(205 ILCS 620/4-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-3)
Sec. 4-3.
Service of process upon Secretary of State.
Any foreign corporation acting in this State in a fiduciary
capacity pursuant to the provisions of Article IV and Article IVA of this
Act
shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State to be
its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal
process in any action or proceeding against it relating to or
growing out of any trust, estate or matter in respect of which
such foreign corporation has acted or is acting in this state in
any such fiduciary capacity, and the acceptance of or engagement
in this State in any acts in any such fiduciary capacity shall be
signification of its agreement that any such process against it
which is so served, shall be of the same legal force and validity
as though served upon it personally. Service of such process
shall be made by delivering to the Secretary of State, the
corporation department of the office a copy of such process,
together with the fee for service of process required by the
Secretary of State, and such service shall be sufficient service
upon said foreign corporation if notice of such service and a
copy of the process are, within 10 days thereafter, sent by
registered mail by the plaintiff to the defendant at its
principal office in such other state or territory and the
plaintiff's affidavit of compliance herewith is appended to the
summons. The court in which the action is pending may order such
continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant
reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The fee paid by the
plaintiff to the Secretary of State at the time of the service
may be recovered as taxable costs by the plaintiff if such party
prevails in the action. The Secretary of State shall keep a
record of all process served upon him under this section and
shall record therein the time of such service.
(Source: P.A. 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)
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