Bank Research
- FDIC Bank Find Suite
- FDIC Failed Bank List
- FDIC –Lien Release Case Portal (such as, for liens by now-defunct banking institutions)
- Federal Reserve National Information Center – Institution Search
- Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation – Div. of Banking – (information re: state banks)
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) – Institution Search (for institutions regulated by the OCC)
Bar Associations (Illinois Statewide)
- Champaign County Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Chicago Council of Lawyers: Chicago's Public Interest Bar Association
- Decatur Bar Association
- DuPage County Bar Association
- Illinois Association Defense Trial Counsel
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Kane County Bar Association
- Lake County, Illinois Bar Association
- Northwest Suburban Bar Association
- Peoria County Bar Association
- Will County Bar Association
- Winnebago County Bar Association
Business Entities
- Beneficial Owner Information E-Filing System (FINCEN)
- Cook County Clerk – Business Assumed Name (DBA) Search
- Delaware Business Entity Search
- Delaware E-Corp Business Services
- Delaware Secretary of State - Document Request Guide
- Illinois Department of Revenue – Business Incentives / Enterprise Zone Reporting System
- Illinois Secretary of State - UCC Forms
- Illinois Secretary of State Publication: A Guide for Organizing Domestic Limited Liability Companies
- Illinois Secretary of State – Corporation/LLC Search
- Illinois Secretary of State – Forms (Corporation/LLC/Not-For-Profit)
- Securities and Exchange Commission - Laws and Rules
- Securities and Exchange Commission – SEC Action Lookup
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – Trademark Database
Court Information
- American Arbitration Association - Rules
- Chicago Administrative Hearings – Building Violation Case Search
- Cook County Circuit Court - CCC Portal (court docket search - requires login)
- Cook County Circuit Court – Case Search
- Cook County Circuit Court – Court Forms
- Cook County Circuit Court – Court Rules
- Cook County Circuit Court – Judge Information Search
- DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk – Restricted Case Information System (requires login)
- DuPage County Circuit Court – Court Forms
- DuPage County Circuit Court – Court Rules
- E-Filing – Odyssey eFileIL (new site) (requires login)
- E-Filing – Odyssey eFileIL (old site) (requires login)
- Fulton County Case Search - (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Grundy County Circuit Court - Case Information Search
- Grundy County Court / 13th Jud. Cir. - Court Rules
- Hancock County Case Search - (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Henderson County Case Search - (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Illinois Courts – Appellate Opinions (recent)
- Illinois Courts – Statewide Approved / Standardized Circuit Court Forms
- Indiana DoxPop Court Records Search
- Kane County Circuit Court (16th Jud. Cir.) - Case Information
- Kane County Circuit Court – Court Forms
- Kendall County - Circuit Court Forms
- Kendall County - Circuit Court Online Records
- Knox County Case Search - (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court - Public Access Portal
- Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court – Court Forms
- Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court – Court Rules
- LaSalle County Case Search - (13th Judicial Circuit)
- Madison County, Illinois (3rd Jud. Cir.) Court Record Search
- McHenry County Circuit Court Clerk - Public Case Access
- McHenry County Circuit Court – Attorney Access Portal
- McHenry County Circuit Court – Court Rules
- PACER Case Locator (U.S. District, Bankruptcy Courts – login required)
- Peoria County - Court Records Portal
- re:SearchIL (all Illinois counties)
- Sangamon County Circuit Court - Case Records Lookup
- Warren County Case Search - (9th Judicial Circuit)
- Will County (12th Jud. Cir.) Case Lookup - Public Access
- Will County Circuit Court - Court Call Calendar
- Will County Circuit Court Clerk – Court Forms
- Will County Circuit Court Clerk – Court Rules
- Winnebago County Case Search - (17th Judicial Circuit)
Estates and Trusts
- American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust Calculator
- Chicago Estate Planning Council
- Illinois Attorney General - Estate Tax Calculator
- Illinois Power of Attorney / Advance Directive Forms
- Illinois State Treasurer - Unclaimed Property Search
- Internal Revenue Service – Actuarial Tables
- Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court - 19th Judicial Circuit - Probate Procedures and Forms
- Power of Attorneys by State
- Public Notice Network (Law Bulletin probate notice publishing portal – for Cook County estates) (requires login)
- Secretary of State - Publication: Facts about Estates and Decedent Vehicle Transfers
- Trust Residency Rules by State - Multistate Tax Commission
Finance / Lending / Stocks
- Chase Bank Current Mortgage Rates
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (F.R.E.D.)
- Illinois Secretary of State - UCC Filing and Search
- Internal Revenue Service – Index of Applicable Federal Rates Rulings
- Loan Calculator / Amortization / Payment Schedules
- Security Deposit Interest Rates - City of Chicago
- Stock / Fund CUSIP number finder
- Stock Dividend History Tools
- Stock Quotes – Yahoo Finance
- Stock Screener - Financial Visualizations (Finviz)
- Stock Transfer Agent (Computershare) – Transfer Forms and Company Information Portal
- UCC Financing Statement
Law / Statutes / Codes
- Chicago Municipal Code
- Chicago Zoning Ordinance
- Cornell Legal Information Institute
- Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS)
- Illinois municipal codes (compiled codes for various municipalities) #1
- Illinois municipal codes (compiled codes for various municipalities) #2
- Illinois municipal codes (compiled codes for various municipalities) #3
Medicare, Public Assistance and Workers’ Compensation
Miscellaneous / Uncategorized
- Cloudconvert - File Converter
- Federal Election Commission – Individual Contributor / Donor Search
- Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission – Lawyer Search
- Illinois Department of Corrections - Inmate Search
- Illinois Department of Insurance - Company Lookup
- Illinois Secretary of State – Electronic Vehicle Registration and Title
- Illinois Secretary of State – Notary Public Registration Search
- Illinois Secretary of State – Vehicle Title and Registration Status Inquiry
- PDF Escape (free online .pdf editor)
- Public Notice Illinois (compilation of legal notices from Chicago suburban and other outlying circulation areas)
- United States Post Office – Post Office Location Finder
Real Estate Research
- Allegan County, MI - Real Estate Record Search
- American Land Title Association (ALTA) - Policy Forms Online
- Berrien County, MI Register of Deeds - Real Estate Record Search
- Chicago 80-Acre Map Search
- Chicago Administrative Hearings – Building Violation Case Search
- Chicago Building Permit and Inspection Records
- Chicago Interactive Map (city real estate GIS map tool)
- Chicago Title Land Trust Company - Land Trust Forms
- Chicago Vacant Buildings Search
- Chicago Zoning and Land Use Map
- City of Chicago Water Certificate - Online Application
- City of Chicago Zoning Certificate Application
- Cook County Assessor - Divisions and Consolidations
- Cook County Assessor – Property Search
- Cook County Clerk – Delinquent Property Tax Search
- Cook County Property Tax Portal
- Cook County Property Tax Sale Listing Search
- Cook County Recorded Document Search – Clerk/Recorder
- Cook County Treasurer – Property Search
- Cook County Viewer (Cook County, IL real estate parcel map application)
- DeKalb County Clerk Recorder - Land Records Search
- DeKalb County Property Map
- DuPage County - Property Tax Search
- DuPage County Recorder of Deeds – Record Search
- FEMA Flood Zone Map
- Grundy County - Property Tax Search Portal
- Grundy County - Recorded Document Search (Public Access)
- Illinois Bulk Sale / CBS-1 Form and Filing Instructions
- Illinois Transfer Tax Declaration (“MyDec”) System (requires login)
- Kane County Land Records Search System
- Kane County Treasurer - Property Tax Inquiry
- Kendall County Land Records Search System (Recorder)
- Lake County, Illinois - Recorder of Deeds Property Search
- Lake County, Illinois Treasurer – Property Search
- Lake County Historic Parcels Interactive Map
- Livingston County Property Tax Inquiry
- Madison County, Illinois Property Tax Inquiry
- Mc Henry County, Illinois - Land Record Search
- Peoria County Recorder - Record Search
- Sangamon County - Interactive Parcel Map (GIS)
- Sangamon County - Property Tax Parcel Search
- Will County, Illinois Recorder of Deeds – Record Search (basic)
- Will County - Parcel Map - GIS Data Viewer
- Will County Assessor - Property Search Portal
- Will County Sold and Forfeited Tax Inquiry
- Wisconsin Electronic Real Estate Transfer Return System (eRETR)
Research (General)
- Artificial Intelligence - Chat GPT
- Artificial Intelligence - Claude AI
- Artificial Intelligence - Perplexity
- Chicago Historical Maps - University of Chicago
- Cook County Open Data Portal
- Court Listener (courtlistener.com)
- Findlaw
- IICLE Online Library (requires login and subscription)
- Illinois Legal Aid Online
- Internet Archive “Wayback Machine”
- Library of Congress – Law Library
- Martindale
Tax Research
- Illinois Attorney General – Charitable Trust Database Search
- Illinois Department of Revenue - Business Income Tax Forms
- Illinois Department of Revenue - Private Party Vehicle Use Tax Chart (2021)
- Illinois Department of Revenue - Tax Regulations and Rulings
- Illinois Department of Revenue: Tax Publications
- Internal Revenue Code (via Cornell Legal Information Institute)
- Internal Revenue Service: Employer Information Returns / Forms – Online Ordering
- Internal Revenue Service: FEIN Online Application (obtain FEIN online)
- Internal Revenue Service: Refund Status (“Where’s My Refund?”)
- Internal Revenue Service: Single Life Expectancy Table for IRA Beneficiaries
- Internal Revenue Service: Tax Exempt Organization Search
- Internal Revenue Service: Tax Forms and Instructions
- Internal Revenue Service: Transcript Ordering (order transcripts online)
- Iowa State University - Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation
- Kelley Blue Book - Car Values