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MORTGAGE DEBT-RELEASE, the official text

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SB1443 Enrolled                     LRB104 07581 JRC 17625 b

1   AN ACT concerning civil law.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Mortgage Act is amended by adding Section

5 17 as follows:

6   (765 ILCS 905/17 new)

7   Sec. 17. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act:

8   (1) The Act does not abrogate the Illinois common law

9   that the payment in full of a debt secured by a mortgage

10  extinguishes the lien.

11  (2) Payment in full of a debt secured by a mortgage

12  pursuant to a payoff statement, as defined in Section 5 of

13  the Mortgage Certificate of Release Act, issued by or on

14  behalf of the holder of the indebtedness extinguishes the

15  lien of the mortgage.

16  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

17 becoming law.
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