(805 ILCS 5/1.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 1.20)
Sec. 1.20.
Certificates and certified copies of certain documents to
be received in evidence.
All certificates issued by the Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of this Act and all copies of documents filed in the Secretary's
office in
accordance with the provisions of this Act when certified by him or her, shall
be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies
as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. A certificate by the
Secretary of State under the great seal of the State of Illinois, as to
the existence or non-existence of the facts relating to corporations which
would not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing documents
or certificates shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices,
and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or non-existence
of the facts therein stated.
(Source: P.A. 83-1025.)
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