(215 ILCS 5/112) (from Ch. 73, par. 724)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
Sec. 112.
Service of process - Director as attorney.
(1) Every foreign or alien company desiring to transact business in this
State shall file with the Director a duly executed instrument whereby the
company shall appoint and constitute the Director and his successor or
successors in office the true and lawful attorney of such company upon whom
all lawful process in any action or legal proceeding against it may be
served and shall agree that any such lawful process against it which may be
served upon its said attorney as provided in this section shall be of the
same force and validity as if served upon the company and that the
authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocably so long as any
liability of the company in the State shall remain outstanding.
(2) Process authorized by such instrument or by any similar instrument
heretofore executed shall be served by delivering to and leaving with the
Director duplicate copies of such process with payment of the fee
prescribed by this Code, and the service thereof upon such attorney shall
be deemed service upon the company. The Director shall forthwith forward
one copy of each such process by certified or registered mail prepaid
to the company, or
in the case of an alien company, to the United States Manager or last
appointed United States general agent of the company, giving the day and
the hour of such service. Service of such process shall not be complete
until the copy thereof has been so mailed and received by the company, and
the certified receipt or registry receipt shall be prima facie evidence
of the completion of
such service. Service of process on a reciprocal or Lloyds shall be
governed by sections 77 and 105 respectively.
(Source: P.A. 83-598.)
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