ILLINOIS SMALL CLAIMS INFORMATION

Relevant Statutes:

Maximum Dollar Limit:

Locating Agent For Service:

Online Court Forms:

Service Of Process:

Hearing Date:

Attorneys:

Transfer:

Appeals:

Additional Information:

Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 735, Code of Civil Procedure, Article 2,
Section 5/2-416; Illinois Supreme Court Rules, No. 281-289.

$5,000 in small claims court and $1,500 in Cook County Pro Se branch.

Secretary of State Department of Business Services, 213 State Capitol,
Springfield, IL 62756; Phone: (217) 782-2201; Toll-free in IL: (800)252-8980;
Fax: (217) 785-0358.

Cook County Court Forms Link.

Certified or registered mail with return receipt if defendant resides in same county where suit filed, sheriff or by a court-approved adult.

Fourteen to forty days after summons issued.

Allowed, except in Cook County Pro Se branch. Required for corporations.

If claim or counterclaim exceeds $5000.

Either party may appeal for a review of law, not facts, to Appellate Court within 30 days of judgment.

Either party may request a jury trial. If jury trial is demanded in Cook County, Pro se branch the case is transferred to Small Claims.