Chapter 705, COURTS

(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 23/15) Sec. 15. Beginning on the effective date of this Act, the Second Judicial District consists of the counties of DeKalb, Kendall, Kane, Lake, and McHenry. (Source: P.A. 102-11, eff. 6-4-21.)

(705 ILCS 130/15) Sec. 15. Fund; fee; administration. (a) In judicial circuits which include a county with a population of over 650,000 and less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a domestic relations legal fund may be established by any such county by the passage of an ordinance by the…

(705 ILCS 17/15) Sec. 15. Commission policy, powers, and duties. The Commission shall assist and advise the Court in regard to the acquisition, collection, documentation, preservation, cataloging, and related matters with respect to historic aspects of buildings, objects, artifac…

(705 ILCS 5/15) (from Ch. 37, par. 20) Sec. 15. Whenever any judgment shall have been rendered in the supreme court which, upon further consideration, is found to have been erroneously entered up, the judges thereof are authorized, during vacation, to change the same without orde…

(705 ILCS 410/15) Sec. 15. Authorization. The Chief Judge of each judicial circuit may establish a drug court program for minors including the format under which it operates under this Act. (Source: P.A. 92-559, eff. 1-1-03.)

(705 ILCS 305/15) (from Ch. 78, par. 15) Sec. 15. Every person who shall fail to attend when lawfully summoned to appear as a grand or petit juror, without having a reasonable excuse, shall be considered as guilty of a contempt, and shall be fined by the courts, respectively, in …

(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 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 505/16) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.16) Sec. 16. Concurrence of judges. Concurrence of 4 judges is necessary to the decision of any case; provided, however, the court in its discretion may assign any case to a commissioner for hearing and final decision, subject to whatever …

(705 ILCS 305/16) (from Ch. 78, par. 16) Sec. 16. A full panel of the grand jury shall consist of sixteen persons, twelve of whom shall be sufficient to constitute a grand jury. (Source: P.A. 85-690.)

(705 ILCS 105/16.2) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 16.2. Will depository. (a) The clerk of any circuit court may establish and maintain a will depository for the voluntary safekeeping of original wills before the death of the …

(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 505/17) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.17) Sec. 17. Any final determination against the claimant on any claim prosecuted as provided in this Act shall forever bar any further claim in the court arising out of the rejected claim. (Source: Laws 1945, p. 660.)

(705 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 37, par. 22) Sec. 17. The judges of the Supreme Court shall appoint a librarian for the Supreme Court Library, located at the Supreme Court Building, and prescribe his duties and fix his compensation to be paid as other expenses of the Supreme Court are …

(705 ILCS 305/17) (from Ch. 78, par. 17) Sec. 17. After the grand jury is impaneled, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint a foreman, who shall have power to swear or affirm witnesses to testify before them, and whose duty it shall be, when the grand jury, or any nine of t…

(705 ILCS 505/18) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.18) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-550) Sec. 18. The court shall provide, by rule, for the maintenance of separate records of claims which arise solely due to lapsed appropriations and for claims for which amount of recovery…

(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 25/18) (from Ch. 37, par. 42) Sec. 18. The appellate court shall sit at the places prescribed by rule of the Supreme Court. Where necessary, the judges of any division may rent suitable rooms for the holding of court and for the use of the officers thereof at a rental n…

(705 ILCS 505/19) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.19) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-550) Sec. 19. The Attorney General, or his assistants under his direction, shall appear for the defense and protection of the interests of the State of Illinois in all cases filed in the co…

(705 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 37, par. 23.1) Sec. 19. The Supreme Court is authorized to employ one senior law clerk and 2 junior law clerks for each judge of the Supreme Court. Such law clerks shall be graduates of an accredited law school and shall receive such salary as the Suprem…

(705 ILCS 305/19) (from Ch. 78, par. 19) Sec. 19. No grand jury shall make presentments of their own knowledge, upon the information of a less number than 2 of their own body, unless the juror giving the information is previously sworn as a witness, in which event, if the evidenc…

(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 305/1a) (from Ch. 78, par. 1a) Sec. 1a. Driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card lists. Driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, and Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holder's li…

(705 ILCS 305/1a-1) Sec. 1a-1. List of claimants for unemployment insurance. The Director of the Department of Employment Security shall annually compile a list of persons age 18 or older, who, in the prior 12 months, filed a claim for unemployment insurance and shall furnish thi…

(705 ILCS 305/1b) (from Ch. 78, par. 1b) Sec. 1b. The combination of the lists of registered voters, driver's license, Illinois Identification Card, or Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card holders, and claimants for unemployment insurance and the preparation of j…

(705 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 13, par. 2) Sec. 2. Licensing of noncitizens. (a) No person shall be prohibited from receiving a license solely because he or she is not a citizen of the United States. (b) The Supreme Court of this State may grant a license to a person who, in addition…

(705 ILCS 220/2) (from Ch. 32, par. 412) Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any corporation to solicit by itself or by or through its officer, agent or employee, any claim or demand for the purpose of bringing an action at law thereon, or for furnishing legal advice, services or co…

(705 ILCS 85/2) (from Ch. 116, par. 2) Sec. 2. That whenever the loss or destruction of any such record or part thereof shall have happened, or shall hereafter happen, and such defect cannot be supplied, as provided in the next preceding section, any party or person interested th…

(705 ILCS 75/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 662) Sec. 2. In any case arising under "An Act to provide a remedy for persons convicted and imprisoned in the penitentiary, who assert that rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States or the State of Illinois, or both, ha…

(705 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 329) Sec. 2. Any person violating Section 1 of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $50 for the first offense by any court having jurisdiction and $100 for the second offense, and if such violation is by a county or pr…

(705 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.2) Sec. 2. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of the incumbent judges the Governor shall appoint their successors by and with the consent of the Senate for terms of 2, 4 and 6 years commencing on the third Monday in January of the y…

(705 ILCS 210/2) (from Ch. 13, par. 16) Sec. 2. Any person who shall violate Section 1 shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2310.)

(705 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 652) Sec. 2. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Court Reporters Act. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 2616.)

(705 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 160.2) Sec. 2. (a) The maximum number of associate judges authorized for each circuit is the greater of the applicable minimum number specified in this Section or one for each 35,000 or fraction thereof in population as determined by the last pr…

(705 ILCS 65/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 642) Sec. 2. (a) The official reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts shall be published and distributed under a contract to be entered into by the reporter of decisions, subject to the prior approval of the Supreme Co…

(705 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 1.2) (This Act was repealed by P.A. 89-719, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 2. Prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly, the Second Judicial District consists of the counties of Jo Daviess, Step…

(705 ILCS 315/2) Sec. 2. Secrecy of jury. A judge may prohibit the release to the public of the name of any member of a jury sitting in a court over which the judge presides if the judge finds that there would be a reasonable threat of harm to the juror if his or her name were re…

(705 ILCS 510/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.26) Sec. 2. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Medical Fees of State Inmate Escapees Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 40/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.42) Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this subsection (a), vacancies in the office of a resident circuit judge in any county or in any unit or subcircuit of any circuit shall not be filled. (1) If in …

(705 ILCS 35/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 72.2) Sec. 2. Circuit judges. Circuit judges shall be elected at the general elections and for terms as provided in Article VI of the Illinois Constitution. Ninety-four circuit judges shall be elected in the Circuit of Cook County, and 3 circuit…

(705 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 6) Sec. 2. The terms of the Supreme Court shall be held in the place provided therefor, at the City of Springfield, as follows: On the Second Monday in September, November, January, March, and May of each year. (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 550…

(705 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 78, par. 2) Sec. 2. Jury qualifications. (a) At the September meeting of the county board in each year in the respective counties in this State, except those that have jury commissioners, the board shall select from the list the number of persons as the…

(705 ILCS 310/2) (from Ch. 78, par. 25) Sec. 2. In a county with a population of at least 3,000,000 in which a jury administrator or jury commissioners have been appointed, the jury administrator or commissioners, upon entering upon the duties of their office, and every 4 years t…

(705 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 37, par. 60.1) Sec. 2. Each appellate court judge may appoint one stenographic secretary to assist the judge as the judge may direct. The stenographic secretary so appointed shall receive such salary as the Supreme Court may determine. (Source: P.A. 77-5…

(705 ILCS 90/2-1) Sec. 2-1. Publicly posting or displaying a judicial officer's personal information by government agencies. (a) Government agencies shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes a judicial officer's personal information, provided tha…

(705 ILCS 405/2-1) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-1) Sec. 2-1. Jurisdictional facts. Proceedings may be instituted under the provisions of this Article concerning minors who are abused, neglected or dependent, as defined in Sections 2-3 or 2-4. (Source: P.A. 103-22, eff. 8-8-23.)

(705 ILCS 90/2-10) Sec. 2-10. Procedure for completing a written request. (a) Requirement that a judicial officer make a written request. No government agency, person, business, or association shall be found to have violated any provision of this Act if the judicial officer fails…

(705 ILCS 405/2-10) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10) Sec. 2-10. Temporary custody hearing. At the appearance of the minor before the court at the temporary custody hearing, all witnesses present shall be examined before the court in relation to any matter connected with the allegations…

(705 ILCS 405/2-10.1) (from Ch. 37, par. 802-10.1) Sec. 2-10.1. Whenever a minor is placed in shelter care with the Department or a licensed child welfare agency in accordance with Section 2-10, the Department or agency, as appropriate, shall prepare and file with the court withi…