(215 ILCS 5/405) (from Ch. 73, par. 1017)
Sec. 405.
Certificates and certified copies as evidence.
All certificates issued by the Director in accordance with the
provisions of the insurance laws and all copies of documents filed in his
office in accordance with the provisions of this Code when certified by
him, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and
official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. A
certificate by the Director under the seal of the Department, as to the
existence or non-existence of the facts relating to companies which would
not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing documents or
certificates shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and
official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or non-existence
of the facts therein stated.
(Source: Laws 1937, p. 696.)
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