101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3596

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Jason A. Barickman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-206  from Ch. 110, par. 2-206

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that, in mortgage foreclosure actions, the plaintiff, or his or her attorney, (rather than the clerk of the court) shall send a copy of the publication to each defendant. Provides that the certificate of the plaintiff (rather than the clerk of the court) is evidence that the plaintiff sent a copy of the publication to each defendant. Provides that a copy of the certificate shall be filed at the office of the clerk of the court where the action is pending.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Section 2-206 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-206)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-206)
7    Sec. 2-206. Service by publication; affidavit; mailing;
8certificate.
9    (a) Whenever, in any action affecting property or status
10within the jurisdiction of the court, including an action to
11obtain the specific performance, reformation, or rescission of
12a contract for the conveyance of land, except for an action
13brought under Part 15 of Article XV of this Code that are
14subject to subsection (a-5), plaintiff or his or her attorney
15shall file, at the office of the clerk of the court in which
16the action is pending, an affidavit showing that the defendant
17resides or has gone out of this State, or on due inquiry cannot
18be found, or is concealed within this State, so that process
19cannot be served upon him or her, and stating the place of
20residence of the defendant, if known, or that upon diligent
21inquiry his or her place of residence cannot be ascertained,
22the clerk shall cause publication to be made in some newspaper
23published in the county in which the action is pending. If

 

 

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1there is no newspaper published in that county, then the
2publication shall be in a newspaper published in an adjoining
3county in this State, having a circulation in the county in
4which action is pending. The publication shall contain notice
5of the pendency of the action, the title of the court, the
6title of the case, showing the names of the first named
7plaintiff and the first named defendant, the number of the
8case, the names of the parties to be served by publication, and
9the date on or after which default may be entered against such
10party. The clerk shall also, within 10 days of the first
11publication of the notice, send a copy thereof by mail,
12addressed to each defendant whose place of residence is stated
13in such affidavit. The certificate of the clerk that he or she
14has sent the copy in pursuance of this Section is evidence that
15he or she has done so.
16    (a-5) If, in any action brought under Part 15 of Article XV
17of this Code, the plaintiff, or his or her attorney, shall
18file, at the office of the clerk of the court in which the
19action is pending, an affidavit showing that the defendant
20resides outside of or has left this State, or on due inquiry
21cannot be found, or is concealed within this State so that
22process cannot be served upon him or her, and stating the place
23of residence of the defendant, if known, or that upon diligent
24inquiry his or her place of residence cannot be ascertained,
25the plaintiff, or his or her attorney representative, shall
26cause publication to be made in some newspaper published in the

 

 

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1county in which the action is pending. If there is no newspaper
2published in that county, then the publication shall be in a
3newspaper published in an adjoining county in this State,
4having a circulation in the county in which action is pending.
5The publication shall contain notice of the pendency of the
6action, the title of the court, the title of the case, showing
7the names of the first named plaintiff and the first named
8defendant, the number of the case, the names of the parties to
9be served by publication, and the date on or after which
10default may be entered against such party. It shall be the
11non-delegable duty of the plaintiff, or his or her attorney
12clerk of the court, within 10 days of the first publication of
13the notice, to send a copy thereof by mail, addressed to each
14defendant whose place of residence is stated in such affidavit.
15The certificate of the plaintiff, or his or her attorney, clerk
16of the court that he or she has sent the copy in pursuance of
17this Section is evidence that he or she has done so. A copy of
18the certificate shall be filed at the office of the clerk of
19the court where the action is pending.
20    (b) In any action brought by a unit of local government to
21cause the demolition, repair, or enclosure of a dangerous and
22unsafe or uncompleted or abandoned building, notice by
23publication under this Section may be commenced during the time
24during which attempts are made to locate the defendant for
25personal service. In that case, the unit of local government
26shall file with the clerk an affidavit stating that the action

 

 

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1meets the requirements of this subsection and that all required
2attempts are being made to locate the defendant. Upon the
3filing of the affidavit, the clerk shall cause publication to
4be made under this Section. Upon completing the attempts to
5locate the defendant required by this Section, the municipality
6shall file with the clerk an affidavit meeting the requirements
7of subsection (a). Service under this subsection shall not be
8deemed to have been made until the affidavit is filed and
9service by publication in the manner prescribed in subsection
10(a) is completed.
11(Source: P.A. 101-539, eff. 1-1-20.)