103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1704

 

Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
770 ILCS 60/24  from Ch. 82, par. 24

    Amends the Mechanics Lien Act. Provides that written notice of a claim and the amount due or to become due by a sub-contractor, or parties furnishing labor, materials, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, or services, shall be provided to the owner of record or his or her agent or architect, or the superintendent having charge of the building or improvement and, if known, to the project lender. Requires such notice to be sent by: registered or certified mail; nationally recognized overnight delivery service; any means that provides written, third-party verification of delivery; or personal service.


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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 Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing
5Section 24 as follows:
 
6    (770 ILCS 60/24)  (from Ch. 82, par. 24)
7    Sec. 24. Written notice by sub-contractor; service; when
8notice not necessary; form of notice.
9    (a) Sub-contractors, or parties furnishing labor,
10materials, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, or services, may at
11any time after making his or her contract with the contractor,
12and shall within 90 days after the completion thereof, or, if
13extra or additional work or material is delivered thereafter,
14within 90 days after the date of completion of such extra or
15additional work or final delivery of such extra or additional
16material, cause a written notice of his or her claim and the
17amount due or to become due thereunder to be provided to the
18owner of record or his or her agent or architect, or the
19superintendent having charge of the building or improvement
20and, if known, to the project lender, said notice , to be sent
21by: (i) registered or certified mail, with return receipt
22requested; (ii) nationally recognized overnight delivery
23service; (iii) any means that provides written, third-party

 

 

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1verification of delivery; , and delivery limited to addressee
2only, to or (iv) personal service personally served on the
3owner of record or his agent or architect, or the
4superintendent having charge of the building or improvement
5and to the lending agency, if known; and such notice shall not
6be necessary when the sworn statement of the contractor or
7subcontractor provided for herein shall serve to give the
8owner notice of the amount due and to whom due, but where such
9statement is incorrect as to the amount, the subcontractor or
10material man named shall be protected to the extent of the
11amount named therein as due or to become due to him or her. For
12purposes of this Section, notice by registered or certified
13mail is considered served at the time of its mailing.
14    The form of such notice may be as follows: To (name of
15owner): You are hereby notified that I have been employed by
16(the name of contractor) to (state here what was the contract
17or what was done, or to be done, or what the claim is for)
18under his or her contract with you, on your property at (here
19give substantial description of the property) and that there
20was due to me, or is to become due (as the case may be)
21therefor, the sum of $.....
22    Dated at .... this .... day of ....., .....
23
(Signature).....
24    (b) The serving of notice pursuant to subsection (a) of
25this Section shall not constitute an admission by the lien
26claimant that its status is that of subcontractor if it is

 

 

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1later determined that the party with whom the lien claimant
2contracted was the owner or an agent of the owner.
3(Source: P.A. 94-627, eff. 1-1-06.)