(805 ILCS 405/6) (from Ch. 96, par. 8a)
Sec. 6.
If a person or persons required to register hereunder do not do so
and such persons, or any of them, are unknown, civil actions may be brought
against such person or persons, by filing suit against the business under
its assumed name, naming all known owners, and designating as "unknown
owner or owners" the other person or persons transacting business under
such assumed name. A judgment rendered pursuant to this section shall be a
personal judgment against all named owners and shall, in addition, be
immediately enforceable against the property of the business and constitute
a lien upon real estate held in the name of the business. At any time prior
to satisfaction of judgment, if any, if the identity of a previously
unknown owner is discovered, such person shall be named as a party
defendant by motion to the court in which such case is pending or in which
the judgment was entered, supported by an affidavit showing that notice of
such motion has been given in the manner required for service of process
upon an individual defendant by the Civil Practice Law, as heretofore
or hereafter amended. Within 10 days after service of
such notice, the previously unknown owner may appear and defend as in other
civil cases; however, such defense shall not affect any judgment against
any other person previously entered in the suit. If the defendant does not
file an appearance within such 10 day period or if after hearing the
defendant is found to be liable, the judgment, if any, theretofore entered
in such suit shall be amended to include such person and shall at such time
become a personal judgment against such person as if he had been
individually named in the original complaint.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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