Chapter 735 — CIVIL PROCEDURE

(735 ILCS 40/99-95) Sec. 99-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does not accelerate o…

(735 ILCS 40/99-97) Sec. 99-97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23.)

(735 ILCS 40/99-99) Sec. 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law, except that Article 16 takes effect on January 1, 2025. (Source: P.A. 102-1117, eff. 1-13-23; 103-551, eff. 8-11-23.)

(735 ILCS 105/10-10) Sec. 10-10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-421, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(735 ILCS 105/10-5) Sec. 10-5. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-421, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(735 ILCS 105/5-1) Sec. 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Choice of Law and Forum Act. (Source: P.A. 90-421, eff. 1-1-98.)

(735 ILCS 105/5-10) Sec. 5-10. Choice of forum. Any person may maintain an action or proceeding against a foreign corporation, non-resident, or foreign state if the action or proceeding arises out of or relates to any contract, agreement, or undertaking for which a choice of Illi…

(735 ILCS 105/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Choice of law. The parties to any contract, agreement, or undertaking, contingent or otherwise, in consideration of or relating to any obligation arising out of a transaction covering in the aggregate not less than $250,000, including a transaction ot…

(735 ILCS 105/99-5) Sec. 99-5. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998. (Source: P.A. 90-421, eff. 1-1-98.)

(735 ILCS 110/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Citizen Participation Act. (Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)

(735 ILCS 110/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: "Government" includes a branch, department, agency, instrumentality, official, employee, agent, or other person acting under color of law of the United States, a state, a subdivision of a state, or another public authority incl…

(735 ILCS 110/15) Sec. 15. Applicability. This Act applies to any motion to dispose of a claim in a judicial proceeding on the grounds that the claim is based on, relates to, or is in response to any act or acts of the moving party in furtherance of the moving party's rights of p…

(735 ILCS 110/17) Sec. 17. Stay. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) through (g), on the filing of a motion under Section 15 of this Act: (1) all other proceedings between the moving party and responding party, including discovery and a pending hearing or motion, …

(735 ILCS 110/20) Sec. 20. Motion procedure and standards. (a) On the filing of any motion as described in Section 15, a hearing and decision on the motion must occur within 90 days after notice of the motion is given to the respondent. An appellate court shall expedite any appea…

(735 ILCS 110/25) Sec. 25. Attorney's fees and costs. The court shall award a moving party who prevails in a motion under this Act reasonable attorney's fees and costs incurred in connection with the motion. The court shall award a responding party who prevails in a motion under …

(735 ILCS 110/30) Sec. 30. Construction of Act. (a) Nothing in this Act shall limit or preclude any rights the moving party may have under any other constitutional, statutory, case or common law, or rule provisions. (b) This Act shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purp…

(735 ILCS 110/32) Sec. 32. Applicability. The changes made to this Act by this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly apply only to actions commenced on or after January 1, 2026. (Source: P.A. 104-431, eff. 8-21-25.)

(735 ILCS 110/35) Sec. 35. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)

(735 ILCS 110/5) Sec. 5. Public policy. Pursuant to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of government, it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Illinois that the constitutional rights of citizens and organizations to be involved and partic…

(735 ILCS 110/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-506, eff. 8-28-07.)

(735 ILCS 115/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Removal of Private Compromising Images Act. (Source: P.A. 101-385, eff. 1-1-20.)

(735 ILCS 115/10) Sec. 10. Posting of private compromising images. A person shall not post a private compromising image of another person online. A person posts a private compromising image when he or she: (1) intentionally disseminates an image of another person: (A) who is at l…

(735 ILCS 115/15) Sec. 15. Take-down order. (a) A person may file a petition for a take-down order if the person discovers that a private compromising image of himself or herself is posted online. (b) If, at the hearing for a take-down order, the court finds that the defendant po…

(735 ILCS 115/20) Sec. 20. Emergency take-down order. Upon the return of service date, if the plaintiff presents prima facie evidence that the image at issue is a private compromising image of the plaintiff, then the court shall enter an emergency take-down order, without a heari…

(735 ILCS 115/25) Sec. 25. Damages. A person who is found to have posted a private compromising image of another person by a court shall be liable for damages. The amount of damages shall be at the discretion of the court. (Source: P.A. 101-385, eff. 1-1-20.)

(735 ILCS 115/30) Sec. 30. Liability. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. 230(f)(2), for content provided by another person. (Source: P.A. 101-385, eff. 1-1-20.)

(735 ILCS 115/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Image" has the meaning provided in subsection (a) of Section 11-23.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012. "Intimate parts" has the meaning provided in subsection (a) of Section 11-23.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012. (Source: P.A…