(740 ILCS 22/217)

Sec. 217. Contents of orders.

(a) Any civil no contact order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to any other document, so that the respondent may clearly understand what he or she must do or refrain from doing.

(b) A civil no contact order shall further state the following:

(1) The name of each petitioner that the court finds was the victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration by the respondent and the name of each other person protected by the civil no contact order.

(2) The date and time the civil no contact order was issued, whether it is an emergency or plenary order, and the duration of the order.

(3) The date, time, and place for any scheduled hearing for extension of that civil no contact order or for another order of greater duration or scope.

(4) For each remedy in an emergency civil no contact order, the reason for entering that remedy without prior notice to the respondent or greater notice than was actually given.

(5) For emergency civil no contact orders, that the respondent may petition the court, in accordance with Section 218.5, to reopen the order if he or she did not receive actual prior notice of the hearing as required under Section 209 of this Act and if the respondent alleges that he or she had a meritorious defense to the order or that the order or its remedy is not authorized by this Act.

(c) A civil no contact order shall include the following notice, printed in conspicuous type: "Any knowing violation of a civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. Any second or subsequent violation is a Class 4 felony."

(d) A civil no contact order shall state, "This Civil No Contact Order is enforceable, even without registration, in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, tribal lands, and the U.S. territories pursuant to the Violence Against Women Act (18 U.S.C. 2265)."

(Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10.)