How to Pull Probate County Data for Cook County, IL

The fields you get

• Doc number
• Doc recorded
• 1st grantor (estate)
• 1st grantee
• PIN
• Address

The page shows a Documents Indexed Through date. It was about three weeks behind when we checked.

Follow these 7 steps

1. 1

   Open the Cook County Advanced Search

   Go to the Clerk Recordings Advanced Search. Note the Documents Indexed Through date.

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2. 2

   Open Document Type Search

   Click Document Type Search. In Document Type, choose NOTICE.

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3. 3

   Enter the dates

   Click From Date and type the digits only, such as 10012026. The slashes fill in. Do the same for To Date. Do not go past the indexed date.

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4. 4

   Run the search

   Click Search at the bottom of the panel. The total shows next to Total Documents.
5. 5

   Sort by who filed it

   Click 1st Grantor so names sort A to Z.

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6. 6

   Keep the estate rows

   Keep rows where the name ends in EST or the row shows DECD. Skip companies and insurers.

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7. 7

   Copy your records

   The address shows under the PIN in the last column. Copy the rows you keep into your spreadsheet.

Watch out for these

• The index runs behind. On 5 November it said Documents Indexed Through 10-15-2026. Newer recordings will not show yet.
• Type dates as digits only. If you type too fast or add slashes, the date can break and you get an error that the date cannot be empty.
• You do not need Buy Search Result or the cart. Those are paid options.
• Most of the type is not probate. We saw LLCs and insurers mixed in with the estates.
• The dropdown also has NOTICE OF DEATH AFFIDAVIT, RELEASE PROBATE and WILL. We did not test these.

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