(735 ILCS 5/2-102) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-102)
Sec. 2-102.
Residence of corporations, voluntary unincorporated associations
and partnerships defined.
For purposes of venue, the following definitions apply:
(a) Any private corporation or railroad or bridge company, organized
under the laws of this State, and any foreign corporation authorized to
transact business in this State is a resident of any county in which it
has its registered office or other office or is doing business. A
foreign corporation not authorized to transact business in this State is
a nonresident of this State.
(b) A partnership sued in its firm name is a resident of any county
in which any partner resides or in which the partnership has an office
or is doing business. A partnership sued in its firm name, of which all
partners are nonresidents of this State and which does not have an
office or do business in this State, is a nonresident of this State.
(c) A voluntary unincorporated association sued in its own name is a
resident of any county in which the association has an office or, if on
due inquiry no office can be found, in which any officer of the association
resides. A voluntary unincorporated association sued in its own name, of
which all its members are nonresidents of this State and which does not
have an office or do business
in this State, is a nonresident of this State.
(Source: P.A. 83-901.)
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