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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2062 Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions
concerning sealing of court files in an eviction action.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | HB2062 | | LRB103 29549 LNS 55944 b |
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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 9-121 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/9-121) |
| 7 | | Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file. |
| 8 | | (a) Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"
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| 9 | | means the the court file created when an eviction
action is |
| 10 | | filed with the court. |
| 11 | | (b) Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may
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| 12 | | order that a court file in an eviction action
be placed under |
| 13 | | seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's
action is |
| 14 | | sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which
may include |
| 15 | | a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file
under seal |
| 16 | | is clearly in the interests of justice, and that
those |
| 17 | | interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in
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| 18 | | knowing about the record. |
| 19 | | (c) Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file |
| 20 | | relating to an eviction action brought against a tenant under |
| 21 | | Section 9-207.5 of this Code or as set forth in subdivision |
| 22 | | (h)(6) of Section 15-1701 of this Code shall be placed under |
| 23 | | seal. |