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92_HB5134
LRB9212111WHcs
1 AN ACT in relation to civil procedure.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5 changing Section 2-201 as follows:
6 (735 ILCS 5/2-201) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-201)
7 Sec. 2-201. Commencement of actions; forms of process.
8 (a) Every action, unless otherwise expressly provided by
9 statute, shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint. The
10 clerk shall issue summons upon request of the plaintiff. The
11 form and substance of the summons, and of all other process,
12 and the issuance of alias process, and the service of copies
13 of pleadings shall be according to rules.
14 (b) One or more duplicate original summonses may be
15 issued, marked "First Duplicate,", "Second Duplicate,", and
16 so forth etc., as the case may be, whenever it will
17 facilitate the service of summons in any one or more
18 counties, including the county of venue.
19 (Source: P.A. 82-280.)