the wasserblawg

by Michael H. Wasserman  It turns out that ink color really does matter. At least it does for Kane County recordings. This alert from one of our favorite title companies today: **It has just come to our attention that Kane County will charge an additional $22 if deeds are signed in blue ink.**  I assume that this policy would also apply to deeds signed in red, green, purple or whatever too. This seemed odd. Why would the County single out blue inked deeds and but not mortgages or other documents? So i called the recorder to find out. Perhaps a slight mis-understanding here. Blue ink used in signatures and dates should be OK. Both for grantors and notaries. Its those corrections of scrivener's errors. Language adding vesting information. "Mail-to's" and the like. Making those marks in blue is going to cost you. Or the Buyer. In Kane County those markings render the document non-standard and will incur a recording surcharge. Blue ink or black. Just one of those eterna...