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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Sections 2-1402, 12-705, 12-706, 12-806, and 12-807 as
6follows:
 
7    (735 ILCS 5/2-1402)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1402)
8    Sec. 2-1402. Citations to discover assets Supplementary
9proceedings.
10    (a) A judgment creditor, or his or her successor in
11interest when that interest is made to appear of record, is
12entitled to prosecute citations to discover assets
13supplementary proceedings for the purposes of examining the
14judgment debtor or any other person to discover assets or
15income of the debtor not exempt from the enforcement of the
16judgment, a deduction order or garnishment, and of compelling
17the application of non-exempt assets or income discovered
18toward the payment of the amount due under the judgment. A
19citation supplementary proceeding shall be commenced by the
20service of a citation issued by the clerk. The procedure for
21conducting citation supplementary proceedings shall be
22prescribed by rules. It is not a prerequisite to the
23commencement of a supplementary proceeding that a certified

 

 

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1copy of the judgment has been returned wholly or partly
2unsatisfied. All citations issued by the clerk shall have the
3following language, or language substantially similar thereto,
4stated prominently on the front, in capital letters: "IF YOU
5FAIL TO APPEAR IN COURT AS DIRECTED IN THIS NOTICE, YOU MAY BE
6ARRESTED AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT TO ANSWER TO A CHARGE OF
7CONTEMPT OF COURT, WHICH MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT IN
8THE COUNTY JAIL." The court shall not grant a continuance of
9the citation supplementary proceeding except upon good cause
10shown.
11    (b) Any citation served upon a judgment debtor or any other
12person shall include a certification by the attorney for the
13judgment creditor or the judgment creditor setting forth the
14amount of the judgment, the date of the judgment, or its
15revival date, the balance due thereon, the name of the court,
16and the number of the case, and a copy of the citation notice
17required by this subsection. Whenever a citation is served upon
18a person or party other than the judgment debtor, the officer
19or person serving the citation shall send to the judgment
20debtor, within three business days of the service upon the
21cited party, a copy of the citation and the citation notice,
22which may be sent by regular first-class mail to the judgment
23debtor's last known address. In no event shall a citation
24hearing be held sooner than five business days after the
25mailing of the citation and citation notice to the judgment
26debtor, except by agreement of the parties. The citation notice

 

 

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1need not be mailed to a corporation, partnership, or
2association. The citation notice shall be in substantially the
3following form:
4
"CITATION NOTICE
5        (Name and address of Court)
6        Name of Case: (Name of Judgment Creditor),
7            Judgment Creditor v.
8            (Name of Judgment Debtor),
9            Judgment Debtor.
10        Address of Judgment Debtor: (Insert last known
11            address)
12        Name and address of Attorney for Judgment
13            Creditor or of Judgment Creditor (If no
14            attorney is listed): (Insert name and address)
15        Amount of Judgment: $ (Insert amount)
16        Name of Person Receiving Citation: (Insert name)
17        Court Date and Time: (Insert return date and time
18            specified in citation)
19    NOTICE: The court has issued a citation against the person
20named above. The citation directs that person to appear in
21court to be examined for the purpose of allowing the judgment
22creditor to discover income and assets belonging to the
23judgment debtor or in which the judgment debtor has an
24interest. The citation was issued on the basis of a judgment
25against the judgment debtor in favor of the judgment creditor
26in the amount stated above. On or after the court date stated

 

 

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1above, the court may compel the application of any discovered
2income or assets toward payment on the judgment.
3    The amount of income or assets that may be applied toward
4the judgment is limited by federal and Illinois law. The
5JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSERT STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
6AGAINST CERTAIN INCOME OR ASSETS OF THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR WHICH
7MAY NOT BE USED TO SATISFY THE JUDGMENT IN THE AMOUNT STATED
8ABOVE:
9        (1) Under Illinois or federal law, the exemptions of
10    personal property owned by the debtor include the debtor's
11    equity interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any
12    personal property as chosen by the debtor; Social Security
13    and SSI benefits; public assistance benefits; unemployment
14    compensation benefits; worker's compensation benefits;
15    veteran's benefits; circuit breaker property tax relief
16    benefits; the debtor's equity interest, not to exceed
17    $2,400 in value, in any one motor vehicle, and the debtor's
18    equity interest, not to exceed $1,500 in value, in any
19    implements, professional books, or tools of the trade of
20    the debtor.
21        (2) Under Illinois law, every person is entitled to an
22    estate in homestead, when it is owned and occupied as a
23    residence, to the extent in value of $15,000, which
24    homestead is exempt from judgment.
25        (3) Under Illinois law, the amount of wages that may be
26    applied toward a judgment is limited to the lesser of (i)

 

 

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1    15% of gross weekly wages or (ii) the amount by which
2    disposable earnings for a week exceed the total of 45 times
3    the federal minimum hourly wage or, under a wage deduction
4    summons served on or after January 1, 2006, the Illinois
5    minimum hourly wage, whichever is greater.
6        (4) Under federal law, the amount of wages that may be
7    applied toward a judgment is limited to the lesser of (i)
8    25% of disposable earnings for a week or (ii) the amount by
9    which disposable earnings for a week exceed 30 times the
10    federal minimum hourly wage.
11        (5) Pension and retirement benefits and refunds may be
12    claimed as exempt under Illinois law.
13    The judgment debtor may have other possible exemptions
14under the law.
15    THE JUDGMENT DEBTOR HAS THE RIGHT AT THE CITATION HEARING
16TO DECLARE EXEMPT CERTAIN INCOME OR ASSETS OR BOTH. The
17judgment debtor also has the right to seek a declaration at an
18earlier date, by notifying the clerk in writing at (insert
19address of clerk). When so notified, the Clerk of the Court
20will obtain a prompt hearing date from the court and will
21provide the necessary forms that must be prepared by the
22judgment debtor or the attorney for the judgment debtor and
23sent to the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's
24attorney regarding the time and location of the hearing. This
25notice may be sent by regular first class mail."
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1natural person shall be served by personal service or abode
2service as provided in Supreme Court Rule 105 and shall include
3a copy of the Income and Asset Form set forth in subsection
4(b-5).
5    (b-5) The Income and Asset Form required to be served by
6the judgment creditor in subsection (b-1) shall be in
7substantially the following form:
 
8
INCOME AND ASSET FORM
9        To Judgment Debtor: Please complete this form and bring
10    it with you to the hearing referenced in the enclosed
11    citation notice. You should also bring to the hearing any
12    documents you have to support the information you provide
13    in this form, such as pay stubs and account statements. The
14    information you provide will help the court determine
15    whether you have any property or income that can be used to
16    satisfy the judgment entered against you in this matter.
17    The information you provide must be accurate to the best of
18    your knowledge.
19        If you fail to appear at this hearing, you could be
20    held in contempt of court and possibly arrested.
21        In answer to the citation and supplemental proceedings
22    served upon the judgment debtor, he or she answers as
23    follows:
 
24        Name:.....................

 

 

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1        Home Phone Number:.................
2        Home Address:....................
3        Date of Birth:......................
4        Marital Status:.....................
5        I have.........dependents.
6        Do you have a job? YES NO
7        Company's name I work for:......................
8        Company's address:..............................
 
9        Job:
10            I earn $....... per.......
11            If self employed, list here your business name and
12        address:
13            .............................................
14            Income from self employment is $......... per
15        year.
16            I have the following benefits with my employer:
17            .............................................
18        I do not have a job, but I support myself through:
19            Government Assistance $........ per month
20            Unemployment $........ per month
21            Social Security $........ per month
22            SSI $........ per month
23            Pension $........ per month
24            Other $........ per month
25        Real Estate:

 

 

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1        Do you own any real estate? YES NO
2        I own real estate at.........., with names of other
3    owners
4        .................................................
5        Additional real estate I own:....................
6        I have a beneficial interest in a land trust. The name
7    and address of the trustee is:............. The beneficial
8    interest is listed in my name and........................
9        There is a mortgage on my real estate. State the
10    mortgage company's name and address for each parcel of real
11    estate owned:
12        .................................................
13        An assignment of beneficial interest in the land trust
14    was signed to secure a loan from.........................
15        I have the following accounts:
16            Checking account at ..........;
17              account balance $......
18            Savings account at ..........;
19              account balance $......
20            Money market or certificate of deposit at....
21            Safe deposit box at..........................
22            Other accounts (please identify):............
23        I own:
24            A vehicle (state year, make, model, and VIN):.
25            Jewelry (please specify):....................
26        Other property described as:......................

 

 

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1            Stocks/Bonds.....................
2            Personal computer................
3            DVD player.......................
4            Television.......................
5            Stove.......................
6            Microwave.......................
7            Work tools.......................
8            Business equipment.......................
9            Farm equipment.......................
10            Other property (please specify):
11            .............................................
12        Signature:....................
13    (b-10) Any action properly initiated under this Section may
14proceed notwithstanding an absent or incomplete Income and
15Asset Form, and a judgment debtor may be examined for the
16purpose of allowing the judgment creditor to discover income
17and assets belonging to the judgment debtor or in which the
18judgment debtor has an interest.
19    (c) When assets or income of the judgment debtor not exempt
20from the satisfaction of a judgment, a deduction order or
21garnishment are discovered, the court may, by appropriate order
22or judgment:
23        (1) Compel the judgment debtor to deliver up, to be
24    applied in satisfaction of the judgment, in whole or in
25    part, money, choses in action, property or effects in his
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1    delivery and to which his or her title or right of
2    possession is not substantially disputed.
3        (2) Compel the judgment debtor to pay to the judgment
4    creditor or apply on the judgment, in installments, a
5    portion of his or her income, however or whenever earned or
6    acquired, as the court may deem proper, having due regard
7    for the reasonable requirements of the judgment debtor and
8    his or her family, if dependent upon him or her, as well as
9    any payments required to be made by prior order of court or
10    under wage assignments outstanding; provided that the
11    judgment debtor shall not be compelled to pay income which
12    would be considered exempt as wages under the Wage
13    Deduction Statute. The court may modify an order for
14    installment payments, from time to time, upon application
15    of either party upon notice to the other.
16        (3) Compel any person cited, other than the judgment
17    debtor, to deliver up any assets so discovered, to be
18    applied in satisfaction of the judgment, in whole or in
19    part, when those assets are held under such circumstances
20    that in an action by the judgment debtor he or she could
21    recover them in specie or obtain a judgment for the
22    proceeds or value thereof as for conversion or
23    embezzlement. A judgment creditor may recover a corporate
24    judgment debtor's property on behalf of the judgment debtor
25    for use of the judgment creditor by filing an appropriate
26    petition within the citation proceedings.

 

 

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1        (4) Enter any order upon or judgment against the person
2    cited that could be entered in any garnishment proceeding.
3        (5) Compel any person cited to execute an assignment of
4    any chose in action or a conveyance of title to real or
5    personal property or resign memberships in exchanges,
6    clubs, or other entities in the same manner and to the same
7    extent as a court could do in any proceeding by a judgment
8    creditor to enforce payment of a judgment or in aid of the
9    enforcement of a judgment.
10        (6) Authorize the judgment creditor to maintain an
11    action against any person or corporation that, it appears
12    upon proof satisfactory to the court, is indebted to the
13    judgment debtor, for the recovery of the debt, forbid the
14    transfer or other disposition of the debt until an action
15    can be commenced and prosecuted to judgment, direct that
16    the papers or proof in the possession or control of the
17    debtor and necessary in the prosecution of the action be
18    delivered to the creditor or impounded in court, and
19    provide for the disposition of any moneys in excess of the
20    sum required to pay the judgment creditor's judgment and
21    costs allowed by the court.
22    (c-5) If a citation is directed to a judgment debtor who is
23a natural person, no payment order shall be entered under
24subsection (c) unless the Income and Asset Form was served upon
25the judgment debtor as required by subsection (b-1), the
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1and the payments are from non-exempt sources.
2    (d) No order or judgment shall be entered under subsection
3(c) in favor of the judgment creditor unless there appears of
4record a certification of mailing showing that a copy of the
5citation and a copy of the citation notice was mailed to the
6judgment debtor as required by subsection (b).
7    (d-5) If upon examination the court determines that the
8judgment debtor does not possess any non-exempt income or
9assets, then the citation shall be dismissed.
10    (e) All property ordered to be delivered up shall, except
11as otherwise provided in this Section, be delivered to the
12sheriff to be collected by the sheriff or sold at public sale
13and the proceeds thereof applied towards the payment of costs
14and the satisfaction of the judgment. If the judgment debtor's
15property is of such a nature that it is not readily delivered
16up to the sheriff for public sale or if another method of sale
17is more appropriate to liquidate the property or enhance its
18value at sale, the court may order the sale of such property by
19the debtor, third party respondent, or by a selling agent other
20than the sheriff upon such terms as are just and equitable. The
21proceeds of sale, after deducting reasonable and necessary
22expenses, are to be turned over to the creditor and applied to
23the balance due on the judgment.
24    (f)(1) The citation may prohibit the party to whom it is
25directed from making or allowing any transfer or other
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1from the enforcement of a judgment therefrom, a deduction order
2or garnishment, belonging to the judgment debtor or to which he
3or she may be entitled or which may thereafter be acquired by
4or become due to him or her, and from paying over or otherwise
5disposing of any moneys not so exempt which are due or to
6become due to the judgment debtor, until the further order of
7the court or the termination of the proceeding, whichever
8occurs first. The third party may not be obliged to withhold
9the payment of any moneys beyond double the amount of the
10balance due sought to be enforced by the judgment creditor. The
11court may punish any party who violates the restraining
12provision of a citation as and for a contempt, or if the party
13is a third party may enter judgment against him or her in the
14amount of the unpaid portion of the judgment and costs
15allowable under this Section, or in the amount of the value of
16the property transferred, whichever is lesser.
17    (2) The court may enjoin any person, whether or not a party
18to the citation supplementary proceeding, from making or
19allowing any transfer or other disposition of, or interference
20with, the property of the judgment debtor not exempt from the
21enforcement of a judgment, a deduction order or garnishment, or
22the property or debt not so exempt concerning which any person
23is required to attend and be examined until further direction
24in the premises. The injunction order shall remain in effect
25until vacated by the court or until the proceeding is
26terminated, whichever first occurs.

 

 

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1    (g) If it appears that any property, chose in action,
2credit or effect discovered, or any interest therein, is
3claimed by any person, the court shall, as in garnishment
4proceedings, permit or require the claimant to appear and
5maintain his or her right. The rights of the person cited and
6the rights of any adverse claimant shall be asserted and
7determined pursuant to the law relating to garnishment
8proceedings.
9    (h) Costs in proceedings authorized by this Section shall
10be allowed, assessed and paid in accordance with rules,
11provided that if the court determines, in its discretion, that
12costs incurred by the judgment creditor were improperly
13incurred, those costs shall be paid by the judgment creditor.
14    (i) This Section is in addition to and does not affect
15enforcement of judgments or citation proceedings supplementary
16thereto, by any other methods now or hereafter provided by law.
17    (j) This Section does not grant the power to any court to
18order installment or other payments from, or compel the sale,
19delivery, surrender, assignment or conveyance of any property
20exempt by statute from the enforcement of a judgment thereon, a
21deduction order, garnishment, attachment, sequestration,
22process or other levy or seizure.
23    (k) (Blank).
24    (k-3) The court may enter any order upon or judgment
25against the respondent cited that could be entered in any
26garnishment proceeding under Part 7 of Article XII of this

 

 

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1Code. This subsection (k-3) shall be construed as being
2declarative of existing law and not as a new enactment.
3    (k-5) If the court determines that any property held by a
4third party respondent is wages pursuant to Section 12-801, the
5court shall proceed as if a wage deduction proceeding had been
6filed and proceed to enter such necessary and proper orders as
7would have been entered in a wage deduction proceeding
8including but not limited to the granting of the statutory
9exemptions allowed by Section 12-803 and all other remedies
10allowed plaintiff and defendant pursuant to Part 8 of Article
1112 of this Act.
12    (k-10) If a creditor discovers personal property of the
13judgment debtor that is subject to the lien of a citation to
14discover assets, the creditor may have the court impress a lien
15against a specific item of personal property, including a
16beneficial interest in a land trust. The lien survives the
17termination of the citation proceedings and remains as a lien
18against the personal property in the same manner that a
19judgment lien recorded against real property pursuant to
20Section 12-101 remains a lien on real property. If the judgment
21is revived before dormancy, the lien shall remain. A lien
22against personal property may, but need not, be recorded in the
23office of the recorder or filed as an informational filing
24pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code.
25    (l) At any citation hearing at which the judgment debtor
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1income or assets are exempt, the court shall proceed to
2determine whether the property which the judgment debtor
3declares to be exempt is exempt from judgment. At any time
4before the return date specified on the citation, the judgment
5debtor may request, in writing, a hearing to declare exempt
6certain income and assets by notifying the clerk of the court
7before that time, using forms as may be provided by the clerk
8of the court. The clerk of the court will obtain a prompt
9hearing date from the court and will provide the necessary
10forms that must be prepared by the judgment debtor or the
11attorney for the judgment debtor and sent to the judgment
12creditor, or the judgment creditor's attorney, regarding the
13time and location of the hearing. This notice may be sent by
14regular first class mail. At the hearing, the court shall
15immediately, unless for good cause shown that the hearing is to
16be continued, shall proceed to determine whether the property
17which the judgment debtor declares to be exempt is exempt from
18judgment. The restraining provisions of subsection (f) shall
19not apply to any property determined by the court to be exempt.
20    (m) The judgment or balance due on the judgment becomes a
21lien when a citation is served in accordance with subsection
22(a) of this Section. The lien binds nonexempt personal
23property, including money, choses in action, and effects of the
24judgment debtor as follows:
25        (1) When the citation is directed against the judgment
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1    judgment debtor in the possession or control of the
2    judgment debtor or which may thereafter be acquired or come
3    due to the judgment debtor to the time of the disposition
4    of the citation.
5        (2) When the citation is directed against a third
6    party, upon all personal property belonging to the judgment
7    debtor in the possession or control of the third party or
8    which thereafter may be acquired or come due the judgment
9    debtor and comes into the possession or control of the
10    third party to the time of the disposition of the citation.
11    The lien established under this Section does not affect the
12rights of citation respondents in property prior to the service
13of the citation upon them and does not affect the rights of
14bona fide purchasers or lenders without notice of the citation.
15The lien is effective for the period specified by Supreme Court
16Rule.
17    This subsection (m), as added by Public Act 88-48, is a
18declaration of existing law.
19    (n) If any provision of this Act or its application to any
20person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity of that
21provision or application does not affect the provisions or
22applications of the Act that can be given effect without the
23invalid provision or application.
24    (o) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
25of the 97th General Assembly apply only to citation
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1after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
2General Assembly. The requirements or limitations set forth in
3subsections (b-1), (b-5), (b-10), (c-5), and (d-5) do not apply
4to the enforcement of any order or judgment resulting from an
5adjudication of a municipal ordinance violation that is subject
6to Supreme Court Rules 570 through 579, or from an
7administrative adjudication of such an ordinance violation.
8(Source: P.A. 97-350, eff. 1-1-12; 97-848, eff. 7-25-12;
998-557, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
10    (735 ILCS 5/12-705)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-705)
11    Sec. 12-705. Summons.
12    (a) Summons shall be returnable not less than 21 nor more
13than 40 30 days after the date of issuance. Summons with one
14copy 4 copies of the interrogatories shall be served and
15returned as in other civil cases. If the garnishee is served
16with summons less than 10 days prior to the return date, the
17court shall continue the case to a new return date 14 days
18after the return date stated on the summons. The summons shall
19be in a form consistent with local court rules. The summons
20shall be accompanied by a copy of the underlying judgment or a
21certification by the clerk of the court that entered the
22judgment, or by the attorney for the judgment creditor, setting
23forth the amount of the judgment, the name of the court and the
24number of the case and one copy of a garnishment notice in
25substantially the following form:

 

 

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1        "GARNISHMENT NOTICE
2    (Name and address of Court)
3    Name of Case: (Name of Judgment Creditor),
4        Judgment Creditor v.
5        (Name of Judgment Debtor),
6        Judgment Debtor.
7    Address of Judgment Debtor: (Insert last known address)
8    Name and address of Attorney for Judgment
9    Creditor or of Judgment Creditor (If no
10    attorney is listed): (Insert name and address)
11    Amount of Judgment: $(Insert amount)
12    Name of Garnishee: (Insert name)
13    Return Date: (Insert return date specified in summons)
14    NOTICE: The court has issued a garnishment summons against
15the garnishee named above for money or property (other than
16wages) belonging to the judgment debtor or in which the
17judgment debtor has an interest. The garnishment summons was
18issued on the basis of a judgment against the judgment debtor
19in favor of the judgment creditor in the amount stated above.
20    The amount of money or property (other than wages) that may
21be garnished is limited by federal and Illinois law. The
22judgment debtor has the right to assert statutory exemptions
23against certain money or property of the judgment debtor which
24may not be used to satisfy the judgment in the amount stated
25above.
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1property owned by the debtor include the debtor's equity
2interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any personal
3property as chosen by the debtor; Social Security and SSI
4benefits; public assistance benefits; unemployment
5compensation benefits; workers' compensation benefits;
6veterans' benefits; circuit breaker property tax relief
7benefits; the debtor's equity interest, not to exceed $2,400 in
8value, in any one motor vehicle, and the debtor's equity
9interest, not to exceed $1,500 in value, in any implements,
10professional books or tools of the trade of the debtor.
11    The judgment debtor may have other possible exemptions from
12garnishment under the law.
13    The judgment debtor has the right to request a hearing
14before the court to dispute the garnishment or to declare
15exempt from garnishment certain money or property or both. To
16obtain a hearing in counties with a population of 1,000,000 or
17more, the judgment debtor must notify the Clerk of the Court in
18person and in writing at (insert address of Clerk) before the
19return date specified above or appear in court on the date and
20time on that return date. To obtain a hearing in counties with
21a population of less than 1,000,000, the judgment debtor must
22notify the Clerk of the Court in writing at (insert address of
23Clerk) on or before the return date specified above. The Clerk
24of the Court will provide a hearing date and the necessary
25forms that must be prepared by the judgment debtor or the
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1creditor and the garnishee regarding the time and location of
2the hearing. This notice may be sent by regular first class
3mail."
4    (b) An officer or other person authorized by law to serve
5process shall serve the summons, interrogatories and the
6garnishment notice required by subsection (a) of this Section
7upon the garnishee and shall, (1) within 2 business days of the
8service upon the garnishee, mail a copy of the garnishment
9notice and the summons to the judgment debtor by first class
10mail at the judgment debtor's address indicated in the
11garnishment notice and (2) within 4 business days of the
12service upon the garnishee file with the clerk of the court a
13certificate of mailing in substantially the following form:
14
"CERTIFICATE OF MAILING
15    I hereby certify that, within 2 business days of service
16upon the garnishee of the garnishment summons, interrogatories
17and garnishment notice, I served upon the judgment debtor in
18this cause a copy of the garnishment summons and garnishment
19notice by first class mail to the judgment debtor's address as
20indicated in the garnishment notice.
21Date:............ .........................  
22                           Signature"
23    In the case of service of the summons for garnishment upon
24the garnishee by certified or registered mail, as provided in
25subsection (c) of this Section, no sooner than 2 business days
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1clerk shall mail a copy of the garnishment notice and the
2summons to the judgment debtor by first class mail at the
3judgment debtor's address indicated in the garnishment notice,
4shall prepare the Certificate of Mailing described by this
5subsection, and shall include the Certificate of Mailing in a
6permanent record.
7    (c) In a county with a population of less than 1,000,000,
8unless otherwise provided by circuit court rule, at the request
9of the judgment creditor or his or her attorney and instead of
10personal service, service of a summons for garnishment may be
11made as follows:
12        (1) For each garnishee to be served, the judgment
13    creditor or his or her attorney shall pay to the clerk of
14    the court a fee of $2, plus the cost of mailing, and
15    furnish to the clerk an original and 2 copies of a summons,
16    an original and one copy of the interrogatories, an
17    affidavit setting forth the garnishee's mailing address,
18    an original and 2 copies of the garnishment notice required
19    by subsection (a) of this Section, and a copy of the
20    judgment or certification described in subsection (a) of
21    this Section. The original judgment shall be retained by
22    the clerk.
23        (2) The clerk shall mail to the garnishee, at the
24    address appearing in the affidavit, the copy of the
25    judgment or certification described in subsection (a) of
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1    garnishment notice required by subsection (a) of this
2    Section, by certified or registered mail, return receipt
3    requested, showing to whom delivered and the date and
4    address of delivery. This Mailing shall be mailed on a
5    "restricted delivery" basis when service is directed to a
6    natural person. The envelope and return receipt shall bear
7    the return address of the clerk, and the return receipt
8    shall be stamped with the docket number of the case. The
9    receipt for certified or registered mail shall state the
10    name and address of the addressee, the date of the mailing,
11    shall identify the documents mailed, and shall be attached
12    to the original summons.
13        (3) The return receipt must be attached to the original
14    summons and, if it shows delivery at least 10 days before
15    the day for the return date, shall constitute proof of
16    service of any documents identified on the return receipt
17    as having been mailed.
18        (4) The clerk shall note the fact of service in a
19    permanent record.
20    (d) The garnishment summons may be served and returned in
21the manner provided by Supreme Court Rule for service,
22otherwise than by publication, of a notice for additional
23relief upon a party in default.
24(Source: P.A. 98-557, eff. 1-1-14; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
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1    Sec. 12-706. Conditional judgment. (a) When any person
2summoned as garnishee fails to appear and answer as required by
3Part 7 of Article XII of this Act, the court may enter a
4conditional judgment against the garnishee for the amount due
5upon the judgment against the judgment debtor. A summons to
6confirm the conditional judgment may issue against the
7garnishee, to be served and returned in the same manner as
8provided by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 105, otherwise than by
9publication, of a notice for additional relief upon a party in
10default returnable in the same manner as provided in Section
1112-705 of this Act, commanding the garnishee to show cause why
12the judgment should not be made final. If the garnishee, after
13being served with summons to confirm the conditional judgment
14or after being notified as provided in subsection (b) hereof,
15fails to appear and answer, the court shall confirm such
16judgment to the amount of the judgment against the judgment
17debtor and award costs. If the garnishee appears and answers,
18the same proceedings may be had as in other cases.
19    (b) If any garnishee becomes a non-resident, goes out of
20this State, or is concealed within this State so that the
21summons to confirm the conditional judgment cannot be served
22upon him or her, upon the filing by the plaintiff or his or her
23agent of an affidavit as in cases of non-resident defendants in
24attachments, the garnishee may be notified in the same manner
25as a non-resident defendant in attachment; and upon notice
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1proceeded against in the same manner as if he or she had been
2personally served with summons to confirm the conditional
3judgment.
4(Source: P.A. 83-707.)
 
5    (735 ILCS 5/12-806)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-806)
6    Sec. 12-806. Service and return of summons. Summons shall
7be returnable not less than 21 nor more than 40 days after the
8date of issuance. Summons with one copy 4 copies of the
9interrogatories and one copy of the judgment or certification
10and one copy of the wage deduction notice specified in Section
1112-805 of this Act shall be served on the employer and returned
12as in other civil cases as provided by Illinois Supreme Court
13Rule 105 for service, otherwise than by publication, of a
14notice for additional relief upon a party in default.
15    If the employer is served with summons less than 3 days
16prior to the return date, the court shall continue the case to
17a new return date not less than 21 days after the service of
18the summons.
19(Source: P.A. 90-677, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
20    (735 ILCS 5/12-807)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-807)
21    Sec. 12-807. Failure of employer to appear. (a) If an
22employer fails to appear and answer as required by Part 8 of
23Article XII of this Act, the court may enter a conditional
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1judgment against the judgment debtor. A summons to confirm the
2conditional judgment may issue against the employer returnable
3not less than 21 nor more than 40 30 days after the date of
4issuance, commanding the employer to show cause why the
5judgment should not be made final. Service of the summons after
6conditional judgment shall be as provided by Supreme Court Rule
7105 for service, otherwise than by publication, of a notice for
8additional relief upon a party in default. If the employer,
9after being served with summons to confirm the conditional
10judgment or after being notified as provided in subsection (b)
11hereof, fails to appear and answer, the court shall confirm
12such judgment to the amount of the judgment against the
13judgment debtor and award costs. If the employer appears and
14answers, the same proceedings may be had as in other cases.
15    (b) If an employer becomes a non-resident, goes out of this
16State, or is concealed within this State so that the summons to
17confirm the conditional judgment cannot be served upon him or
18her, upon the filing by the plaintiff or his or her agent of an
19affidavit as in cases of non-resident defendants in
20attachments, the employer may be notified in the same manner as
21a non-resident defendant in attachment; and upon notice being
22given to him or her as above stated, he or she may be proceeded
23against in the same manner as if he or she had been personally
24served with summons to confirm the conditional judgment.
25(Source: P.A. 86-603.)
 
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1becoming law.