(765 ILCS 45/11) (from Ch. 116, par. 15)
Sec. 11.
It is lawful for any person claiming title to any lands in such
county at the time of the destruction of such records, and for all claiming
under any such person, to file a petition in the circuit court in
such county, praying for a judgment establishing and confirming his title.
Any number of parcels of land may be included in one petition, or
separate petitions may be filed, as the petitioner may elect.
The petition shall state clearly the description of the lands, the
character and extent of the estate claimed by the petitioner, and from
whom, and when, and by what mode he derived his title thereto. It shall
give the names of all persons owning or claiming any estate in fee in the
lands, or any part thereof, and also all persons who shall be in possession
of the land, or any part thereof, and also all persons to whom any such
lands shall have been conveyed, and the deed or deeds of such conveyance
which have been recorded in the office of the recorder of such
county, since the time of the destruction of such records
as provided for in this Act, and prior to the
time of the filing of the petition, and their residences, so far as the
same are known to petitioner; and if no such persons are known to
petitioner it shall be so stated in the petition.
All persons so named in the petition shall be made defendants, and shall
be notified of the action by summons, if residents of this State, in the same
manner as is now or may hereafter be required in civil proceedings by the
laws of this State; provided, that the notice specified in Section 12
of this Act is the only publication notice required, either in case of
residents, non-residents or otherwise. All other persons shall be deemed
and taken as defendants by the name or designation of "all whom it may
concern".
The petition shall be verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, or by
the agent of petitioner; and a party so swearing falsely is guilty of
perjury and shall be punished accordingly, and is liable in damages to any
person injured by such false statement, to be recovered in a civil action
in the circuit court.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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