Whiteside County Notice of Death Affidavit and Acceptance Form (Illinois)

All Whiteside County specific forms and documents listed below are included in your immediate download package:

Notice of Death Affidavit Form

Whiteside County Notice of Death Affidavit Form

Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included Whiteside County compliant document last validated/updated 7/16/2025

Notice of Death Affidavit Guide

Whiteside County Notice of Death Affidavit Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included Whiteside County compliant document last validated/updated 7/4/2025

Completed Example of the Notice of Death Affidavit Document

Whiteside County Completed Example of the Notice of Death Affidavit Document

Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included Whiteside County compliant document last validated/updated 4/21/2025

When using these Notice of Death Affidavit and Acceptance forms, the subject real estate must be physically located in Whiteside County. The executed documents should then be recorded in the following office:

Whiteside County Recorder

200 East Knox St, Morrison, Illinois 61270

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday

Phone: (815) 772-5192

Local jurisdictions located in Whiteside County include:

  • Albany
  • Deer Grove
  • Erie
  • Fenton
  • Fulton
  • Galt
  • Lyndon
  • Morrison
  • Prophetstown
  • Rock Falls
  • Sterling
  • Tampico

How long does it take to get my forms?

Forms are available immediately after submitting payment.

How do I get my forms, are they emailed?

Immediately after you submit payment, the Whiteside County forms you order will be available for download directly from your account. You can then download the forms to your computer. If you do not already have an account, one will be created for you as part of the order process, and your login details will be provided to you. If you encounter any issues accessing your forms, please reach out to our support team for assistance. Forms are NOT emailed to you.

What does "validated/updated" mean?

This indicates the most recent date when at least one of the following occurred:

  • Updated: The document was updated or changed to remain compliant.
  • Validated: The document was examined by an attorney or staff, or it was successfully recorded in Whiteside County using our eRecording service.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Whiteside County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed all formatting requirements set forth by Whiteside County including margin requirements, content requirements, font and font size requirements.

Can the Notice of Death Affidavit and Acceptance forms be re-used?

Yes. You can re-use the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have more than one property in Whiteside County that you need to transfer you would only need to order our forms once for all of your properties in Whiteside County.

What are supplemental forms?

Often when a deed is recorded, additional documents are required by Illinois or Whiteside County. These could be tax related, informational, or even as simple as a coversheet. Supplemental forms are provided for free with your order where available.

What type of files are the forms?

All of our Whiteside County Notice of Death Affidavit and Acceptance forms are PDFs. You will need to have or get Adobe Reader to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I need any special software to use these forms?

You will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I have to enter all of my property information online?

No. The blank forms are downloaded to your computer and you fill them out there, at your convenience.

Can I save the completed form, email it to someone?

Yes, you can save your deed form at any point with your information in it. The forms can also be emailed, blank or complete, as attachments.

Are there any recurring fees involved?

No. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

Complete and record this required statutory affidavit to finalize the transfer of residential real property initiated with the Illinois transfer on death instrument as governed by 755 ILSC 27.

A transfer on death instrument is effective as of the owner's death upon the filing of a notice of death affidavit and acceptance by the beneficiary or beneficiaries in the office of the recorder in the county or counties where the residential real estate is located. The notice of death affidavit and acceptance shall contain the name and address of each beneficiary who shall take under the transfer on death instrument, a legal description of the property, the street address, and parcel identification number of the residential real estate, the name of the deceased owner, and the date of death. The notice of death affidavit and acceptance shall be signed by each beneficiary or by the beneficiary's authorized representative.

(Illinois Notice of Death Affidavit Package includes form, guidelines, and completed example)

Our Promise

The documents you receive here will meet, or exceed, the Whiteside County recording requirements for formatting. If there's an issue caused by our formatting, we'll make it right and refund your payment.

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April 30th, 2020

The documents themselves are fine and the information provided with them is helpful. I find the actual processing of the documents, however, to be difficult particularly once the document has been saved. First, I note that the box for the date only allows entry of the last 2 digits of the year. Unfortunately, my download only allows me to enter one of the 2 digits required. When I delete it repeatedly, it eventually allows both digits to be entered but puts them in extremely small text and in superscrypt. I have not found a solution to this problem and am not sure the deed can even be recorded with this problem. Another problem is that if you try to revise the document after you have saved it the curser goes to the end of the line after each key entry. This means that there basically is no way to efficiently save the document for reworking later since you will have to delete everything you have entered in the text box unless you only need to make a single keystroke change or are willing to replace the curser after each entry. Try that with a long property description! Please note that I am using a Mac to prepare my documents and perhaps this is part of an "incompatibility problem". However, I didn't see a disclaimer regarding Mac use and so would expect the documents to perform correctly. Overall, I give the program a "2 star" rating because I am experiencing significant difficulties in entering dates in the documents even before saving them and because saving your work for later revision appears to be basically unworkable.

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October 1st, 2019

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May 29th, 2020

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July 13th, 2021

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January 7th, 2023

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