Chapter 5 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

(5 ILCS 290/3) (from Ch. 53, par. 3) Sec. 3. Salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court. From July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983, the annual salary of each judge of the Supreme Court shall be $66,500, to be paid out of the State Treasury. On and after July 1, 1983, the annual salary…

(5 ILCS 290/3.1) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.1) Sec. 3.1. Salaries of Judges of the Appellate Court. From July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983, the annual salary of each judge of the Appellate Court shall be $61,500, to be paid out of the State Treasury. On and after July 1, 1983, the ann…

(5 ILCS 290/3.2) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.2) Sec. 3.2. Salaries of Judges of the Circuit Court. From July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983, each judge of the Circuit Court shall receive and be paid out of the State Treasury an annual salary of $57,500. On and after July 1, 1983, each ju…

(5 ILCS 290/3.3) (from Ch. 53, par. 3.3) Sec. 3.3. Salaries of Associate Judges of the Circuit Court. (a) In Judicial Circuits each associate judge shall be paid out of the State Treasury an annual salary as follows: from July 1, 1982 through June 30, 1983, $52,500; on and after …

(5 ILCS 290/4) (from Ch. 53, par. 4) Sec. 4. The salaries of the officers herein above named, provided to be paid out of State treasury, shall be paid to the officers above named at least monthly, on the warrant of the State Comptroller, out of any money in the State treasury not…

(5 ILCS 295/0.01) (from Ch. 53, par. 5.10) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Assigned Appellate Judges Salary Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 295/1) (from Ch. 53, par. 5.11) Sec. 1. Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of judge of the Appellate Court, and the Supreme Court assigns another judge to serve as judge of the Appellate Court until the vacancy is filled by election, the judge assigned to serve as ju…

(5 ILCS 295/2) (from Ch. 53, par. 5.12) Sec. 2. Whenever a circuit judge is temporarily relieved of circuit court duties and assigned to the Appellate Court he shall, in addition to his salary as a circuit judge, be paid for the period of such temporary service an amount equal to…

(5 ILCS 300/0.01) (from Ch. 53, par. 5.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Circuit Court Judges Travel Expense Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 300/1) (from Ch. 53, par. 5.1) Sec. 1. The judges and associate judges of the circuit courts shall be allowed travel expenses when traveling outside their county of residence in connection with their judicial duties in any of the circuits. In addition associate judges sha…

(5 ILCS 305/0.01) (from Ch. 111, par. 2700) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Employment of Detectives by Public Officials Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(5 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 2701) Sec. 1. No State, county or municipal officer, whose duty it is to investigate the commission of any crime or to prosecute persons accused of crime, shall employ any detective or investigator on a compensation basis other than that of time…

(5 ILCS 308/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Human Voice Contact Act. (Source: P.A. 94-620, eff. 1-1-07.)

(5 ILCS 308/10) Sec. 10. Definition. In this Act, "State agency" means the same as in Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act. (Source: P.A. 94-620, eff. 1-1-07.)

(5 ILCS 308/15) Sec. 15. Automated telephone answering equipment. A State agency that uses automated telephone answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must, during the normal business hours of the agency, provide the caller with the option of speaking to a live ope…

(5 ILCS 308/5) Sec. 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) the people of this State, from time to time, need contact with State agencies because of problems or concerns; (2) often when a person calls a State agency that person needs to talk to an individual…

(5 ILCS 308/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007. (Source: P.A. 94-620, eff. 1-1-07.)

(5 ILCS 310/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 4301) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Gender Balanced Appointments Act. (Source: P.A. 87-797.)

(5 ILCS 310/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 4302) Sec. 2. All appointments to boards, commissions, committees and councils of the State created by the laws of this State and after the effective date of this Act shall be gender balanced to the extent possible and to the extent that appoint…

(5 ILCS 312/1-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 201-101) Sec. 1-101. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Notary Public Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

(5 ILCS 312/1-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 201-102) Sec. 1-102. Purposes and Rules of Construction. (a) This Act shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (b) The underlying purposes and policies of this Act are: (1) to simplify, clarify, and mod…

(5 ILCS 312/1-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 201-103) Sec. 1-103. Prospective Effect of Act. This Act applies prospectively. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to revoke any notary public commission existing on the effective date of this Act. All reappointments of notarial commissi…

(5 ILCS 312/1-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 201-104) Sec. 1-104. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Accredited immigration representative" means a not for profit organization recognized by the Board of Immigration Appeals under 8 C.F.R. 292.29(a) and employees of those organizations a…

(5 ILCS 312/1-105) Sec. 1-105. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 101-645, eff. 6-26-20. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-21.)

(5 ILCS 312/1-106) Sec. 1-106. Electronic Notarization Fund. The Electronic Notarization Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Electronic Notarization Fund during the preceding calendar year, shall be distributed, subject to appropriation, to the …

(5 ILCS 312/2-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-101) Sec. 2-101. Appointment. (a) The Secretary of State may appoint and commission as notaries public for a 4-year term as many persons resident in a county in this State as he deems necessary. The Secretary of State may appoint and com…

(5 ILCS 312/2-101.5) Sec. 2-101.5. Course of study and examination. (a) Except as required in subsection (c), applicants applying for the first time as a notary public or as an electronic notary public or applying to renew his or her appointment as a notary public or as an electr…

(5 ILCS 312/2-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-102) Sec. 2-102. Application. (a) Application for notary public commission. Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary shall complete an application in a format prescribed by the Secretary of State to be filed with the Se…

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.5) Sec. 2-102.5. Online application system. (a) The Secretary of State may establish and maintain an online application system that permits an Illinois resident to apply for appointment and commission as a notary public or electronic notary public. (b) Any such …

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.6) Sec. 2-102.6. Database of notaries public. The Secretary of State may maintain a database of notaries public on a publicly-accessible website which: (1) any interested person may use to verify the authority and good standing of a listed individual to perform …

(5 ILCS 312/2-102.7) Sec. 2-102.7. Registration of electronic notarization technology. (a) Notaries holding an electronic notary public commission shall register the capability to notarize electronically before performing any electronic notarial acts with the Secretary of State. …

(5 ILCS 312/2-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-103) Sec. 2-103. Appointment fee. (a) Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary public shall pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $15. Ten dollars from each applicant fee shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund.…

(5 ILCS 312/2-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-104) Sec. 2-104. Oath. (a) Every applicant for appointment and commission as a notary public shall take the following oath: "I, (name of applicant), solemnly affirm, under the penalty of perjury, that the answers to all questions in this…

(5 ILCS 312/2-105) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-105) Sec. 2-105. Bond. (a) Every application for appointment and commission as a notary public shall be accompanied by or logically associated with an executed bond commencing on the date of the appointment with a term of 4 years, in the…

(5 ILCS 312/2-106) (from Ch. 102, par. 202-106) Sec. 2-106. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17. Repealed by P.A. 102-160, eff. 7-1-22.)

(5 ILCS 312/2-107) Sec. 2-107. Notary public remittance agent. (a) Every company, corporation, association, organization, or person that remits notary public applications to the Secretary of State on behalf of applicants for appointment and commission as a notary public, for comp…

(5 ILCS 312/3-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-101) Sec. 3-101. Official seal. (a) Notary public official seal. Each notary public shall, upon receiving the notary commission from the Secretary of State, obtain an official rubber stamp seal with which the notary shall authenticate hi…

(5 ILCS 312/3-101.5) Sec. 3-101.5. Security of electronic signature and seal. The following requirements apply only to electronic notaries public. (a) The electronic signature and electronic seal of an electronic notary public must be used only for the purposes of performing elec…

(5 ILCS 312/3-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-102) Sec. 3-102. Notarial Record; Residential Real Property Transactions. (a) This Section shall apply to every notarial act in Illinois involving a document of conveyance that transfers or purports to transfer title to residential real …

(5 ILCS 312/3-103) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-103) Sec. 3-103. Notice. (a) Every notary public who is not an attorney or an accredited immigration representative who advertises the services of a notary public in a language other than English, whether by radio, television, signs, pam…

(5 ILCS 312/3-104) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-104) Sec. 3-104. Maximum fee. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a), the maximum fee for non-electronic notarization in this State is $5 for any notarial act performed and up to $25 for any notarial act performed pursua…

(5 ILCS 312/3-105) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-105) Sec. 3-105. Authority. (a) A notary public shall have authority to perform notarial acts, or electronic notarial acts, if the notary holds an electronic notary public commission, throughout the State so long as the notary resides in…

(5 ILCS 312/3-106) (from Ch. 102, par. 203-106) Sec. 3-106. Certificate of authority. Upon the receipt of a written request, the notarized document, and a fee of $2 payable to the Secretary of State or County Clerk, the Office of the Secretary of State shall provide a certificate…

(5 ILCS 312/3-107) Sec. 3-107. Journal. (a) A notary public or an electronic notary public shall keep a journal of each notarial act or electronic notarial act which includes, without limitation, the requirements set by the Secretary of State in administrative rule, but shall not…

(5 ILCS 312/4-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 204-101) Sec. 4-101. Changes causing commission to cease to be in effect. (a) When any notary public legally changes his or her name, changes his or her residential address or business address, or email address, without notifying the Index D…

(5 ILCS 312/5-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 205-101) Sec. 5-101. Reappointment. No person is automatically reappointed as a notary public or electronic notary public. At least 60 days prior to the expiration of a commission, the Secretary of State shall mail notice of the expiration d…

(5 ILCS 312/5-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 205-102) Sec. 5-102. Solicitation to Purchase Bond. No person shall solicit any notary public and offer to provide a surety bond more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date of the commission of a notary public or electronic notary pu…

(5 ILCS 312/6-101) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-101) Sec. 6-101. Definitions. (a) "Notarial act" means any act that a notary public of this State is authorized to perform and includes taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, taking a verification upon oath or af…

(5 ILCS 312/6-102) (from Ch. 102, par. 206-102) Sec. 6-102. Notarial acts. (a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notary public must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before the notary and making the acknowledgment is…

(5 ILCS 312/6-102.5) Sec. 6-102.5. Remote notarial acts. (a) Any commissioned notary public may perform any notarial act described under Section 6-102 remotely, after first determining, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the signature is that of th…