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Illinois HOA & Condo Official Sources
Official government resources for community association records, laws, and licensing in Illinois. Sourced from state agencies and county records offices, no sign-up required.
Community association statutes
Official source
Illinois Compiled Statutes (Illinois General Assembly)
Clean static HTML (ASP) with per-section deep links via DocName encoding (765 ILCS 605/18. The official statute text is available free of charge at the link below.
CAM licensing & association regulation
Illinois licenses community association managers (CAMs). The following agencies regulate managers and, in some cases, associations themselves.
IDFPR -- Division of Professional Regulation (Board of Professional Engineers / Structural Engineers)
- professional engineer (PE)
- structural engineer (SE)
- engineer intern
IDFPR -- Division of Real Estate (Community Association Manager Licensing & Disciplinary Board)
- community association manager (CAM)
- community association management firm
Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) -- Division of Elevator Safety
- elevator contractor
- elevator mechanic
- elevator inspector
- elevator inspection company
- apprenticeship helper
Association & entity registry
Primary source
IL SoS Department of Business Services — Data for Sale (bulk data contract)
Search this registry to verify an association's corporate registration, formation date, registered agent, and current status.
County recorder portals: 26 counties
Community association governing documents (declarations, CC&Rs, bylaws, plats) are recorded at the county level in Illinois. Use these portals to search for a community's recorded documents.
Free public access(1 county)
| County | Platform | Access | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County | GovOS/Kofile PublicSearch | Free public search | Search |
Paid access(25 counties)
| County | Platform | Access | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Champaign County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Coles County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Cook County | County clerk portal | Paid access | Search |
| De Witt County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| DuPage County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Iroquois County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Kane County | County clerk portal | Paid access | Search |
| Kankakee County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Kendall County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Knox County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| La Salle County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Logan County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Macon County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Madison County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| McHenry County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| McLean County | County clerk portal | Paid access | Search |
| Peoria County | Tyler Eagle | Paid access | Search |
| Randolph County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Rock Island County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Sangamon County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| St Clair County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Whiteside County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Will County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
| Winnebago County | Fidlar | Paid access | Search |
26 Illinois counties mapped. Links go to official county government sites; access tiers and vendors may change.
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