Certified Legal Description Order Form – Cook County, IL

The Certified Legal Description Order Form is the Cook County Clerk's Real Estate and Tax Services form for ordering a certified legal description for each PIN you list, with your chosen delivery method and the total cost.

The form is issued by the Office of the Cook County Clerk, 118 N. Clark Street, Room 434, Chicago, Illinois 60602. It has numbered lines 1 through 10 for the requested PINs and shows a sample certified legal description beside them, so you can see what the Clerk produces.

Four fulfillment methods are printed on the form: pickup in the office after 24 hours (receipt required), by mail to the address you list (5-7 days), by email to the address you list, or by fax to a number you write in. A cost calculation block multiplies the number of PINs requested by the cost per PIN to give the total cost of the request.

The form notes that requests take at least 24 hours to prepare and that full payment must be made before the Clerk starts work. Mailed orders go by USPS standard mail. The Clerk's forms page adds that its forms are provided as a convenience and that it is your responsibility to determine the correct forms for your transaction.

Anyone who needs a certified legal description for one or more PINs in Cook County can use this form to order it from the Cook County Clerk. The form asks for the requester's name, mailing address, phone number and email address, and it lists no eligibility test, so the requester is the person or business placing the order.

The form is built for orders of up to ten PINs, one per numbered line. For large orders, the Clerk recommends contacting the office in advance to ask about likely fulfillment times; the office telephone number printed on the form is 312.603.5645.

The form does not say who may sign or order for someone else, and it has no signature line. It also does not cover other Clerk services. The Clerk's forms page tells users to determine for themselves which instruments and forms their transaction needs.

The form has no due date. You submit it whenever you need certified legal descriptions, and you should plan around the Clerk's preparation times. Requests take at least 24 hours to prepare, and the Clerk does not begin until full payment is made. Pickup in the office is available after those 24 hours, and you need your receipt. Orders sent by mail are posted USPS standard mail and the form lists 5-7 days for that method, so allow time for delivery. If your order is large, contact the office in advance to ask about expected fulfillment times.

The form prints the Clerk's office details and gives payment and delivery instructions; it does not name a separate mailing address or portal for sending the order itself.

• Office: Office of the Cook County Clerk, Real Estate and Tax Services, 118 N. Clark Street, Room 434, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Credit and debit cards are accepted in the office only.
• Check: make it payable to Cook County Clerk and send it to 118 N. Clark St., Room 434, Chicago, IL 60602.
• Telephone and fax: tel 312.603.5645, fax 312.603.4707, as printed on the form's letterhead.

A fee applies for each PIN; the form shows the cost per PIN and has a block to calculate the total, so check the form for the current figure. Full payment is required before the Clerk starts preparing the request.

Choose one delivery method on the form: pickup in office after 24 hours (receipt required), mail to your listed address (5-7 days, USPS standard mail), email to your listed address, or fax to the number you enter. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission and payment follow the Clerk's channels above.