Municipal Transfer Stamps


These Illinois municipalities require transfer/exempt stamps, before a deed can be recorded.

Addison (may be unincorporated) Lansing (may be unincorporated)
Alsip (may be Chicago or unincorporated) Lincolnshire
Arlington Heights (may be in Mt Prospect) Lincolnwood
Aurora Markham
Bartlett Maywood
Bedford Park McCook
Bellwood Melrose Park (may be unincorporated)
Berkeley Mettawa
Berwyn Midlothian
Bolingbrook Morton Grove
Broadview Mt Prospect (may be unincorporated)
Buffalo Grove Naperville (may be in Aurora or unincorporated)
Burbank New Lenox (may be in Joliet)
Burnham Niles
Calumet City Norridge
Calumet Park Northlake
Carol Stream North Chicago
Channahon North Riverside
Chicago (may be unincorporated) Oak Lawn
Chicago Heights (may be unincorporated) Oak Park
Cicero Oswego
Country Club Hills Palatine (may be in Rolling Meadows)
Countryside Park Forest
Des Plaines (may be unincorporated) Park Ridge
Dolton Peoria (may be inincorporated)
East Hazel Crest Plainfield (may be in Joliet)
Elgin (may be unincorporated) River Forest
Elk Grove Village (may be unincorporated) River Grove
Elmhurst Riverdale
Elmwood Park Riverside
Evanston (60203 may be in Skokie) Robbins
Evergreen Park Rolling Meadows
Forest Park Romeoville
Franklin Park Schaumburg (may be unincorporated)
Freeport (pay tax, but no stamp issued) Skokie
Glen Ellyn (may be unincorporated) South Holland
Glencoe Stickney
Glendale Heights Stone Park
Glenwood (may be unincorporated) Streamwood
Hanover Park Sycamore (no exempt stamp needed)
Harvey University Park
Harwood Heights Westchester
Highland Park Wheaton (may be unincorporated)
Hillside Wheeling
Hoffman Estates Wilmette
Joliet (may be unincorporated) Woodridge
Lake Forest Worth
  • List is meant to be a guide and is not guaranteed to be accurate or up-to-date
  • Please do your own due diligence and verify if your property is in a different municipality than what the “commonly known as” address states