Chapter 815, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

(815 ILCS 5/18.1) Sec. 18.1. Additional fees. In addition to any other fee that the Secretary of State may impose and collect pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 4, 8, and 11a of this Act, beginning on July 1, 2003 the Secretary of State shall also collect the followi…

(815 ILCS 5/18.5) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 18.5. Transactional holds for eligible adults. (a) Dealers, salespersons, investment advisers, and investment adviser representatives may contact an eligible adult's trusted con…

(815 ILCS 390/18.5) Sec. 18.5. Presumptively abandoned trust funds. (a) After final payment on a pre-need contract, the entire amount held in trust attributable to undelivered cemetery merchandise and unperformed cemetery services, including undistributed interest earned thereon,…

(815 ILCS 121/180) Sec. 180. Cease and desist order. (a) The Secretary may issue a cease and desist order to any licensee or other person doing business without the required license, when in the opinion of the Secretary the licensee or other person is violating or is about to vio…

(815 ILCS 121/185) Sec. 185. Injunction. The Secretary may, through the Attorney General, maintain an action in the name of the people of the State of Illinois and may apply for an injunction in the circuit court to enjoin a person from violating this Act or engaging in unlicense…

(815 ILCS 405/19) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 519) Sec. 19. Each person, other than a seller or holder, who signs a retail installment contract, retail charge agreement, or any other agreement or instrument in a retail installment transaction may be held liable only to the extent tha…

(815 ILCS 333/19) Sec. 19. Interoperability. The Department of Innovation and Technology may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other States and the federal government and nongovernme…

(815 ILCS 390/19) (from Ch. 21, par. 219) Sec. 19. Construction or development of spaces. (a) The construction or development of undeveloped interment, entombment or inurnment spaces shall be commenced on that phase, section or sections of undeveloped ground or section of lawn cr…

(815 ILCS 705/19) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1719) Sec. 19. Termination of a Franchise. (a) It shall be a violation of this Act for a franchisor to terminate a franchise of a franchised business located in this State prior to the expiration of its term except for "good cause" as pro…

(815 ILCS 5/19) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 137.19) Sec. 19. Effective date. This Act shall become effective January 1, 1954. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 1329.)

(815 ILCS 710/19) Sec. 19. Relationship between Board and Office of Secretary of State. The Motor Vehicle Review Board shall be administered by the Secretary of State who is vested with powers, duties, and jurisdiction of administering the provisions of this Act. The Board shall …

(815 ILCS 124/19) Sec. 19. Additional investigation and examination authority. In addition to any authority allowed under this Act, the Secretary shall have the authority to conduct investigations and examinations as follows: (a) For purposes of initial licensing, license renewal…

(815 ILCS 375/19) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 579) Sec. 19. The holder of a contract, upon request by the buyer, may extend the scheduled due date of all or any part of any installment or installments, or renew or restate the unpaid time balance of the contract, the amounts and due d…

(815 ILCS 121/190) Sec. 190. Pledge or sale of consumer legal funding. (a) No licensee or other person shall pledge, hypothecate, or sell a consumer legal funding entered into under the provisions of this Act by a consumer except to another licensee under this Act, a bank, saving…

(815 ILCS 306/190) Sec. 190. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 90-426, eff. 1-1-98; text omitted.)

(815 ILCS 121/195) Sec. 195. Penalties. Any person who engages in business as a licensee without the license required by this Act commits a Class 4 felony. (Source: P.A. 102-987, eff. 5-27-22.)

(815 ILCS 140/1a) (from Ch. 17, par. 6002) Sec. 1a. No person may be denied a credit card, upon proper application therefor, solely on account of unlawful discrimination, as defined and prohibited in Section 4-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. No question requesting any infor…

(815 ILCS 417/1a) (was 720 ILCS 380/1a) Sec. 1a. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Title Page Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(815 ILCS 140/1b) (from Ch. 17, par. 6003) Sec. 1b. All credit card applications shall contain the following words verbatim: a. No applicant may be denied a credit card on account of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age (between 40 and 70), sex, marital status, p…

(815 ILCS 140/1c) (from Ch. 17, par. 6004) Sec. 1c. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1a and 1b, credit card applications which conform to the requirements of the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act, amendments thereto, and any regulations issued or which may be issued …

(815 ILCS 655/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1802) Sec. 2. Form. (a) A rental-purchase agreement must be written in plain English and clearly and simply in any other language used by the merchant in any oral or written advertisement related to the rental-purchase agreement. Numerical…

(815 ILCS 417/2) (was 720 ILCS 380/2) Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and fined not less than $25 nor more than $100. (Source: P.A. 77-2249.)

(815 ILCS 535/2) (was 720 ILCS 140/2) Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, a person is engaged in the business of preparing federal or state income tax returns or assisting taxpayers in preparing such returns if he does either of the following: (a) Advertises, or gives publicity…

(815 ILCS 360/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 872) Sec. 2. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Lay Away Plan Act". (Source: P.A. 79-763.)

(815 ILCS 440/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7702) Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Sections following this Section and preceding Section 3. (Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-1…

(815 ILCS 345/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 362) Sec. 2. Nothing in this Act applies to any print when offered for sale or sold at wholesale or retail unframed for $50 or less, or framed for $60 or less. (Source: P.A. 77-1398.)

(815 ILCS 365/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1502) Sec. 2. Assistance at stations with self-service and full-service islands. (a) Any attendant on duty at a gasoline station or service station offering to the public retail sales of motor fuel at both self-service and full-service isl…

(815 ILCS 340/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1552) Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Farm implement" means any self-propelled vehicle which is designed primarily for use in the occupation or business of farming. (2) "Consumer" means a purchaser, other…

(815 ILCS 130/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 5102) Sec. 2. If a bill, memorandum or other statement of account does not comply with Section 1, no interest, service charge, carrying charge or any amount other than the cash price, or balance thereof, for the goods or services giving rise to…

(815 ILCS 515/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1602) Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Home Repair" means the fixing, replacing, altering, converting, modernizing, improving of or the making of an addition to any real property primari…

(815 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1702) Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. (1) The General Assembly finds and declares that the sale of franchises is a widespread business activity. Illinois residents have suffered substantial losses where franchisors or their representatives h…

(815 ILCS 405/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 502) Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in the following Sections preceding Section 3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98.)…

(815 ILCS 510/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 312) Sec. 2. Deceptive trade practices. (a) A person engages in a deceptive trade practice when, in the course of his or her business, vocation, or occupation, the person: (1) passes off goods or services as those of another; (2) causes li…

(815 ILCS 518/2) Sec. 2. Findings, declarations. The Legislature finds and declares that residents of this State need to be informed of the potential risks of participating in Internet dating services, Internet child care services, Internet senior care services, and Internet home…

(815 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1402) Sec. 2. Any custom, practice, or usage of the trade notwithstanding: (1) Whenever an artist delivers or causes to be delivered a work of fine art of the artist's own creation to an art dealer in this State for the purpose of sale, ex…

(815 ILCS 370/2) (from Ch. 5, par. 1702) Sec. 2. It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State that the regulation of the quality of motor fuel and petroleum is in the public interest and that the promulgation of standards of quality will benefit the citizens of the State …

(815 ILCS 303/2) (was 720 ILCS 225/2) Sec. 2. Whoever violates the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (Source: P.A. 77-2260.)

(815 ILCS 400/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 8052) Sec. 2. No individual or agency which offers any service or course with the promise of preparing the recipient or enrollee for the English and civics exam of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service for issuance of permanent resid…

(815 ILCS 375/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 562) Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms specified in the following Sections preceding Section 3 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections. (Source: P.A. 90-437, eff. 1-1-98.)…

(815 ILCS 185/2) (was 720 ILCS 330/2) Sec. 2. Any person violating this Act shall be guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not more than $1,000. (Source: P.A. 77-2251.)

(815 ILCS 160/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 7102) Sec. 2. Credit agreements to be in writing. A debtor may not maintain an action on or in any way related to a credit agreement unless the credit agreement is in writing, expresses an agreement or commitment to lend money or extend credit …

(815 ILCS 302/2) (was 720 ILCS 220/2) Sec. 2. No person shall sell, attempt to sell or offer to sell, by retail, wholesale or auction, any household appliance other than a new appliance unless there is affixed thereto a tag or label no smaller in size than 4 inches in length and …

(815 ILCS 315/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1902) Sec. 2. A merchant may offer check cashing services, in the course of such business and only as an incident thereto, and may charge fees for each check cashed provided that the check cashing services are incidental to the main busine…

(815 ILCS 205/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 6402) Sec. 2. Creditors shall be allowed to receive at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum for all moneys after they become due on any bond, bill, promissory note, or other instrument of writing; on money lent or advanced for the use of a…

(815 ILCS 710/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 752) Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings: (a) "Motor vehicle", any motor driven vehicle required to be registered under "The Illinois Vehic…

(815 ILCS 170/2) (from Ch. 135, par. 2) Sec. 2. A legal tender of any such personal property shall discharge the maker of any such instrument from all liability thereon; and the property thus tendered shall be vested in the legal holder of the instrument, and he may maintain an a…

(815 ILCS 395/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 139) Sec. 2. (a) When an article is composed of mechanism, works or movements and of a case or cover containing the mechanism, works or movements, a quality mark applied to the article shall be deemed not to be, nor to be intended to be, a…

(815 ILCS 410/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 193) Sec. 2. Any person, or agent or employee thereof, who sells a second-hand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a tag at least one inch in height and one and one-half inches in length, with the words "second-hand" legibly wr…

(815 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 262) Sec. 2. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices, including but not limited to the use or employment of any deception fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation or the concealment, suppressi…

(815 ILCS 350/2) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 157.2) Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: A "going out of business sale" means any sale, whether described by such name or by any other name (such as, but not limited to, "closing out…