Chapter 705 — COURTS

(705 ILCS 90/3-1) Sec. 3-1. Unlawful publication of personal information. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a judicial officer or of the judicial officer's immediate family if the person knows or reasonably should…

(705 ILCS 90/3-5) Sec. 3-5. Exceptions for employees of government agencies. Provided that the employee of a government agency has complied with the conditions set forth in Article II of this Act, it is not a violation of Section 3-1 if an employee of a government agency publishe…

(705 ILCS 90/4-1) Sec. 4-1. Construction. This Act and any rules adopted to implement this Act shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of the personal information of judicial officers. (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)

(705 ILCS 90/4-10) Sec. 4-10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 90/4-15) Sec. 4-15. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 90/4-18) Sec. 4-18. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 1-1-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 90/4-20) Sec. 4-20. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 1-1-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 90/4-5) Sec. 4-5. Severability. If any part of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is adjudged invalid, such adjudication or application shall not affect the validity of this Act as a whole or of any other part. (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12.)…

(705 ILCS 90/4-99) Sec. 4-99. Effective date. This Act and this Section take effect 60 days after becoming law, except that Sections 4-18 and 4-20 take effect January 1, 2013. (Source: P.A. 97-847, eff. 9-22-12; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)

(705 ILCS 95/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Access to Justice Act. (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13.)

(705 ILCS 95/10) Sec. 10. Pilot programs. (a) The Illinois Access to Civil Justice Council shall develop a pilot program to create a statewide military personnel and veterans' legal assistance hotline and coordinated network of legal support resources. (a-5) The Supreme Court Acc…

(705 ILCS 95/15) Sec. 15. Access to Justice Fund. (a) The Access to Justice Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Access to Justice Fund shall be appropriated to the Attorney General for disbursements to the Foundation. The Foundation shall use th…

(705 ILCS 95/16) Sec. 16. Fiscal year 2020 grants. If and only if Senate Bill 262 of the 101st General Assembly becomes law, then funds appropriated for grants in Section 165 of Article 105 of Senate Bill 262 of the 101st General Assembly shall be awarded by the Department of Hum…

(705 ILCS 95/20) Sec. 20. Evaluation. The Council shall study the effectiveness of the pilot programs implemented under this Act and submit a report to the Supreme Court, Governor, and General Assembly by June 1, 2021. The report shall include the number of people served by the v…

(705 ILCS 95/25) Sec. 25. Statutory Court Fee Task Force. (a) There is hereby created the Statutory Court Fee Task Force. The purpose of the Task Force is to conduct a thorough review of the various statutory fees imposed or assessed on criminal defendants and civil litigants. (b…

(705 ILCS 95/30) Sec. 30. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 95/35) Sec. 35. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 95/40) Sec. 40. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 95/45) Sec. 45. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13; text omitted.)

(705 ILCS 95/5) Sec. 5. Findings. (a) The justice system in this State can only function fairly and effectively when there is meaningful access to legal information, resources, and assistance for all litigants, regardless of their income or circumstances. (b) Increasing numbers o…

(705 ILCS 95/7) Sec. 7. Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Foundation" means the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation created by the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association and recognized under the Illinois Equal Justice Act. …

(705 ILCS 95/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 98-351, eff. 8-15-13.)

(705 ILCS 96/10-1) Sec. 10-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Court Access, Safety, and Participation Act. References in this Article to "this Act" mean this Article. (Source: P.A. 104-440, eff. 12-9-25.)

(705 ILCS 96/10-10) Sec. 10-10. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Arrest" means a law enforcement agency or its officers taking an individual into custody. "Civil arrest" means an arrest that is not: (1) a criminal arrest for an alleged criminal violation of any federal, State, …

(705 ILCS 96/10-15) Sec. 10-15. Civil arrest prohibited; certain locations. (a) A person duly and in good faith attending a State court proceeding in which the person is a party, a witness, a potential witness, or a court companion of a party, witness, or potential witness is pri…

(705 ILCS 96/10-20) Sec. 10-20. Court order. In order to maintain access to the court and open judicial proceedings for all persons in their individual capacity and to prevent interference with the needs of judicial administration, a court may issue appropriate judicial orders to…

(705 ILCS 96/10-25) Sec. 10-25. Civil action; enforcement; remedies. (a) A person who violates Section 10-15 or 10-20 of this Act is liable for civil damages for false imprisonment, including actual damages and statutory damages of $10,000, if that person knew or reasonably shoul…

(705 ILCS 96/10-5) Sec. 10-5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds and declares the following: (1) Illinois courts are a cornerstone of Illinois' government, satisfying the right of every person to obtain justice and find a remedy for all injuries and wrongs under Sec…

(705 ILCS 96/99-97) Sec. 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 104-440, eff. 12-9-25.)

(705 ILCS 96/99-99) Sec. 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 104-440, eff. 12-9-25.)

(705 ILCS 105/0.01) (from Ch. 25, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Clerks of Courts Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 25, par. 1) Sec. 1. One clerk of the circuit court in each county shall be elected as provided by law, and shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified. (Source: P.A. 81-276.)

(705 ILCS 105/1.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 1.1) Sec. 1.1. The clerk of the circuit court in each county shall enter upon the duties of office on the first day in the month of December following his or her election on which the office of the clerk of the circuit court is required, by s…

(705 ILCS 105/10) (from Ch. 25, par. 10) Sec. 10. The principal clerk shall, in all cases, be responsible for the acts of his or her deputies. (Source: P.A. 83-346.)

(705 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 25, par. 12) Sec. 12. The clerks shall issue the process of their respective courts in the manner provided by law. (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 260.)

(705 ILCS 105/12.1) Sec. 12.1. Electronic notice. The circuit clerk may provide notice to a party by hard copy or by electronic notice, pursuant to a uniform and standard policy adopted by the circuit clerk. A recipient may elect to receive notices by hard copy or electronically …

(705 ILCS 105/13) (from Ch. 25, par. 13) Sec. 13. The clerks shall attend the sessions of their respective courts, preserve all the files and papers thereof, make, keep and preserve complete records of all the proceedings and determinations thereof, except in cases otherwise prov…

(705 ILCS 105/14) (from Ch. 25, par. 14) Sec. 14. The clerks shall enter of record all judgments and orders of their respective courts, as soon after the rendition or making thereof as practicable. Immediately after a judgment of dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidi…

(705 ILCS 105/15) (from Ch. 25, par. 15) Sec. 15. Any clerk who fails to enter of record any order or judgment of his or her court within 45 days after the same is made or rendered, or any clerk having the duty to forward to the Department of Public Health the record of any judgm…

(705 ILCS 105/16) (from Ch. 25, par. 16) Sec. 16. Records kept by the clerks of the circuit courts are subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act", approved August 18, 1961, as amended. Unless otherwise provided by rule or administrative order of the Supreme Court, the r…

(705 ILCS 105/17) (from Ch. 25, par. 17) Sec. 17. If any clerk shall fail to keep any such docket, or record book, or any book required by law to be kept by him or her, or to make the proper entries therein at the time required by law, or, when no time is fixed, within a reasonab…

(705 ILCS 105/18) (from Ch. 25, par. 18) Sec. 18. The clerk of the supreme court shall procure the books and stationery necessary for his or her office and proper facilities for the safe keeping of the archives of his or her office. (Source: P.A. 83-346.)

(705 ILCS 105/19) (from Ch. 25, par. 19) Sec. 19. The several clerks of the circuit courts of the respective counties shall, from time to time, as may be necessary, procure the proper books and stationery for their respective offices, unless the same are provided by the county bo…

(705 ILCS 105/20) (from Ch. 25, par. 20) Sec. 20. The necessary rooms and office furniture, the proper vaults or other means for the safe keeping of the archives of their respective offices, shall be provided for the several clerks mentioned in the preceding section by the county…

(705 ILCS 105/21) (from Ch. 25, par. 21) Sec. 21. Whenever a clerk of any court goes out of office, it shall be his or her duty to deliver over to his or her successor, and of his or her successor to demand and receive from him or her, all the books, papers, records and other thi…

(705 ILCS 105/22) (from Ch. 25, par. 22) Sec. 22. The judges of the several courts shall, as often as once in each year, make an examination of the offices of the clerks of their respective courts, and may give such directions and make such orders in regard to the keeping of the …

(705 ILCS 105/24) (from Ch. 25, par. 24) Sec. 24. The clerks shall keep a docket, in which they shall enter all the unsettled estates in their office, the name of the administrator, the date of the letters of office, the amount of the bond, and the names of the securities thereto…

(705 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 25, par. 25) Sec. 25. Unless otherwise provided by rule or administrative order of the Supreme Court, such clerks shall also keep, subject to the provisions of "The Local Records Act", approved August 18, 1961, as amended, a docket, in which shall be e…

(705 ILCS 105/26) (from Ch. 25, par. 26) Sec. 26. The judgment docket shall have an alphabetical index kept by the clerk, both direct and indirect - the direct memorandum in the index shall show the name of the claimant, the name of the estate, and the page upon which the claim w…

(705 ILCS 105/27) (from Ch. 25, par. 27) Sec. 27. Clerks shall provide well bound books in which to record bonds and letters of administrators, executors and guardians; inventories, appraisement bills and sale bills of estates; relinquishments and selections of surviving spouses;…