The County Clerk of Courts is an elected position that serves as a four-year term. The current Clerk of Courts, Penny S. Underwood, has been with the Clerk of Courts Office since 2004, where she started her career in the Auto Title Division, Penny S. Underwood is serving her third term as the elected Champaign County Clerk of Courts.
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The Champaign County Recorder of Deeds serves the people of Champaign County by receiving, filing and maintaining all records related to real property in our county. These documents range from all types of conveyance deeds, mortgages, releases and assignments, property liens, as well as assorted federal and local liens. The Recorder's office is responsible for the recordation and storage of plats of subdivisions, land surveys and monument records.
Many other types of miscellaneous documents are recorded, such as; foreign birth certificates, foreign marriage licenses, and military discharge paperwork, to name a few.Main Sidebar Contact Us.
If you need copies of a birth certificate or a death certificate contact our vital records department. We keep birth and death certificates for Champaign county for 10 years. After 10 years the birth and death certificates are sent to the Champaign county Clerk's office.
If you would like information on making changes to either birth or death certificates see the resources listed below.Leading causes of death in Champaign countyBelow are links to PDF files containing the leading causes of death for both Champaign Urbana and Champaign County. More recent information can be found in our.