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91_SB0257

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Code of Civil Procedure by changing
 2    Section 2-202.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The  Code  of Civil Procedure is amended by
 6    changing Section 2-202 as follows:

 7        (735 ILCS 5/2-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-202)
 8        Sec. 2-202. Persons authorized to serve process; Place of
 9    service; Failure to make return.
10        (a)  Process shall be served by  a  sheriff,  or  if  the
11    sheriff  is  disqualified, by a coroner of some county of the
12    State.  A sheriff of a county with a population of less  than
13    1,000,000 may employ civilian personnel to serve process.  In
14    counties  with  a  population of less than 1,000,000, process
15    may be served, without special appointment, by a  person  who
16    is  licensed  or  registered as a private detective under the
17    Private Detective, Private Alarm,  and Private Security,  and
18    Locksmith  Act  of 1993 1983 or by a registered employee of a
19    private detective agency certified under that Act.  A private
20    detective or licensed employee must supply the sheriff of any
21    county in which he serves process with a copy of his  license
22    or  certificate;  however,  the failure of a person to supply
23    the copy shall not in any way impair the validity of  process
24    served  by  the person. The court may, in its discretion upon
25    motion, order service to be made by a private person over  18
26    years  of  age and not a party to the action. Upon motion and
27    in its discretion, the court may appoint as a special process
28    server a private detective agency certified under the Private
29    Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, and Locksmith Act
30    of 1993.  Under the appointment, any employee of the  private
31    detective  agency  who is registered under that Act may serve
 
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 1    the process.  The motion and the order  of  appointment  must
 2    contain  the  number of the certificate issued to the private
 3    detective agency by the Department of Professional Regulation
 4    under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security,
 5    and Locksmith Act of 1993.  It is not necessary that  service
 6    be  made  by  a  sheriff  or  coroner  of the county in which
 7    service is made. If served  or  sought  to  be  served  by  a
 8    sheriff or coroner, he or she shall endorse his or her return
 9    thereon,  and  if  by a private person the return shall be by
10    affidavit.
11        (b)  Summons may be served upon the  defendants  wherever
12    they  may  be found in the State, by any person authorized to
13    serve process. An officer may serve summons  in  his  or  her
14    official  capacity  outside  his  or her county, but fees for
15    mileage outside the county of the officer cannot be taxed  as
16    costs. The person serving the process in a foreign county may
17    make return by mail.
18        (c)  If any sheriff, coroner, or other person to whom any
19    process  is  delivered, neglects or refuses to make return of
20    the same, the plaintiff may petition the  court  to  enter  a
21    rule requiring the sheriff, coroner, or other person, to make
22    return  of  the process on a day to be fixed by the court, or
23    to show cause on that day  why  that  person  should  not  be
24    attached  for contempt of the court. The plaintiff shall then
25    cause a written notice of  the  rule  to  be  served  on  the
26    sheriff,  coroner,  or  other  person. If good and sufficient
27    cause be not shown to excuse the officer or other person, the
28    court shall adjudge him or her  guilty  of  a  contempt,  and
29    shall impose punishment as in other cases of contempt.
30        (d)  If  process  is  served by a sheriff or coroner, the
31    court may tax the fee of the sheriff or coroner as  costs  in
32    the  proceeding.  If process is served by a private person or
33    entity, the court may establish a fee therefor and  tax  such
34    fee as costs in the proceedings.
 
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 1        (e)  In  addition to the powers stated in Section 8.1a of
 2    the Housing Authorities Act, in counties with a population of
 3    3,000,000 or more inhabitants, members of a housing authority
 4    police  force  may  serve  process  for  forcible  entry  and
 5    detainer actions commenced by that housing authority and  may
 6    execute orders of possession for that housing authority.
 7        (f)  In  counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more,
 8    process may be served, with special appointment by the court,
 9    by a private process server or a law enforcement agency other
10    than the county sheriff in proceedings instituted  under  the
11    Forcible  Entry and Detainer Article of this Code as a result
12    of a lessor or  lessor's  assignee  declaring  a  lease  void
13    pursuant  to  Section  11  of  the  Controlled  Substance and
14    Cannabis Nuisance Act.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-594, eff. 8-1-96; 90-557, eff. 6-1-98.)

16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
17    becoming law.

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