(735 ILCS 5/2-205) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-205)
Sec. 2-205.
Service on partnership and partners.
(a) A partnership sued
in its firm name may be served by
leaving a copy of the process with any partner personally or with any agent
of the partnership found
anywhere in the State. A partnership sued in its firm name may also be
notified by publication and mail in like manner and with like effect as
individuals.
(b) When a personal judgment is sought against a known partner for a
partnership liability the partner may be served (1) in any manner
provided for service on individuals or (2) by leaving a copy of the
summons for him or her with any other partner and mailing a copy of the summons
in a sealed envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to the partner
against whom the judgment is sought at his or her usual place of abode as shown
by an affidavit filed in the cause. The certificate of the officer or
the affidavit of the other person making service that he or she has mailed the
copy in pursuance of this section is evidence that he or she has done so.
Service on a nonresident partner against whom a personal judgment is
sought may be made by leaving a copy with any other partner, and
mailing, as provided herein, only if the cause of action sued on is a
partnership liability arising out of the transaction of business within
the State.
(c) When a personal judgment is sought against an unknown owner in an
action authorized under Section 6 of "An Act in relation to the use of an
assumed name in the conduct or transaction of business in this State",
approved July 17, 1941, as amended, service may
be made by leaving a copy of the summons with any agent of the business
and publishing notice in the manner provided by Section 2-206 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-707.)
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