101 of the Illinois Notary Public Act may certify that a paper or tangible copy of an electronic document is a true and correct copy of the electronic document if the notary public has:

(c) A county recorder shall accept for recording a paper or tangible copy of a document that has been certified by a notary public to be a true and correct copy of an electronic document under subsection (b) as evidenced by a notarial certificate.

(d) A notarial certificate in substantially the following form is sufficient for the purposes of this Section:

(f) If a notarial certificate is attached to or made a part of a paper or tangible document, the certificate is prima facie evidence that the requirements of subsection (c) have been satisfied with respect to the document.  1

(g) A paper or tangible copy of a deed, mortgage, or other document shall be deemed, from the time of being filed for record, as notice to subsequent purchasers and creditors, though it may not be certified in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(h) This Section does not apply to any map or plat governed by the Plat Act, the Judicial Plat Act, or the Permanent Survey Act, or to any monument record governed by the Land Survey Monuments Act.