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735 ILCS 5/Art. XV Pt. 13

(735 ILCS 5/Art. XV Pt. 13 heading) Part 13.

Mortgage Lien Priorities

735 ILCS 5/15-1301

(735 ILCS 5/15-1301) (from Ch. 110, par. 15-1301)

Sec. 15-1301.

Lien Created.

Except as provided in Section 15-1302,
from the time a mortgage is recorded it shall be a lien upon the real
estate that is the subject of the mortgage for all monies advanced or
applied or other obligations secured in accordance with the terms of the
mortgage or as authorized by law, including the amounts specified in a
judgment of foreclosure in accordance with subsection (d) of Section 15-1603.

(Source: P.A. 84-1462.)

735 ILCS 5/15-1302

(735 ILCS 5/15-1302) (from Ch. 110, par. 15-1302)

Sec. 15-1302. Certain Future Advances.

(a)  Advances Made After
Eighteen Months.  Except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 15-1302, as to any
monies advanced or applied more than 18 months after a mortgage is
recorded, the mortgage shall be a lien as to subsequent purchasers and
judgment creditors only from the time such monies are advanced or applied.
However, nothing in this Section shall affect any lien arising or existing
by virtue of the Mechanics
 Lien Act.

(b) Exceptions.

(1) All monies advanced or applied pursuant to

commitment, whenever advanced or applied, shall be a lien from the time the mortgage is recorded.  An advance shall be deemed made pursuant to commitment only if the mortgagee has bound itself to make such advance in the mortgage or in an instrument executed contemporaneously with, and referred to in, the mortgage, whether or not a subsequent event of default or other event not within the mortgagee's control has relieved or may relieve the mortgagee from its obligation.

(2) All monies advanced or applied, whenever advanced

or applied, in accordance with the terms of a reverse mortgage shall be a lien from the time the mortgage is recorded.

(3) All monies advanced or applied in accordance with

the terms of a revolving credit arrangement secured by a mortgage as authorized by law shall be a lien from the time the mortgage is recorded.

(4) All interest which in accordance with the terms

of a mortgage is accrued or added to the principal amount secured by the mortgage, whenever added, shall be a lien from the time the mortgage is recorded.

(5) All monies advanced by the mortgagee in

accordance with the terms of a mortgage to (i) preserve or restore the mortgaged real estate, (ii) preserve the lien of the mortgage or the priority thereof or (iii) enforce the mortgage, shall be a lien from the time the mortgage is recorded.

(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)