94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1709


 
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














735 ILCS 5/12-501
  from Ch. 110, par. 12-501







    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure.  Provides that a certified copy of a federal judgment order entered in this State may be filed in any circuit court and shall be afforded recognition as if it were a judgment entered in any other circuit court of this State.
















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SB1709

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    AN ACT concerning civil procedure.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended  by 
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changing Section 12-501 as follows:
 



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    (735 ILCS 5/12-501)  (from Ch. 110, par. 12-501)



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    Sec. 12-501. Registration of Federal judgments. Judgments 
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of courts of
the United States held,
within this State, and all 
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process, returns, certificates of the levy of a
process, and 
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records of such courts may be registered, recorded, docketed,

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indexed or otherwise dealt with in, the public offices of this 
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State, so
as to make them conform to the rules and requirements 
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relating to
judgments of courts of this State. A certified copy 
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of a federal judgment order entered in this State may be filed 
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in any circuit court and shall be afforded recognition as if it 
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were a judgment entered in any other circuit court of this 
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State.


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(Source: P.A. 83-707.)