The Office of the County Clerk focuses on keeping accurate and detailed county records. To enhance customer satisfaction, we constantly work to upgrade our document storage system, simplify public access, and improve the implementation of county licenses and permits.

The 2023 Tax Extension began immediately after the Supervisor of Assessments finished their tax year. The County Clerk's Office received confirmation of a Final Multiplier of 1.0380 from the IL Department of Revenue on April 24th. PTELL Worksheets or Tax Computation Reports (whichever is applicable) will be emailed shortly. Thank you. 

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Some of the key functions of our department include:

• County records—general
• Land records
• State and federal liens
• Payroll
• Elections
• Voter registration
• Marriage licenses
• Tax redemptions
• Tax extensions

 We encourage you to utilize Tapestry (www.landrecords.net) for copies of any documents recorded after July of 1992. The Recorder's office will continue to charge $1.00 per page for documents that cannot be found on Tapestry (documents recorded prior to July of 1992.) Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office.

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• Online Document Search

Notice of Foreclosure copies required to be provided to the County of Stephenson under Public Act 96-856,pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1503(b) may be sent to: Stephenson County Clerk, 50 West Douglas St., Suite 500, Freeport, IL 61032