Chapter 705 — COURTS

(705 ILCS 205/0.01) (from Ch. 13, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Attorney Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 1) Sec. 1. No person shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor at law within this State without having previously obtained a license for that purpose from the Supreme Court of this State. No person shall receive any compensatio…

(705 ILCS 205/10) (from Ch. 13, par. 10) Sec. 10. No coroner, sheriff or deputy sheriff shall be permitted to practice as an attorney or counselor at law in the county in which he is commissioned or appointed, nor shall any clerk or deputy clerk of a court be permitted to practic…

(705 ILCS 205/11) (from Ch. 13, par. 11) Sec. 11. Plaintiffs shall have the liberty of prosecuting, and defendants of defending in their proper persons. The provisions of Section 1 hereof notwithstanding, corporations shall have the liberty to act through any officer, director, m…

(705 ILCS 205/12) (from Ch. 13, par. 12) Sec. 12. When any counselor or attorney at law, residing in any other state or territory, may desire to practice law in this state, such counselor or attorney shall be allowed to practice in the several courts in this State upon the same t…

(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 205/4) (from Ch. 13, par. 4) Sec. 4. Every person admitted to practice as an attorney and counsellor at law shall, before his name is entered upon the roll to be kept as hereinafter provided, take and subscribe an oath, substantially in the following form: I do solemnly…

(705 ILCS 205/5) (from Ch. 13, par. 5) Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the supreme court to make and keep a record, stating at the head thereof that the persons whose names are therein written have been regularly licensed and admitted to practice as attorneys and cou…

(705 ILCS 205/6) (from Ch. 13, par. 6) Sec. 6. No person, whose name is not on such roll, with the day and year when the same was written thereon, shall be suffered or admitted to practice as an attorney or counselor at law in any court within this State, and the justices of the …

(705 ILCS 205/7) (from Ch. 13, par. 7) Sec. 7. In all cases when an attorney of any court in this state, or solicitor in chancery, shall have received, or may hereafter receive, in his said office of attorney or solicitor, in the course of collection or settlement of any claim le…

(705 ILCS 205/8) (from Ch. 13, par. 8) Sec. 8. Every attorney, before his name is stricken off the roll, shall receive a written notice from the clerk of the supreme court, stating distinctly the grounds of complaint, or the charges exhibited against him, and he shall, after such…

(705 ILCS 205/9) (from Ch. 13, par. 9) Sec. 9. All attorneys and counselors at law, judges, clerks and sheriffs, and all other officers of the several courts within this state, shall be liable to be arrested and held to terms of pretrial release, and shall be subject to the same …

(705 ILCS 210/0.01) (from Ch. 13, par. 14.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Legal Business Solicitation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 15) Sec. 1. Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person not an attorney at law to solicit for money, fee, commission, or other remuneration directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, any demand or claim for personal injuries or for d…

(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 210/3) (from Ch. 13, par. 17) Sec. 3. Any contract of employment of an attorney obtained or made as a result of a violation of this Act shall be void and unenforceable. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 2587.)

(705 ILCS 210/4) (from Ch. 13, par. 18) Sec. 4. This Act shall in no manner be construed as enlarging the privileges of attorneys at law as now permitted in this state. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 2587.)

(705 ILCS 220/0.01) (from Ch. 32, par. 410.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Corporation Practice of Law Prohibition Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 220/1) (from Ch. 32, par. 411) Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for a corporation to practice law or appear as an attorney at law for any reason in any court in this state or before any judicial body, or to make it a business to practice as an attorney at law for any person…

(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 220/3) (from Ch. 32, par. 413) Sec. 3. Any corporation violating the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense, and shall be fined not to exceed $500, and every officer, trustee, director, agent or employee of such corporation who directly or indirectly …

(705 ILCS 220/4) (from Ch. 32, par. 414) Sec. 4. The fact that any such officer, trustee, agent or employee shall be a duly and regularly admitted attorney at law shall not be held to permit or allow any such corporation to do the acts prohibited herein, nor shall such fact const…

(705 ILCS 220/5) (from Ch. 32, par. 415) Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this act shall prohibit a corporation from employing an attorney or attorneys in and about its own immediate affairs or in any litigation to which it is or may be a party, or in any litigation in which any corp…

(705 ILCS 225/0.01) (from Ch. 13, par. 12.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Attorneys Fees in Wage Actions Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 225/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 13) Sec. 1. Whenever a mechanic, artisan, miner, laborer, servant or employee brings an action for wages earned and due and owing according to the terms of the employment, and establishes by the decision of the court or jury that the amount for…

(705 ILCS 230/0.01) (from Ch. 17, par. 3620) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Building and Loan Receivership Fee Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 230/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 3621) Sec. 1. In all cases in the courts in this State wherein receivers or custodians are or may be hereafter appointed to take charge of the assets of any building and loan association, the fees to be allowed for all services, clerk hire and …

(705 ILCS 305/0.01) (from Ch. 78, par. 0.01) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jury Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(705 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 78, par. 1) Sec. 1. The county board of each county, except those counties which have a jury administrator or jury commissioners as provided in the Jury Commission Act, shall, at or before the time of its meeting, in September, in each year, or at any t…

(705 ILCS 305/10) (from Ch. 78, par. 10) Sec. 10. In other than single county circuits, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days after such drawing, issue summons for a sufficient number of petit jurors, not less than 30 of the persons so drawn, giving their residences and com…

(705 ILCS 305/10.1) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.1) Sec. 10.1. In single county circuits, the clerk of the court shall, within 5 days after such drawing, issue summons for a sufficient number of petit jurors, not less than 30 of the persons so drawn, giving their residences, and command…

(705 ILCS 305/10.2) (from Ch. 78, par. 10.2) Sec. 10.2. Excusing prospective jurors; hardship. (a) The county boards of the respective counties, the jury commissioners for those counties which have been appointed under the Jury Commission Act, or a jury administrator shall submit…

(705 ILCS 305/10.3) Sec. 10.3. Excusing prospective jurors; nursing mothers. Any mother nursing her child shall, upon request, be excused from jury service. (Source: P.A. 94-391, eff. 1-1-06.)

(705 ILCS 305/10.4) Sec. 10.4. Removal of prospective juror due to total and permanent disability. If a prospective juror is found to be unqualified due to the existence of a total and permanent disability or is excused for undue hardship that is due to the existence of a total a…

(705 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 78, par. 11) Sec. 11. In other than single county circuits, where the sheriff serves the summons provided for in this Act it shall be the duty of the sheriff to execute the summons by reading the same or delivering a copy thereof to, or at the usual pl…

(705 ILCS 305/11.1) (from Ch. 78, par. 11.1) Sec. 11.1. In single county circuits, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to execute the summons by reading the same or delivering a copy thereof to, or at the usual place of abode of, each of the persons directed to be summoned to con…

(705 ILCS 305/12) (from Ch. 78, par. 12) Sec. 12. The judge shall examine the jurors who appear, and if more than twenty-four petit jurors who are qualified and not subject to any of the disqualifications provided in this Act, shall appear and remain after all excuses are allowed…

(705 ILCS 305/13) (from Ch. 78, par. 13) Sec. 13. When by reason of challenge in the selection of a jury for the trial of any cause, or by reason of the sudden sickness or absence of any juror for any cause, the regular panel is exhausted, the court may direct the sheriff to summ…

(705 ILCS 305/14) (from Ch. 78, par. 14) Sec. 14. It shall be sufficient cause of challenge of a petit juror that he lacks any one of the qualifications mentioned in Section 2 of this Act; or if he is not one of the regular panel, that he has served as a juror on the trial of a c…

(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 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 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 305/18) Sec. 18. (Repealed). (Source: R.S. 1874, p. 630. Repealed by P.A. 102-495, eff. 8-20-21.)

(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 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 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 305/20) (from Ch. 78, par. 20) Sec. 20. (a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court at the commencement of each week at which any cause is to be tried by a jury to write the name of each petit juror summoned and retained for that week on a separate ticket, and pu…

(705 ILCS 305/21) (from Ch. 78, par. 21) Sec. 21. Upon the impaneling of any jury in any civil cause now pending, or to be hereafter commenced in any court in this state, it shall be the duty of the court, upon request of either party to the suit, or upon its own motion, to order…