735 ILCS 5/8-1209

in effect

(735 ILCS 5/8-1209) (from Ch. 110, par. 8-1209) Sec. 8-1209. Patents for land. 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. (Source: P.A. 83-707.)

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