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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB4268
Introduced 12/16/2005, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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735 ILCS 5/12-501 |
from Ch. 110, par. 12-501 |
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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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A BILL FOR
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HB4268 |
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LRB094 15545 AJO 50744 b |
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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.)
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