103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2063

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
735 ILCS 5/9-121

    Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in provisions concerning sealing of court files in an eviction action.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 9-121 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/9-121)
7    Sec. 9-121. Sealing of court file.
8    (a) Definition. As used in this Section, "court file"
9means the the court file created when an eviction action is
10filed with the court.
11    (b) Discretionary sealing of court file. The court may
12order that a court file in an eviction action be placed under
13seal if the court finds that the plaintiff's action is
14sufficiently without a basis in fact or law, which may include
15a lack of jurisdiction, that placing the court file under seal
16is clearly in the interests of justice, and that those
17interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in
18knowing about the record.
19    (c) Mandatory sealing of court file. The court file
20relating to an eviction action brought against a tenant under
21Section 9-207.5 of this Code or as set forth in subdivision
22(h)(6) of Section 15-1701 of this Code shall be placed under
23seal.

 

 

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1    (d) This Section is operative on and after August 1, 2022.
2(Source: P.A. 102-5, eff. 5-17-21.)