98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3275

 

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-203  from Ch. 110, par. 2-203

    Amends the Civil Practice Law of the Code of Civil Procedure. Replaces certain provisions concerning service of summons upon individuals with language providing that service shall be made in the following manner: (1) service shall be accomplished by: (A) handing it to the person; (B) leaving it at the person's office with a clerk or other person in charge or, if no one is in charge, in a conspicuous place in the office; or if the person has no office or the office is closed, at the person's dwelling or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and discretion who resides there; (C) mailing it to the person's last known address, in which event service is complete upon mailing; or (D) leaving it with the court clerk if the person has no known address; and (2) if a party is represented by an attorney, service must be made on the attorney unless the court orders service on the party. Effective immediately.


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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 2-203 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-203)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-203)
7    Sec. 2-203. Service on individuals.
8    (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, service of
9summons upon an individual defendant shall be made in the
10following manner:
11        (1) service shall be accomplished by: (A) handing it to
12    the person; (B) leaving it at the person's office with a
13    clerk or other person in charge or, if no one is in charge,
14    in a conspicuous place in the office; or if the person has
15    no office or the office is closed, at the person's dwelling
16    or usual place of abode with someone of suitable age and
17    discretion who resides there; (C) mailing it to the
18    person's last known address, in which event service is
19    complete upon mailing; or (D) leaving it with the court
20    clerk if the person has no known address;
21        (2) if a party is represented by an attorney, service
22    must be made on the attorney unless the court orders
23    service on the party; (1) by leaving a copy of the summons

 

 

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1    with the defendant personally, (2) by leaving a copy at the
2    defendant's usual place of abode, with some person of the
3    family or a person residing there, of the age of 13 years
4    or upwards, and informing that person of the contents of
5    the summons, provided the officer or other person making
6    service shall also send a copy of the summons in a sealed
7    envelope with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the
8    defendant at his or her usual place of abode, or
9        (3) as provided in Section 1-2-9.2 of the Illinois
10    Municipal Code with respect to violation of an ordinance
11    governing parking or standing of vehicles in cities with a
12    population over 500,000.
13    The certificate of the officer or affidavit of the person
14that he or she has sent the copy in pursuance of this Section
15is evidence that he or she has done so. No employee of a
16facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the
17Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act, or the ID/DD
18Community Care Act shall obstruct an officer or other person
19making service in compliance with this Section.
20    (b) The officer, in his or her certificate or in a record
21filed and maintained in the Sheriff's office, or other person
22making service, in his or her affidavit or in a record filed
23and maintained in his or her employer's office, shall (1)
24identify as to sex, race, and approximate age the defendant or
25other person with whom the summons was left and (2) state the
26place where (whenever possible in terms of an exact street

 

 

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1address) and the date and time of the day when the summons was
2left with the defendant or other person.
3    (c) Any person who knowingly sets forth in the certificate
4or affidavit any false statement, shall be liable in civil
5contempt. When the court holds a person in civil contempt under
6this Section, it shall award such damages as it determines to
7be just and, when the contempt is prosecuted by a private
8attorney, may award reasonable attorney's fees.
9(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227,
10eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.