Chapter 770, LIENS

(770 ILCS 90/3) (from Ch. 141, par. 3) Sec. 3. All persons other than common carriers having a lien on personal property, by virtue of the Innkeepers Lien Act or for more than $2,000 by virtue of the Labor and Storage Lien Act may enforce the lien by a sale of the property, on gi…

(770 ILCS 70/3) (from Ch. 82, par. 503) Sec. 3. Property Subject to Lien. A. Liens created under Section 2 shall extend to: 1. the leasehold for which the materials or services were furnished, or for which the labor was performed, and the appurtenance thereunto belonging; 2. all …

(770 ILCS 95/3) (from Ch. 114, par. 803) Sec. 3. Lien. The owner of a self-service storage facility and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a lien upon all personal property located at a self-service storage facility for rent, labor, or other charge…

(770 ILCS 103/3) Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Accommodation" means any apartment, condominium or cooperative unit, cabin, lodge, hotel or motel room, or other private or commercial structure containing toilet facilities therein that is designed and available, pursua…

(770 ILCS 60/30) (from Ch. 82, par. 30) Sec. 30. Multiple liens; insufficient funds; hearing; judgment. If there are several liens under Sections 21 and 22 of this Act upon the same premises, and the owner or any person having such a lien shall fear that there is not a sufficient…

(770 ILCS 23/30) Sec. 30. Adjudication of rights. On petition filed by the injured person or the health care professional or health care provider and on the petitioner's written notice to all interested adverse parties, the circuit court shall adjudicate the rights of all interes…

(770 ILCS 60/31) (from Ch. 82, par. 31) Sec. 31. Should the contractor, for any cause, fail to complete his or her contract, any person entitled to a lien under this Act may file a complaint against the owner and contractor, setting forth the nature of his or her claim, the amoun…

(770 ILCS 60/32) (from Ch. 82, par. 32) Sec. 32. Payments to contractor by owner. No payments to the contractor or to his order of any money or other considerations due or to become due to the contractor shall be regarded as rightfully made, as against the sub-contractor, laborer…

(770 ILCS 60/34) (from Ch. 82, par. 34) Sec. 34. Notice to commence suit. (a) Upon written demand of the owner, lienor, a recorder under Section 3-5010.8 of the Counties Code, or any person interested in the real estate, or their agent or attorney, served on the person claiming t…

(770 ILCS 23/35) Sec. 35. Liens created under prior law. A lien validly created under the Clinical Psychologists Lien Act, the Dentists Lien Act, the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Lien Act, Home Health Agency Lien Act, the Hospital Lien Act, the Optometrists Lien Act, the …

(770 ILCS 60/35) (from Ch. 82, par. 35) Sec. 35. Satisfaction or release; recording; neglect; penalty. (a) Whenever a claim for lien has been filed with the recorder of deeds, either by the contractor or sub-contractor, and is paid with cost of filing same, or where there is a fa…

(770 ILCS 60/36) (from Ch. 82, par. 36) Sec. 36. Any owner, contractor, sub-contractor or other person who shall purchase materials on credit and represent at the time of purchase that the same are to be used in a designated building or buildings, or other improvement, and shall …

(770 ILCS 60/37) (from Ch. 82, par. 37) Sec. 37. Any architect, contractor, sub-contractor, materialman, or other person furnishing services, labor or material for the purpose of or in constructing, building, altering, repairing or ornamenting a boat, barge or other water craft o…

(770 ILCS 60/38) (from Ch. 82, par. 38) Sec. 38. When claims for lien are filed pursuant to the provisions of Sections 7, 25 and 28, the Recorder shall affix thereto a certificate of the date of filing the same, (similar to the certificate affixed to recorded instruments) and mak…

(770 ILCS 60/38.1) Sec. 38.1. Substitution of bond for lien. (a) As used in this Section: (1) "Applicant" means: (A) an owner, other lien claimant, or other person having an interest in the property against which a lien claim under this Act is asserted; (B) an association represe…

(770 ILCS 60/39) (from Ch. 82, par. 39) Sec. 39. This act is and shall be liberally construed as a remedial act. (Source: Laws 1903, p. 230.)

(770 ILCS 110/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 404) Sec. 4. (a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of a notice of federal lien or a notice of revocation of any certificate described in subsection (b) is presented to a filing officer who is: (1) the Secretary of State, he shall cause th…

(770 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 354) Sec. 4. Sale of die or mold. If the processor has not been paid the amount due within 90 days after the initial written notice has been received by the customer as provided in Section 3, the processor may sell the die, mold, or special too…

(770 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 43) Sec. 4. The lien created by this Act shall be subject to the lien of any bona fide security interest as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code upon the same chattel recorded prior to the commencement of any lien herein created, but the lien …

(770 ILCS 60/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 4) Sec. 4. When the owner of the land shall fail to pay the contractor moneys justly due him under the contract at the time when the same should be paid, or fails to perform his part of the contract in any other manner, the contractor may discon…

(770 ILCS 50/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 47d) Sec. 4. If the chattel or chattels are not redeemed within 30 days after the publication of the notice required by Section 3 of this Act, the lienor may sell such articles at a commercially reasonable public or private sale conducted so as …

(770 ILCS 55/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 52) Sec. 4. If neither the president or the secretary of such railroad corporation shall reside or can be found in the county in which the sub-contract was made, or labor performed, the laborer, or person furnishing labor or material, shall file…

(770 ILCS 100/4) (from Ch. 8, par. 54) Sec. 4. The original, or copy of such claim for lien filed as aforesaid certified by the recorder, shall be received in evidence in any proceeding taken to foreclose the lien herein provided for, of the fact that such claim for lien was rece…

(770 ILCS 95/4) (from Ch. 114, par. 804) Sec. 4. Enforcement of lien. An owner's lien as provided for in Section 3 of this Act for a claim which has become due may be satisfied as follows: (A) The occupant shall be notified. (B) The notice shall be delivered: (1) in person; or (2…

(770 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 204) Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the recorder upon presentation to him, of any such claim for lien to file the same in his office, in the same manner as provided by law for the filing and recording of deeds or other written instruments and h…

(770 ILCS 70/4) (from Ch. 82, par. 504) Sec. 4. Subcontractor's Lien. Any person who shall, under contract, perform any labor or furnish any material or services as a subcontractor under an original contractor or for or to an original contractor or a subcontractor under an origin…

(770 ILCS 105/4.1) Sec. 4.1. Possession of special tool. If the toolmaker has not been paid the amount claimed in the notice within 90 days after the initial notice is received by the customer and by the processor, the toolmaker has a right to possession of the special tool and m…

(770 ILCS 23/40) Sec. 40. Attorney's lien. Nothing in this Act shall affect the priority of any attorney's lien under the Attorneys Lien Act. (Source: P.A. 93-51, eff. 7-1-03.)

(770 ILCS 23/45) Sec. 45. Amounts not recovered under lien. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the right of a health care professional or health care provider, or attorney, to pursue collection, through all available means, of its reasonable charges for the servic…

(770 ILCS 40/48) (from Ch. 82, par. 57) Sec. 48. Hotel, inn and boarding house keepers shall have a lien upon the baggage and other valuables of their guests or boarders brought into such hotel, inn or boarding house by such guests or boarders, for the proper charges due from suc…

(770 ILCS 40/49) (from Ch. 82, par. 58) Sec. 49. Stable keepers. (a) As used in this Section: "Boarding or stabling agreement" means any agreement, written or oral, that establishes or modifies the terms, conditions, rules, or any other provisions concerning the boarding or stabl…

(770 ILCS 100/5) (from Ch. 8, par. 55) Sec. 5. The person claiming such lien may commence an action to foreclose the lien by the filing of a complaint in the circuit court of the county in which the animal or animals described in his claim for lien may be found. Such action shall…

(770 ILCS 70/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 505) Sec. 5. Forfeiture or Failure of Title. Forfeiture of a leasehold estate or a judicial finding or abandonment shall not impair any lien as to proceeds of production, material, equipment, fixtures and appurtenances located thereon and to whi…

(770 ILCS 30/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 205) Sec. 5. The original or a copy of such claim for lien filed as aforesaid, certified by the recorder, shall be received in evidence, in any proceeding taken to foreclose the lien herein provided for but only of the fact that such claim for l…

(770 ILCS 110/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 405) Sec. 5. The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien is: (1) for a lien on real estate, $5; (2) for a lien on tangible and intangible personal property, $5; (3) for a certificate of discha…

(770 ILCS 50/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 47e) Sec. 5. Conformity to the requirements of this Act shall be a perpetual bar to any action against such lienor by any person for the recovery of such chattels or of the value thereof, or of any damages growing out of the failure of such pers…

(770 ILCS 103/5) Sec. 5. Managing entity lien created. (a) A managing entity has a lien on a timeshare interest for any of the following respectively levied or imposed against a timeshare interest: (1) assessments, which, unless the timeshare instrument provides otherwise, includ…

(770 ILCS 95/5) (from Ch. 114, par. 805) Sec. 5. Supplemental nature of Act. Except as specifically provided herein, nothing in this Act shall be construed as in any manner either impairing or affecting the right of parties to create liens by special contract or agreement or affe…

(770 ILCS 45/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 44) Sec. 5. Any lien provided for in this Act may be released and discharged by the lien claimant, or his agent, filing with the recorder of deeds a satisfaction piece, which shall be acknowledged in the same manner as provided by law for the ac…

(770 ILCS 55/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 53) Sec. 5. If the money due the person having given notice shall not be paid within 10 days after the money shall become due and payable, then such person may commence an action therefor, in the circuit court, against the corporation with which…

(770 ILCS 23/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Health care professional" means any individual in any of the following license categories: licensed physician, licensed dentist, licensed optometrist, licensed naprapath, licensed clinical psychologist, or licensed physical thera…

(770 ILCS 15/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 655) Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: "Commercial real estate" means any real estate located in Illinois other than (i) real estate containing one to 6 residential units, (ii) real estate on which no buildings or structures are located,…

(770 ILCS 60/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 5) Sec. 5. Statement of contractor and notice to owner of owner-occupied single-family residence. (a) It shall be the duty of the contractor to give the owner, and the duty of the owner to require of the contractor, before the owner or the owner…

(770 ILCS 105/5) (from Ch. 82, par. 355) Sec. 5. Second notice; publication; sale by processor. (A) Before a processor may sell the die, mold or special tool, the processor shall provide a second written notification to the customer, by registered mail, return receipt requested. …

(770 ILCS 105/5.1) Sec. 5.1. Second notice; publication; sale by toolmaker. (A) Before a toolmaker may sell the special tool, the toolmaker shall provide a second written notification to the customer and processor, by registered mail, return receipt requested. The second notice s…

(770 ILCS 23/50) Sec. 50. Subrogation claims. If a subrogation claim or other right of reimbursement claim that arises out of the payment of medical expenses or other benefits exists with respect to a claim for personal injury or death, and the personal injury or death estate cla…

(770 ILCS 40/50) (from Ch. 82, par. 59) Sec. 50. Agisters and persons keeping, yarding, feeding or pasturing domestic animals, shall have a lien upon the animals agistered, kept, yarded or fed, for the proper charges due for the agisting, keeping, yarding or feeding thereof. (Sou…

(770 ILCS 40/50a) (from Ch. 82, par. 59a) Sec. 50a. Every person who, as owner or lessee of any threshing machine, clover huller, corn sheller or hay baler, threshes grain or seed, hulls clover, shells corn or presses hay or straw at the request of the owner, reputed owner, autho…

(770 ILCS 105/6) (from Ch. 82, par. 356) Sec. 6. Inspection. (A) Prior to the sale of any die, mold or special tool in accordance with this Act, such item must be available for inspection, upon request, by members of the public during normal business hours for a period of at leas…

(770 ILCS 55/6) (from Ch. 82, par. 54) Sec. 6. Whenever any suit, so brought, shall be determined in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall allow $20 attorney's fees to be taxed as costs. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3586.)