Unlike car loans, your bank does not keep your deed. You should have the original recorded deed. Copies of deeds dating back to roughly 1985 can be obtained through the Cook County Recorder's website. You don't really need it, though - that is the whole point of recording the deed! You should, however, be sure that the release of mortgage has been recorded. Your lender should send it to the county to be recorded, but that doesn't always happen (sometimes they will send it directly to you). If the release is not recorded, you will have to jump through some extra hoops when you go to sell the house to prove that the mortgage has been paid.
Go down to office and get one
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