County Clerk and Recorder

Duties & Responsibilities

The Coun­ty Clerk records coun­ty board meet­ing min­utes, res­o­lu­tions and ordi­nances, pub­li­cizes Coun­ty Board meet­ings, issues Coun­ty licens­es, main­tains records and issues cer­tifi­cates of vital sta­tis­tics, reg­is­ters vot­ers, con­ducts elec­tions, files cam­paign dis­clo­sure and state­ments of eco­nom­ic inter­est, reg­is­ters notary publics, and reg­is­ters assumed busi­ness names. The Coun­ty Clerk is respon­si­ble for record­ing and main­tain­ing per­ma­nent, pub­lic record of all real estate trans­ac­tions in Massac Coun­ty. Land records in this office date from 1818 to the present and vital records date from 1878 to present. It is the respon­si­bil­i­ty of the Coun­ty Clerk to serve the pub­lic and uphold the law by fol­low­ing the applic­a­ble statutes of the State of Illi­nois.

Staff

County Clerk — Hailey Miles
Chief Deputy — Lynne Hillebrand
Deputy Clerk — Kristina Boyd
Deputy Recorder — Ashley Bennett

Hours

Monday – Friday:
8:00 AM – 4:00PM

Address

1 Superman Square
Metropolis, IL 62960

Contact Information

Phone: 618-524-5213
Fax: 618-524-8514

Links

Fees

Recording Fees

  • Standard Flat Fee Size — $93.00
  • Legal Flat Fee Size — $109.00
  • Plats — $108.00
  • Certified Real Estate Records Copies — $10.00

Recording Fees

  • Marriage License — $75.00
  • Certified Birth — $9.00
  • Each Additional — $6.00
  • Certified Death — $15.00
  • Each Additional — $10.00
  • Certified Marriage — $9.00
  • Each Additional — $6.00
  • Military Discharge(DD214) — FREE
  • Copies Per Page — $0.25