Full Text of HB5665 97th General Assembly
HB5665 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB5665 Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 735 ILCS 5/15-1108 new | | 735 ILCS 5/15-1109 new | | 735 ILCS 5/15-1110 new | |
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that a person commits false representation concerning title to real estate, a Class 4 felony, when he or she knowingly, as part of any transaction or legal proceeding under the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code, claims an interest in real estate or executes, notarizes, or records a fraudulent real estate document and that a person commits a pattern of making false representations concerning title to real estate, a Class 3 felony, by committing false representation concerning title to real estate in 2 or more instances with a similar pattern or purpose which are not isolated incidents within the preceding 4 years and in which the aggregate loss or intended loss is more than $250. Provides that the Attorney General has a private right of action for civil penalties arising from such conduct. Provides that a private cause of action for the owner or holder of the beneficial interest in real estate which is the subject of a false representation concerning title may bring a civil action in the circuit court in the county in which the real estate is located to recover damages suffered by the owner or holder of the beneficial interest plus reasonable attorney's fees.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning foreclosure.
| 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 adding | 5 | | Sections 15-1108, 15-1109, and 15-1110 as follows: | 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/15-1108 new) | 7 | | Sec. 15-1108. False representation concerning real estate | 8 | | title. | 9 | | (a) A person commits false representation concerning title | 10 | | to real estate when he or she knowingly as part of any | 11 | | transaction or legal proceeding pursuant to this Article XV: | 12 | | (1) claims an interest in, or a lien or encumbrance | 13 | | against, real estate in a document that is recorded in the | 14 | | recorder's office in the county in which the real estate is
| 15 | | located and who knows or has reason to know that the | 16 | | document is forged or groundless, contains a material | 17 | | misstatement, or false claim or is otherwise invalid; | 18 | | (2) executes or notarizes a document purporting to | 19 | | create an interest in, or a lien or encumbrance against, | 20 | | real estate, that is recorded in the recorder's office in | 21 | | the county in which
the real estate is located and who | 22 | | knows or has reason to know that the document is forged or | 23 | | groundless, contains a material misstatement, or false |
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| 1 | | claim or is otherwise invalid; or | 2 | | (3) causes a document described in paragraph (1) or (2) | 3 | | to be recorded in the recorder's office in the county in | 4 | | which the
real estate is located and who knows or has | 5 | | reason to know that the document is forged or groundless, | 6 | | contains a material misstatement, or false claim or is | 7 | | otherwise invalid. | 8 | | (b) False representation concerning title to real estate as | 9 | | described by paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) is a | 10 | | Class 4 felony. | 11 | | (735 ILCS 5/15-1109 new) | 12 | | Sec. 15-1109. Pattern of false representation concerning | 13 | | real estate title. | 14 | | (a) A person commits a pattern of making false | 15 | | representations concerning title to real estate when he or she | 16 | | knowingly, as part of any transaction or legal proceedings | 17 | | pursuant to this Article XV, commits one or more violations of | 18 | | paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of Section 15-1108 in 2 or more | 19 | | transactions: | 20 | | (1) which have the same or similar pattern, purposes, | 21 | | results, accomplices, victims or methods of commission, or | 22 | | are otherwise interrelated by distinguishing | 23 | | characteristics; | 24 | | (2) which are not isolated incidents within the | 25 | | preceding 4 years; and |
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| 1 | | (3) in which the aggregate loss or intended loss is | 2 | | more than $250. | 3 | | (b) A pattern of making false representations concerning | 4 | | title to real estate described in subsection (a) is a Class 3 | 5 | | felony. | 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/15-1110 new) | 7 | | Sec. 15-1110. Civil action for false representation | 8 | | concerning real estate title. | 9 | | (a) In addition to the criminal penalties imposed for a | 10 | | violation of Section 15-1108 or 15-1109, any person who | 11 | | violates Section 15-1108 or 15-1109 is subject to a civil | 12 | | penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation. This | 13 | | penalty is recoverable in a civil action, brought in the name | 14 | | of the State by the Attorney General, in the circuit court in | 15 | | the county in which the real estate is located. In such an | 16 | | action, the Attorney General may recover reasonable attorney's | 17 | | fees and costs. | 18 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the | 19 | | owner or holder of the beneficial interest in real estate which | 20 | | is the subject of a false representation concerning title may | 21 | | bring a civil action in the circuit court in the county in | 22 | | which the real estate is located to recover any damages | 23 | | suffered by the owner or holder of the beneficial interest plus | 24 | | reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The owner or holder of | 25 | | the beneficial interest in the real estate must, before |
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| 1 | | bringing a civil action pursuant to this subsection, send a | 2 | | written request by first class mail to the person who made the | 3 | | false representation requesting that the person record a | 4 | | document which corrects the false representation. If the person | 5 | | records such a document not later than 20 days after the date | 6 | | of the written request, the owner or holder of the beneficial | 7 | | interest may not bring a civil action pursuant to this | 8 | | subsection.
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