Whether you're refinancing, settling an estate, or just trying to find a copy of your house deed in Cook County, Illinois, DeedNow gets you the official recorded document for $49.99 without leaving home.
Cook County is anchored by the city of Chicago and stretches across Lake Michigan's southwestern shoreline. As one of the most active land-records jurisdictions in the country, the Cook County Recorder's office handles property transfers for everything from downtown Loop high-rises to the working-class neighborhoods of the South Side and the leafy suburbs of the North Shore.
Illinois records real-property documents through the County Recorder of Deeds (in larger counties) or the County Clerk. For property in Cook County, that means deeds, mortgages, and other real-property instruments are filed with the Cook County Clerk's Office (Recordings Division).
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Visit the official County Recorder of Deeds website
For walk-in hours, copy fees, or in-person requests, contact the County Recorder of Deeds office directly. To skip the trip and have the recorded deed emailed to you, use the search at the top of this page.
DeedNow retrieves the most recent recorded deed of conveyance for the address you search.
There are a few situations where you'll need an official recorded copy of your Cook County property deed — not the closing packet, not a digital scan, the one that bears the County Recorder of Deeds's recording stamp:
The Cook County Clerk's Office (Recordings Division) accepts several different document types, but the ones most commonly recorded under Illinois law are Warranty Deed, Special Warranty Deed, Quitclaim Deed, and Trustee's Deed. The DeedNow service returns whatever the most recent recorded deed of conveyance is for the address you search — most often a warranty or grant deed showing the current owner.
If you specifically need a different recorded instrument — for example a quitclaim, trustee's deed, or a release — note which document you need when you place your Cook County order and we'll target it during retrieval.
When the County Recorder of Deeds records a deed in Illinois, the document itself is the official evidence of ownership. A typical recorded Cook County deed includes:
You have three ways to get a recorded copy of a Cook County property deed:
Drive to Chicago, find parking, wait in line, and request a copy from a clerk during business hours. Best if you already know the book/page or instrument number and need a certified copy the same day.
Most Illinois counties offer a public records search, but the interface is built for clerks and title professionals — you usually need a parcel number, an instrument number, or grantor/grantee name spelled exactly as recorded. Some counties charge per page.
Type the Cook County property address in the search box at the top of this page, pay $49.99 once, and we email you the official recorded deed PDF. No book/page lookup, no parcel number, no per-page fees. Most Cook County requests deliver in minutes; the rest land in your inbox within 24 hours.
The fastest way is to search the property address with DeedNow — we pull the most recent recorded deed from the County Recorder of Deeds (Cook County Clerk's Office (Recordings Division)) and email you the PDF for $49.99. You can also request a copy in person at the County Recorder of Deeds office in Chicago, but you typically need to know the book/page or instrument number first.
DeedNow charges a flat $49.99 per official recorded deed in Cook County — pay once per deed, no subscriptions, no per-page fees. The County Recorder of Deeds office may charge a separate per-page copy fee if you request directly from them in person or by mail.
Most Cook County deed requests through DeedNow are delivered to your email within minutes. A small number of harder counties take up to 24 hours, depending on how the County Recorder of Deeds's public records system responds.
No. With DeedNow you can get a recorded copy of any Cook County property deed online for $49.99 without ever going to Chicago. We retrieve the document from official Illinois county records and email you the PDF — typically the same day, often within minutes.
One flat price. $49.99 per official recorded deed. No subscriptions, no hidden fees.
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