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Familia Latina unida / NO DEPORTACIONES EL DIA DE LA MADRE !

9 may

STOP DEPORTACIONES EN CHICAGO PARTICIPA EN LAS MANIFESTACIONES.

Obama la administracion con mas deportaciones en USA , separacion de familias

Rahm Emanuel Next Step AmnistiaYA Chicago

4 mar

On the campaign trail, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel faced tough criticism from opponents for his inaction on immigration policy issues. Immigration advocates, on the ground and in Congress, claimed that he stood in the way of progress on comprehensive immigration reform during his time as White House chief of staff. It didn’t help that Emanuel’s most-quoted statement on immigration calls it the untouchable “third rail of politics.”

As Chicago’s next mayor, Emanuel will have a crucial opportunity to prove his critics on immigration policy wrong. To build trust and support in immigrant communities, the mayor must deliver on campaign promises as well as commit to new policies aimed at integrating immigrants, who represent 20 percent of Chicago’s population, into the fabric of the city. Setting an ambitious integration agenda will surely help the Mayor-elect win over critics of his national immigration record, but it will also generate significant social and economic benefits for the city as a whole.

The new mayor can begin by looking to other immigrant-friendly cities, where many of the best immigrant integration policies have already been implemented. New York’s language access policy is a perfect example. Passed in 2008, the policy directs all city agencies to provide language services in the city’s six most commonly-spoken foreign languages. Enacting a similar policy in Chicago would yield city-wide results, at a lower cost. Translation and interpretation services, for example, would enable immigrant parents to participate in local schools and encourage undocumented crime witnesses to speak up to local police.

Second, Emanuel should implement his Chicago “DREAM Act,” which was a leading campaign promise. Under the proposal, the first of its kind in the nation, immigrant students would receive loans for community colleges and four-year universities at low interest rates provided they meet certain residency and age requirements. With affordable higher education, these students can get better jobs and pay more in taxes to support Chicago’s economy. Emanuel has said he intends to fund the plan by raising $5 million from business and civic leaders.

But access to higher education is only one of many challenges immigrant families face. Mayor-elect Emanuel should consider opening a Chicago Office of Immigrant Affairs to partner with city and community leaders in identifying pressing issues for new and established immigrant groups and advancing proven policy solutions to address them. Immigrant affairs offices in New York,Houston, San Francisc0 and elsewhere also promote civic participation and educate immigrants about their rights and responsibilities as city residents. Successful immigrant integration programming involves multiple city agencies and their partners in local communities; centralizing these efforts can help stakeholders avoid duplicating services and wasting limited resources.

Everyone wins when immigrants participate fully in city life, by buying homes, applying for small businesses or simply by accessing the vital services to which they are entitled; the city should play a role in ensuring this process happens quickly.

Political considerations influenced Rahm Emanuel’s weak support for immigration policy reforms during his White House tenure. But as he prepares to lead one of the country’s top immigrant destinations, Mayor-elect Emanuel will have to deal with these issues head-on. Advancing proven integration policies to welcome new immigrants and maximize their contributions to city of Chicago is an excellent place to start.

Rahm Emanuel AmnistiaYa

Obama Bate Record historico en Deportaciones de Indocumentados

13 dic

ESTE VIDEO BASICAMENTE DA GRACIAS A LA ADMINISTRACION DE OBAMA POR DEPORTAR MAS QUE NADIE !

http://ourborder.ning.com/video/immigration-enforcement-1


Find more videos like this on Our Border

EL VIDEO ES UN MONTAJE DEBIDO A QUE DICE HEMOS DEPORTADO A ESTE CRIMINAL Y AL OTRO CRIMINAL ETC…ETC…

DONDE ESTA ELVIRA AREYANO ??????????? NO ENTRA EN ESTE VIDEO O ES QUE ELLA NO COMETIO CRIMENES ? BASICAMENTE ESTAN INTENTANDO DAR UNA IMAGEN FALSA DE LAS DEPORTACIONES 90% DE LAS DEPORTACIONES SON TRABAJADORES QUE NUNCA COMETIERON CRIMENES

VEA LAS ORDENES DADAS DE LA ADMINISTRACION DE OBAMA A LOS POLICIAS DE DEPORTACION Y LEA SUS EMAILS PARA VER COMO DEPORTAN A LOS INDOCUMENTADOS EN CUSTODIA CLICK ABAJO EN EL LINK

http://www.scribd.com/doc/45248308/Ordenes-de-Deportaciones-de-la-Administracion-de-Obama-a-Policias-Origen-Washington-post-TOP-SECRET

Como dice el refran , del dicho al hecho hay un trecho , es lo que ocurre con Obama y su administracion , sobre todo en el caso de las deportaciones , debido a que en su legislatura las deportaciones han aumentado a numeros historicos como ningun otro presidente en solo el 2010 unos 392,862 han sido ya deportados fuera de USA

por que ? no se sabe pero la realidad y los hechos muestran una realidad con numeros asombrosos  y lo peor de todo es que el gol de esta administracion  para el 2011 pudiera ser is to remove 404,000 immigrants. pronostico y gol para administracion de OBama

Al dia 1100 deportaciones , lo cual hace de este gobierno una maquina de deportaciones = Policial = Judical = Billete de avion Gratis Bye Bye a Mexico , Irlanda , Germany ETC….

El problema no es ese y empieza alli ! Estas deportaciones dejan familias rotas debido a que posiblemente tubieron hijos en USA y dividen a las familias , varios ciudadanos Americanos son perjudicados claramente …la separacion de Familias crea un gran dolor en varias personas .

Ademas hay que tener bien claro que estas FAMILIAS NO COMETIERON NINGUN CRIMEN !! mas que el de trabajar para comprar pan y comida , posiblemente lavando coches o trabajando en fabricas , NO QUITANDO EL TRABAJO A NADIE !

Lean este Articulo super interesante en el Washington post por Andrew Becker

EMPEZANDO CON LOS RECORD DE LA POLICIA DE INMIGRACION QUE HAN SIDO FIILTRADOS AQUI

Immigration bill is promoted for 2010

23 dic

Napolitano says time is right

Declaring success in border security and immigration enforcement, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday that the federal government has done its work and now it’s time for Congress to pass a broad bill to legalize illegal immigrants.

Her speech signals President Obama will make good on his promise to push Congress to pass an immigration bill next year – adding yet another hot-button issue to an already long and contentious list.

Ms. Napolitano said members of Congress and voters who balked at an immigration bill two years ago, fearing a repeat of the 1986 amnesty that only made the problem worse, can be assured this time is different. She said in those two years, the flow of illegal immigrants across the border has dropped dramatically and the government is doing more to catch fugitive aliens inside the U.S.

“The security of the southwest border has been transformed from where it was in 2007,” she said in a speech to the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. “The federal government has dedicated unprecedented resources to the Mexican border in terms of manpower, technology and infrastructure – and it’s made a real difference.”

But Republicans said her declaration of victory on border security was premature.

“How can they claim that enforcement is ‘done’ when there are more than 400 open miles of border with Mexico, hundreds of thousands of criminal and fugitive aliens and millions of illegal immigrants taking American jobs?” said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.

The number of illegal immigrants being caught on the border has fallen – a measure Border Patrol officials say means fewer are trying to cross – and Ms. Napolitano said the government has hundreds of miles of fencing on the border, has boosted the number of Border Patrol agents to 20,000 and has begun to deport illegal-alien criminals being kept in U.S. prisons and jails.

The number of illegal immigrants apprehended by immigration authorities is down from 1.8 million in 2000 to 556,041 in fiscal 2009, which ended Sept. 30, and demography experts say the number of illegal immigrants remaining in the U.S. has actually begun to fall.

Ms. Napolitano said both a slowing economy and better enforcement account for the changes, which she said creates a window for Congress to act.

Rep. Steve King of Iowa, ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee’s immigration subcommittee, said Ms. Napolitano “contradicted herself by claiming the downturn in our economy has reduced illegal immigration but then advocated for an amnesty policy that allows millions of illegal aliens to take American jobs.”

“This is exactly the wrong time to be giving a pro-amnesty speech since we just received news that the national unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent,” Mr. King said.

Immigrant rights groups say they’ve changed the debate in Congress, and Ms. Napolitano said the attitude among Americans has changed as well.

But when it comes to actual votes in Congress, there hasn’t been a good test for some years, and earlier this year White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the “votes aren’t there right now” to pass a broad legalization bill.

Immigrant rights advocates said they’ll be watching to see how much muscle Mr. Obama puts behind the effort. Some have said Mr. Obama betrayed them by embracing E-Verify, the voluntary employee verification system, and revamping but not ending local police enforcement of immigration laws.

On Friday, though, groups said they saw a “real commitment” from Ms. Napolitano and the administration to try to pass a broad bill, which they argue would take care of many of the key problems that have led to stepped-up enforcement.

In 2007, President George W. Bush teamed with Senate Democrats and some Republicans to try to pass a bill that legalized most illegal immigrants, rewrote the rules for legal immigration and provided money for some border security.

The bill lost on an unusual majority filibuster that saw 15 Democrats and one independent join 37 Republicans in blocking the measure.

A year earlier, the Senate had passed a bill that had legalized some illegal immigrants, while the House passed an enforcement-only measure. Both bills died because they could not be reconciled with one another.

Bill Gates In Favor Of Amnesty video

9 dic

Bill Gates en favor de la Amnistia , alguien como Bill Gates que ha montado el imperio mas grande del mundo , basado en Economia y beneficio para prosperar , si esta diciendo que esta en favor de la amnistia es por algo ! 

Lou  en CNN le critica a mas no poder !  sin argumentos y sin sentido simplemente por el odio de estar sin argumentos logicos !

Ademas de que estas Hablando ? cheap labor !! los trabajadores de otros paises no trabajan sin papeles en empresas como Microsoft ! y no le quitan el puesto de trabajo a alguien con papeles en USA si es lo que estas diciendo.

Windows Vista ! ahora me gusta MAS que MAC

Luis Gutierrez Video sobre Amnistia

6 dic

Despues de este video , muy bueno por cierto… por parte de Luis gutierrez senador en Illinois , pasamos por el 2009 Diciembre YA 2010 y parece que todavia estamos como al principio .

Luis Gutierrez , es y ha sido siempre numero 1 en la lucha por la legalizacion de inmigrantes , pero necesita ser respaldado por el Gobierno y millones de personas

El vido es muy bueno

estados, unidos, deportaciones, inhumanas

6 dic

Estados, unidos, deportaciones, inhumanas, crece, preocupacion, obligada, lat En Estados Unidos, crece la preocupación por la deportación obligada de inmigrantes hacia América Latina y el Caribe.

 Un informe de la organización Human Rights Watch ha dado la voz de alarma, cuyo eco ha llegado ya al Congreso de Estados Unidos. Se estima que la deportación obligatoria de inmigrantes sentenciados por un crimen, incluso un delito menor, ha separado a 1,6 millones de niñas, niños y personas adultas, incluyendo ciudadanos estadounidenses y residentes permanentes legales, de sus familiares no ciudadanos, según los datos de Human Rights Watch. Familias separadas En entrevista con Radio Nederland, Jaime Fellner, directora del trabajo sobre Estados Unidos en Human Rights Watch, explica que la organización ha hecho un estudio del impacto que han tenido las leyes que el Congreso puso en efecto en 1996, las cuales han contribuido, según datos del gobierno, a que más 600.000 personas hayan sido expulsadas del país por haber cometido un crimen, aún después de haber cumplido la sentencia. Fellner subraya que los inmigrantes deportados dejan en Estados Unidos a sus familiares, ya sean hijos menores, padres ancianos, hermanos, esposos o esposas, y que son ciudadanos legales. “La ley ha impuesto sobre estas personas un doble castigo por un crimen: el normal, y la expulsión del país”, afirma Fellner.

Eco en el Congreso norteamericano La preocupación por las deportaciones ha llegado al Congreso de Estados Unidos, donde el presidente del subcomité de Asuntos Exteriores para las Américas, el demócrata Eliot Engel, declaró que “necesitamos entender completamente el proceso de deportación, cómo está afectando a los países en la región, y el impacto sobre las familias aquí y en el exterior antes de poder recomendar qué es lo que debe hacerse”.

 Desde Human Rights Watch se valora positivamente que el Congreso esté prestando atención al tema. Jaime Fellner, directora del trabajo sobre Estados Unidos en la organización, señala que ellos sólo piden una reforma pequeña de la ley vigente, que data de 1996. Antes de esa fecha, los inmigrantes que habían cometido un crimen podían comparecer ante un juez de inmigración, quien podía ejercer su discrecionalidad en la imposición de penas. Sin embargo, la legislación aprobada por el Congreso en 1996 impidió a los jueces de inmigración considerar si la deportación sería excesivamente dura tomando en cuenta las relaciones familiares de los inmigrantes, sus vínculos comunitarios, su trayectoria en el servicio militar estadounidense o la posibilidad de sufrir persecución si se les retornaba a su país de origen.

Sentencias más humanas En Human Rights Watch, dice Fellner, “sólo queremos que el juez de inmigración pueda tomar en cuenta, antes de expulsar a alguien, sus vínculos con Estados Unidos, si tiene familiares, si ha servido en las fuerzas militares de Estados Unidos, si tiene un negocio, si ha vivido en el país durante 30 años con un solo error, un solo crimen… para que la decisión de expulsión sea proporcional a todo esto. Así lo hacen en la mayoría de los países en Europa”. Los crímenes cometidos por los inmigrantes deportados no son necesariamente graves o violentos. Según cifras oficiales, más del 60% de los deportados en el año 2005 habían sido condenados por crímenes no violentos, como por ejemplo la emisión de un cheque falso, o haber sido descubierto con una pequeña cantidad de marihuana para fumar. No sólo se deporta a asesinos o miembros de pandillas.

Legalidad de las deportaciones Por su parte, el subsecretario adjunto para las Américas del Departamento de Estado norteamericano, Charles Shapiro, defendió el mecanismo de las deportaciones como apegado a la ley, aunque reconoció que el procedimiento puede ser mejorado. En este sentido, Jaime Fellner, de Human Rights Watch, recalca que ellos quieren que cambie la ley, lo cual ve factible porque, en su opinión, la mayoría de los congresistas estadounidenses se dan cuenta de que la ley de 1996 está teniendo unas consecuencias no deseadas.

México es el país más afectado por las deportaciones de inmigrantes, pero la situación afecta también a otros países de América Central, Caribe y Sudamérica. Sin embargo los gobiernos de estos países no están haciendo suficiente presión, opina Fellner. “Nosotros pedimos que hagan esa presión y también que los ciudadanos en Estados Unidos que tienen familiares afectados por esa ley utilicen su poder de voto, que hablen con sus congresistas, sus representantes elegidos, para decir que no están de acuerdo con esta ley”. Entrevistada *Jaime Fellner, directora del trabajo sobre Estados Unidos en Human Rights Watch, editada en Rebanadas de Realidad.

White House meeting on Immigration Reform

24 jun

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

From: United Families Campaign and

            Reform Immigration FOR America.

Contact: Emma Lozano   773/671-1798

               Rev Walter L Coleman   773/671-1755

Re: June 25th Press Opportunity with Members of Congress, affected families in

   anticipation of the White House meeting on Immigration Reform

 

FAMILIES INVITE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO PRAY WITH THEM AND TO REFLECT ON THE HUMAN FACE OF IMMIGRATION REFORM BEFORE THEY MEET TODAY WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA

 

U.S. citizens, faced with the separation of their families because of our broken immigration laws, have invited the 30 members of Congress who will meet today with President Obama to a special pre-meeting reception at noon.

 

The families have traveled to Washington DC from as far away as Providence, Rhode Island, San Francisco, California, Orlando, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois.

 

The families have asked that Members of Congress join them to hear their stories and to share in their prayers before they meet with President Obama today to determine the fate of immigration reform this year – and the fate of their families.

 

Many of these families have testified at the Family Unity Hearings conducted by Congressman Gutierrez and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus over the last six months. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi heard from Yvette Jimenez in San Francisco the speaker responded emotionally “It is un-American to separate these families.”

 

The families include Bobby Cote, a U.S. war veteran struggling to keep his wife in the country and Danny Grijalva whose passionate music was featured recently at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. The families will be joined by their pastors and other clergy.

 

The reception for members of Congress is co-sponsored by Familias Unidas and Reform Immigration for America. It will be held from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at the United Methodist Chapel, United Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave. (Maryland and First)

 

RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH

12 TO 2 P.M.

UNITED METHODIST CHAPEL

UNITED METHODIST BUILDING

100 MARYLAND AVE

(Maryland and 1st St)

WASHINGTON D.C. 

First lady Michelle Obama joins push for Sotomayor

4 jun
The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, part of a broad offensive to humanize the judge that came as former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed off his harsh criticism of her as a racist.

Mrs. Obama told students at a high school graduation that Sotomayor is “more than ready” to be a justice and compared the judge’s life story of humble beginnings and high achievement to the paths taken by her husband and herself.

Sotomayor, who grew up in a New York City housing project and went on to Princeton and Yale universities, “says she still looks over her shoulder and wonders if she measures up,” Mrs. Obama said at Howard University, chiming in on Sotomayor’s behalf as her husband began a Mideast trip.

It was a subtle but pointed counter to Republicans who have cited Sotomayor’s speeches and writings about how her background affects her work as a judge to question whether she would let her personal biases interfere with her judicial decisions.

Hours earlier, Gingrich told supporters in a letter that he shouldn’t have called Sotomayor a racist, adding that the word had been “perhaps too strong and direct.” But he said the 2001 speech that prompted his remark, in which Sotomayor said she hoped the rulings of a “wise Latina” would be better than those of a white male without similar experiences, was still unacceptable.

Gingrich conceded that Sotomayor’s rulings have “shown more caution and moderation” than her speeches and writings, but he said the 2001 comments “reveal a betrayal of a fundamental principle of the American system — that everyone is equal before the law.”

Sotomayor, 54, would be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the high court.

Gingrich’s comments and similar ones by radio host Rush Limbaugh — who on Wednesday said Sotomayor would bring “racism” and “bigotry” to the court — have enraged Sotomayor’s backers and caused problems for GOP figures who have been pushing to bring more diversity to the party.

Hispanic groups began a political push to force Republicans to denounce harshly worded criticism of Sotomayor, warning that their votes could depend on it.

“These gross mischaracterizations of Judge Sotomayor coupled with the deafening silence of the Republican leadership are leaving many within our community with a disturbing picture of the Republican Party. Much hangs in the balance, including our votes,” said Janet Murguia, the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza.

The White House, working with Democratic senators, hit back at GOP charges that Sotomayor would be an activist who legislates from the bench or a justice who allows her personal bias to interfere in legal decisions. Officials circulated talking points calling Sotomayor “a nonideological and restrained judge,” citing conservatives who have praised her approach.

Wendy Long of the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network, a group leading the opposition to Sotomayor’s confirmation, called the document “the biggest piece of fiction writing I have ever seen.”

At the same time, Democratic senators circulated a 1994 speech in which Sotomayor spoke about how personal characteristics could affect judging, which Republicans never criticized during the 1997 debate on her confirmation to a federal appeals court — proof, the Democrats said, that conservatives are trying to politicize Sotomayor’s nomination.

In 1994, Sotomayor said, “I would hope that a wise woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion” than a wise man. “What is better?” she said. “I … hope that better will mean a more compassionate, caring conclusion.”

“No one made an issue out of Judge Sotomayor’s comments the last time the Senate confirmed her for the federal bench, because everyone understood what she meant and knew her respect for the rule of law was unquestionable,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sotomayor’s home-state senator and her sponsor during the confirmation process.

Sotomayor returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of meetings with senators, staying mostly mum in public. She has used the visits to reassure Republicans and Democrats alike in private that while her background has shaped her worldview, she believes in following the law and wouldn’t let her life experiences inappropriately influence her judgments.

At least one GOP senator seemed reassured by what Sotomayor had to say.

“I don’t think she views herself as a judicial activist,” said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, emerging from a lengthy meeting with the judge. Snowe, one of seven Republicans currently serving who backed her confirmation in 1998, said Sotomayor had talked about the importance of the rule of law and precedent.

But many Republicans came away unconvinced.

“When I look at her ideology, record and philosophy, I’m deeply troubled,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Judiciary Committee, after his meeting with Sotomayor.

Graham said it’s not fair to call the judge a racist, but that she has to prove to senators and the public “that, if they found themselves in litigation with a Latina woman … that she would give you a fair shake.”

Sotomayor visited nine Republicans and Democrats as the leaders of the Judiciary Committee met separately but reached no deal on when her confirmation hearings should begin.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the Judiciary Committee chairman, wants the process to begin next month, with the goal of holding a confirmation vote before Congress leaves in early August for a monthlong summer vacation. He’s negotiating with the top Republican on the committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, who says he’d rather go slower in delving into Sotomayor’s voluminous record of rulings during her 17 years as a federal judge, with hearings set for September.

Associated Press writer Ann Sanner contributed to this report.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Nueva ley de Notarios en illinois – Cancela esperanzas para inmigrantes con prestamos ITIN

22 may
prestamos ITIN cancelados por ley injusta

prestamos ITIN cancelados por ley injusta

Desgraciadamente la nueva ley , anti-fraude da al traste con la esperanza de varios compradores con el numero de itin debido al tipo de documentacion requerida por parate de los notarios publicos en illinois y sobre todo en el condado de cook .

Ningun notario puede notarizar , una documentecion que no sea la establecida por la nueva ley .

Ejempo : una matricula consular de Mexico no seria Valida ! 

Segun fuentes cercanas a politicos cercanos y apoyo a la inmigracion en illinois esta ley debe ser cambiada y haber unas excepciones para personas que mantienen su numero de identificacion de Taxas expedido por el gobierno de USA, debido a que esta nuemro es documentacion personal soportado por la jurisdicion en USA .

La pregunta es cuando se emmedara esta ley ?

Esta ley no es dirigida con contra de la inmigracion , pero afecta directamente si no es cambiada a millones de trabajadores en illinois y no es justo.

Es necesario que se acepte el numero de identificacion de Taxas ITIN para identificacion legal en USA debido a que es el numero con el cual pagan los impuestos .

ley la ley abajo que entrara en vigor en Junio 2009

NEW NOTARY LAW IN ILLINOIS


Public Act 95-988 creates a pilot project that is effective June 1, 2009 and terminates June 30, 2013. The new law affects the notarization of transfers of residential real estate in Cook County, and is an attempt to address the growing problem of mortgage fraud in Chicago and Cook County.

Illinois notaries public who notarize documents of conveyance of qualifying residential real estate in Cook County will be required to create a Notarial Record, take a thumbprint of the seller(s), and provide for record keeping of the Notarial Record to the responsible parties.

Additionally, the new law requires all Illinois notaries public to verify a person’s identity with a currently valid state or federal photo identification document that bears the photo graphic image of the individual’s face and his or her signature ON ALL NOTARIZATIONS, not just residential real estate transactions in Cook County.

A notary public who is a principal, employee or agent of a title insurance company, title insurance agent, financial institution or attorney must deliver the Notarial Record, within 14 days, to his or her employer who is required to maintain the record for a period of 7 years.

A notary public who is not an employee or agent of a title insurance company, title insurance agent, financial institution or attorney, must deliver the Notarial Record to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds office within 14 days after the deed is notarized and pay a $5 filing fee.

The Notarial Record must be kept confidential and may only be disclosed by subpoena. Further, the Notarial Record is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Notaries may assess a fee of up to $25 for the notarization of the instrument of conveyance.

For the full text of the Illinois Notary Public Act, please visit www.ilga.gov and click on Illinois Compiled Statutes for 5 ILCS 312.


Residential Real Estate:
“Residential Real Property” shall mean a building or buildings located in Cook County, Illinois and containing one to 4 dwelling units or an individual residential condominium unit.

Documents of Conveyance and exceptions:
Shall mean a written instrument that transfers or purports to transfer title effecting a change in ownership to Residential Real Property.

Excluding:

  • Court ordered and court authorized conveyances of Residential Real Property, including without limitation, quit claim deeds executed pursuant to a marital settlement agreement incorporated into a judgment of dissolution of marriage, and transfers in the administration of a probate estate;
  • Judicial sale deeds relating to Residential Real Property, including without limitation, sale deeds issued pursuant to proceedings to foreclose a mortgage or execute on a levy to enforce a judgment;
  • Deeds transferring ownership of Residential Real Property to a trust where the beneficiary is also the grantor;
  • Deeds from grantors to themselves that are intended to change the nature or type of tenancy by which they own Residential Real Property;
  • Deeds from a grantor to the grantor and another natural person that are intended to establish a tenancy by which the grantor and the other natural person own Residential Real Property;
  • Deeds executed to the mortgagee in lieu of foreclosure of a mortgage; and
  • Deeds transferring ownership to a revocable or irrevocable grantor trust where the beneficiary includes the grantor.

Notarial Record
Notarial Record – Residential Real Property Transactions

Thumbprint
The notary public shall require the person signing the Document of Conveyance (including an agent acting on behalf of a principal under a duly executed power of attorney), whose signature is the subject of the notarial act, to place his or her right thumbprint on the Notarial Record. If the right thumbprint is not available, then the notary shall have the party use his or her left thumb, or any available finger, and shall so indicate on the Notarial Record. If the party signing the document is physically unable to provide a thumbprint or fingerprint, the notary shall so indicate on the Notarial Record and shall also provide an explanation of that physical condition. The notary may obtain the thumbprint by any means that reliably captures the image of the finger in a physical or electronic medium.

Record Keeping
If a notarial act under this Section is performed by a notary who is a principal, employee, or agent of a Title Insurance Company, Title Insurance Agent, Financial Institution, or attorney at law, the notary shall deliver the original Notarial Record to the notary’s employer or principal within 14 days after the performance of the notarial act for retention for a period of 7 years as part of the employer’s or principal’s business records. In the event of a sale or merger of any of the foregoing entities or persons, the successor or assignee of the entity or person shall assume the responsibility to maintain the Notarial Record for the balance of the 7-year business records retention period. Liquidation or other cessation of activities in the ordinary course of business by any of the foregoing entities or persons shall relieve the entity or person from the obligation to maintain Notarial Records after delivery of Notarial Records to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.

If a notarial act is performed by a notary who is not a principal, employee, or agent of a Title Insurance Company, Title Insurance Agent, Financial Institution, or attorney at law, the notary shall deliver the original Notarial Record within 14 days after the performance of the notarial act to the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois for retention for a period of 7 years, accompanied by a filing fee of $5

Cook County Recorder of Deeds
The Cook County Recorder of Deeds is required to receive Notarial Records from notaries who are not an employee, a principal or agent of a title insurance company, title insurance agent, financial institution or attorney. The Notarial Record must be delivered to the Recorder of Deeds within 14 days of the notarization accompanied by a $5 filing fee.

The notary may not allow the seller or buyer to deliver the Notarial Record to the Recorder of Deeds.

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