95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2637

 

Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/2-201   from Ch. 110, par. 2-201

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning commencement of actions and forms of process.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 2-201 as follows:
 
6     (735 ILCS 5/2-201)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
7     Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions - Forms of process. (a)
8 Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute,
9 shall be commenced by the the filing of a complaint. The clerk
10 shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff. The form and
11 substance of the summons, and of all other process, and the
12 issuance of alias process, and the service of copies of
13 pleadings shall be according to rules.
14     (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be issued,
15 marked "First Duplicate," "Second Duplicate," etc., as the case
16 may be, whenever it will facilitate the service of summons in
17 any one or more counties, including the county of venue.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)