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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 9-107 and 9-211 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/9-107) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-107)
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| 7 | Sec. 9-107. Constructive service. If: (1) the plaintiff, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | his or her agent,
or attorney files a forcible
detainer action, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | with or without joinder of a claim for rent in the
complaint, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | and is unable to obtain personal service on the
defendant or | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | unknown occupant and a summons duly issued in such action is | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | returned
without service stating that service can not be | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | obtained; or (2) the landlord, or his or her agent or attorney, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | is unable to personally serve the demand on the tenant by any | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | of the means listed in Section 9-211 of this Code, then the
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| 16 | plaintiff or landlord or , his or her agent or attorney may file | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | an affidavit stating that the
defendant or unknown occupant is | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | not a resident of this State, or has departed from this
State, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within this
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| 20 | State so that the demand or process cannot be served upon him | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | or her, and also stating the
place of residence of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | defendant or unknown occupant, if known, or if
not known, that
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| 23 | upon diligent inquiry the affiant has not been able to | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | ascertain the
defendant's or unknown occupant's place of | ||||||
| 2 | residence, then in all such
forcible detainer cases
whether or | ||||||
| 3 | not a claim for rent is joined with the complaint for
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| 4 | possession, the defendant or unknown occupant may be notified | ||||||
| 5 | by posting
and mailing of
notices; or by publication and | ||||||
| 6 | mailing, as provided for in
Section 2-206 of this Act. However, | ||||||
| 7 | in cases where the defendant or unknown
occupant is notified by
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| 8 | posting and mailing of notices or by publication and mailing, | ||||||
| 9 | and the
defendant or unknown occupant does not appear | ||||||
| 10 | generally, the court may rule
only on the
portion of the | ||||||
| 11 | complaint which seeks judgment for possession, and the
court | ||||||
| 12 | shall not enter judgment as to any rent claim joined in the
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| 13 | complaint or enter personal judgment for any amount owed by a | ||||||
| 14 | unit owner
for his or her proportionate share of the common | ||||||
| 15 | expenses, however, an in
rem judgment may be entered against | ||||||
| 16 | the unit for the amount of common expenses
due, any other | ||||||
| 17 | expenses lawfully agreed upon or the amount of any unpaid
fine, | ||||||
| 18 | together with reasonable attorney fees, if any, and costs. The | ||||||
| 19 | claim
for rent may remain pending until such time as the
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| 20 | defendant or unknown occupant appears generally or is served | ||||||
| 21 | with summons, but the order for
possession shall be final, | ||||||
| 22 | enforceable and appealable if the court makes
an express | ||||||
| 23 | written finding that there is no just reason for delaying
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| 24 | enforcement or appeal, as provided by Supreme Court rule of | ||||||
| 25 | this State.
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| 26 | The contents of the demand shall be as provided in this | ||||||
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| 1 | Article. The notice of the summons Such notice shall be in the | ||||||
| 2 | name of the clerk of the court, be
directed to the defendant or | ||||||
| 3 | unknown occupant, shall state the nature of the cause against
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| 4 | the defendant or unknown occupant and at whose instance issued | ||||||
| 5 | and the time and place for
trial, and shall also state that | ||||||
| 6 | unless the defendant or unknown occupant appears at the
time | ||||||
| 7 | and place fixed for trial, judgment will be entered by default, | ||||||
| 8 | and
shall specify the character
of the judgment that will be | ||||||
| 9 | entered in such cause. The sheriff shall
post 3 copies of the | ||||||
| 10 | demand or notice of summons notice in 3 public places in the | ||||||
| 11 | neighborhood of
the court where the cause is to be tried, at | ||||||
| 12 | least 10 days prior to the
day set for the appearance, and, if | ||||||
| 13 | the place of residence of the
defendant or unknown occupant is | ||||||
| 14 | stated in any affidavit on file, shall at the
same time
mail | ||||||
| 15 | one copy of the notice addressed to such defendant or unknown | ||||||
| 16 | occupant at
such place of
residence shown in such affidavit. On | ||||||
| 17 | or before the day set for the
appearance, the sheriff shall | ||||||
| 18 | file the notice with an endorsement thereon
stating the time | ||||||
| 19 | when and places where the sheriff posted and to whom and
at | ||||||
| 20 | what address he or she mailed copies as required by this | ||||||
| 21 | Section. For want
of sufficient notice any cause may be | ||||||
| 22 | continued from time to time until
the court has jurisdiction of | ||||||
| 23 | the defendant or unknown occupant.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 92-823, eff. 8-21-02.)
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| 25 | (735 ILCS 5/9-211) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-211)
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| 1 | Sec. 9-211. Service of demand or notice. Except as provided | ||||||
| 2 | in Section 9-107, any Any demand may be made or notice
served | ||||||
| 3 | by delivering a
written or printed, or partly written and | ||||||
| 4 | printed, copy thereof to the
tenant, or by leaving the same | ||||||
| 5 | with some person of the age
of 13
years or upwards, residing on | ||||||
| 6 | or in possession of the premises; or by sending a
copy of the | ||||||
| 7 | notice to the tenant by certified or registered mail, with
a | ||||||
| 8 | returned receipt from the addressee; and in case no one is in | ||||||
| 9 | the
actual possession of the premises, then by posting the same | ||||||
| 10 | on the
premises.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 83-355.)
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