Property Fraud Alert Cancellation Request – Cook County, IL

The Property Fraud Alert Cancellation Request (printed on the form as "Request to Cancel Property Fraud Alert") is the Cook County Clerk's Office form used to cancel an existing Property Fraud Alert registered for one or more property index numbers (PINs).

The Clerk's Office designed the steps on the form to prevent fraudulent or unwanted cancellations of alerts. For that reason, the form collects the requestor's contact details, the PIN and address of the property to cancel, and the email address and phone number that were used to register the alert. It also contains a statement in which the requestor asks to cancel all property fraud alerts directed to them for the PINs listed, says the request is made of their own free will, and authorizes the Clerk's Office and Onyx Electronics to delete their information and alerts.

The statement also limits what the request does: duplicate entries for the same PINs registered by other people can be canceled only by those people, in whose name each alert was registered.

A section marked "For Notary Use Only" is completed by the notary when the request is made by mail. The form carries the revision mark Rev: 10/17. It appears among the instruments and affidavits on the Cook County Clerk's recording forms page, which says the forms are provided as a convenience and that you are responsible for choosing the correct form for your transaction.

The person in whose name a Property Fraud Alert was created is the only person who may cancel it, and that person uses this form. The form says the alert may be canceled only by that person.

• If you cancel in person at the Recording Fraud Unit, you complete the information on the form in the presence of a staff member and show ID.
• If you cancel by mail, you complete the form as the person in whose name the alert is registered and sign it in front of a notary.

You cannot use this form to cancel an alert that another person registered for the same PIN. The form states that duplicate entries for the same PINs belonging to other registrants can be canceled only by those registrants.

The form does not describe any representative, agent or power of attorney who may sign for the registered person; the signature and the notarization must be those of the requestor named in the NAME line.

Use this form when you want to cancel a Property Fraud Alert that was created in your name. No deadline is printed on it, and it is not tied to a tax year or filing season.

To cancel in person, you first need an appointment, which you schedule by calling the Recording Fraud Unit at (312) 603-4000. To cancel by mail, you need to have the form signed before a notary first, so allow time to find one.

The alert stays in place until the Clerk's Office has what it needs: if the information on your request does not match the alert registration, or the request is incomplete, the alert will not be canceled until sufficient documentation is provided. The form gives no processing time.

There are three ways to deliver the request: in person by appointment, by mail, or by hand delivery of the notarized package.

• In person (with ID): call the Recording Fraud Unit at (312) 603-4000 to schedule an appointment, then go to 118 N. Clark, Room 120, Chicago. You complete the information on the form in the presence of a staff member and show ID.
• By mail: fill out the form, sign it in front of a notary, who completes the notary section and affixes an official notary stamp, and send the original form with a legible copy of your state-issued ID to: Cook County Clerk's Office Recording Fraud Unit, 118 N. Clark St, Room 120, Chicago IL 60602.
• Hand delivery: the form allows the same notarized package to be hand delivered to the same address.

The form names no online filing channel and mentions no fee. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the Clerk's channels above.