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735 ILCS 5/ 8-1209
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§ 8-1209 Patents for land
Article VIII: Evidence
Part 12: Records and Patents
Rule Text
A patent for land shall be deemed and considered a better legal and paramount title in the patentee, his or her legatees, heirs or assigns, than the official certificate of any register of a land office of the United States, of the entry or purchase of the same land.
Amendment history: (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1209) (Source: P.A. 83-707.)