97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB0069

 

Introduced 1/27/2011, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/15-1511  from Ch. 110, par. 15-1511

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in the event of the foreclosure of residential real estate, a mortgagee is prohibited from obtaining a personal judgment against the mortgagor for a deficiency.


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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 15-1511 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/15-1511)  (from Ch. 110, par. 15-1511)
7    Sec. 15-1511. Deficiency.
8    (a) Except as expressly prohibited in subsection (b) and as
9expressly prohibited by this Article, foreclosure of a mortgage
10does not affect a mortgagee's rights, if any, to obtain a
11personal judgment against any person for a deficiency.
12    (b) In the event of the foreclosure of residential real
13estate, a mortgagee is prohibited from obtaining a personal
14judgment against the mortgagor for a deficiency.
15(Source: P.A. 84-1462.)