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This program will help you prepare your documents. It will ask you questions and you will enter your answers. At the end of the program, you will get a completed set of documents with instructions that you can save and print.
Form completion time: 10 minutes to 20 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The interview and forms are in English.
To use this program, you must be a preparing a Transfer on Death Instrument (TODI) for your real property.
To complete this program, you will need:
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Your Property Index Number (“PIN”), which should be on your deed, your property tax bill, and other documents recorded against the property. You can obtain the PIN from your County Clerk’s Office, Assessor’s Office, and sometimes at your county’s website.
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The legal description of the property. You can find this in the property deed or other documents recorded against the property. If you do not have these, you can find them at the office of County Recorder of Deeds or their website. For example, in Cook County, you would go to the Recorder of Deeds website and search for your deed using your PIN. You could then view an image of the deed which contains the legal description.
You can find your PIN at your County Clerk's Office or Assessor's Office, and sometimes at your county's website. If your property is in one of the counties below, click their website to look up your PIN:
- Cook County PIN Lookup
- DuPage County PIN Lookup
- Kane County PIN Lookup
- Lake County PIN Lookup
- McHenry County PIN Lookup
- Will County PIN Lookup
You can find the legal description on the deed or other property documents. These can be found at the office of the Recorder of Deeds in the county where the property is located. For example, in Cook County, you would go to the Recorder of Deeds website and search for your deed using your PIN. You could then view an image of the deed which contains the legal description.
If your property is in one of the counties below, click the link to look up your deed:
- Cook County Recorder of Deeds
- DuPage County Recorder of Deeds
- Kane County Recorder of Deeds
- Lake County Recorder of Deeds
- McHenry County Recorder of Deeds
- Will County Recorder of Deeds
If your property is in a different county, use a search engine like Google to find your county's Recorder of Deeds website and see if you can look up your deed for free online.
This program prepares the following documents:
- Instructions
- Illinois Transfer on Death Instrument
- Notice of Death Affidavit and Acceptance of Transfer on Death Instrument
Legal Comment
Legal Comment
Form word wrap has a severe problem.
Submitted by Rose Thompson on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 11:21
Re: Form word wrap has a severe problem.
Submitted by Matt Newsted on Mon, 04/17/2023 - 16:41
Thank you for your comment and letting us know about the problem. Sorry you're having this issue.
We could not recreate the problem, but we adjusted the size of a few text fields that could be causing the issue.
If you can give us details about where on the form the word wrap issue occurred, we will investigate further. You can send the details to our support team by using the Contact button at the top of our website, or by using the Feedback button when running the program.
Thanks!
Recorded TODI questions
Submitted by Paul Mendoza on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 07:56
RE: Recorded TODI questions
Submitted by Teri Ross on Mon, 04/17/2023 - 13:23
Paul, thanks for your question. I am not sure who told you that you need to go to court with a lawyer to update the title. The TODI is designed to transfer real estate without going to court. You may want to contact IllinoisCourtHelp to see what they recommend. Best of luck to you -
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