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91_HB3780
LRB9112410DJtm
1 AN ACT in relation to probate.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by
5 changing Section 6-1 as follows:
6 (755 ILCS 5/6-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-1)
7 Sec. 6-1. Duty to file will; altering, destroying or
8 secreting.)
9 (a) Immediately upon the death of the testator any
10 person who has the testator's will in his or her possession
11 shall file it with the clerk of the court of the proper
12 county and upon failure or refusal to do so, the court on its
13 motion or on the petition of any interested person may issue
14 an attachment and compel the production of the will.
15 (b) If any person wilfully alters or destroys a will
16 without the direction of the testator or wilfully secretes it
17 for the period of 30 days after the death of the testator is
18 known to him or her, the person so offending, on conviction
19 thereof, shall be sentenced as in cases of theft of property
20 classified as a Class 3 felony by the law in effect at the
21 date of the offense.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-159, eff. 7-23-97.)