Illinois Plat Act — Subdivision Recording (IL)

Tracked preemption from the Illinois overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1874-01-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:IL

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

project.requires_subdivision_plat == True

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].subdivision_recording_authorityoverridecounty_recorder_state_controlledRecording requirements are state-controlled via the county recorder. Home-rule municipalities may depart from procedure in part but cannot override recording mechanism.

Citation

Authority source
765 ILCS 205/0.01 et seq. (Plat Act)
§ 765 ILCS 205
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2199

Research notes

Subdivision platting procedures. Home-rule cities may depart from substantive process; recording requirements remain state-controlled via county recorder. Affects every project that subdivides land.