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Notice Of Judgment Or Settlement In Illinois
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Illinois law governs the time limit for enforcing judgment and states “no judgment shall be enforced after the expiration of 7 years from the time the same is rendered.”1 The same statute allows the 7-year limitation period to be extended “upon the revival of the judgment by a proceeding.”
After getting the judgment, a creditor can learn about the debtor's financial resources by issuing a Citation to Discover Assets. Creditors can use our Citation to discover assets to debtor Easy Form and Collect a judgment from debtor's bank or employer Easy Form programs to prepare these documents.
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an electronic public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information from federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator via the Internet.
In your written motion, you should ask the judge to vacate the judgment. If you are filing the motion within 30 days of learning of the default judgment, you should say so. Include weekends and holidays when counting. The deadline cannot be a weekend or holiday.
A court judgment must be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds in the county where the property is located in Illinois before it can be enforced. Even if the property is situated in the same county as the judgment, the creditor must record the judgment.
The Motion and the Notice of Motion need to be e-filed with the Clerk of the Court. The e-Filing system will reject your filing if you do not enter a court date on the form before e-filing it.
(e) The court may in its discretion, before final order or judgment, set aside any default, and may on motion filed within 30 days after entry thereof set aside any final order or judgment upon any terms and conditions that shall be reasonable.
As of July 1, 2018, E-Filing became mandatory in Illinois for all Civil Areas (except Quasi Criminal, Housing and Wills). The Illinois Supreme Court mandated Cook County to Utilize the Statewide Electronic Filing System (eFileIL) for Civil Case Filings in Cook County - Illinois Supreme Court Order M.R.
Section 2-1301(e) provides litigants with the option to bring a motion to vacate a non-final or final order during the course of litigation. 735 ILCS 5/2-1301(e). Under section 2-1301(e), a litigant can move to vacate a non-final order or judgment at any time before that order or judgment becomes final.
If it has been 30 days or less, you can get rid of ("vacate") a default judgment by filing a motion. This is a written request to the judge asking them to throw out the judgment. You will have to send a copy of the motion to the other party in the case, and then show up in court for a hearing.
