Bill Text: IL HB4348 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a demand for possession of premises in connection with forcible entry and detainer.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4348 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4348-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 9-104 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/9-104) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-104)
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| 7 | Sec. 9-104. Demand - Notice - Return. The
The demand | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | required by Section
9-102 of this Act may be made by delivering | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | a copy
thereof to the tenant, or by leaving such a copy with | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | some person of the
age of 13 years or upwards, residing on, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | being in charge of, the premises;
or in case no one is in the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | actual possession of the premises, then by
posting the same on | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | the premises; or if those in possession are unknown
occupants | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | who are not parties to any written lease, rental agreement, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | right
to possession agreement for the premises, then by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | delivering a copy of the
notice, directed to "unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | occupants", to the occupant or by leaving a copy
of the notice | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | with some person of the age of 13 years or upwards
occupying | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the premises, or by posting a copy of the notice on the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | premises
directed to "unknown occupants". When such demand is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | made by
an officer authorized to serve process, his or her | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | return is prima facie
evidence of the facts therein stated, and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | if such demand is made by any
person not an officer, the return | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | may be sworn to by the person serving
the same, and is then | ||||||
| 2 | prima facie evidence of the facts therein
stated. The demand | ||||||
| 3 | for possession may be in the following form:
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| 4 | To ....
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| 5 | I hereby demand immediate possession of the following | ||||||
| 6 | described
premises: (describing the same.)
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| 7 | The demand shall be signed by the person claiming such | ||||||
| 8 | possession,
his or her agent, or attorney.
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| 9 | (Source: P.A. 92-823, eff. 8-21-02.)
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