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710 ILCS 5/17 (2026)

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(710 ILCS 5/17) (from Ch. 10, par. 117)
    Sec. 17. Venue.
    An initial application shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he has no residence or place of business in this State, to the court of any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3844.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1993–2022 · leading case: State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. v. Hayek, 812 N.E.2d 1035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004).
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State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. v. Hayek, 812 N.E.2d 1035 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “” 710 ILCS 5/17 (West 2002). State Farm responded that venue was proper either in Cook County or in Du Page County, the county in which Hayek resides.”
Foley v. Greer, 775 N.E.2d 665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Clair County to Madison County, in accordance with section 17 of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/17 (West 1998)). On August 28, 2001, the trial court denied this motion.”
People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Leavell, 905 N.E.2d 849 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “2d 665, 668 (2002), the Fifth District addressed the venue provision of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/17 (West 1998)), which required court actions to be filed in the county where a previous arbitration hearing was held.”
Chicago Southshore & South Bend R.R. v. N. Indiana Commuter Transp. Dist., 682 N.E.2d 156 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “SouthShore contends that, because section 17 of the Act provides that any application to court "shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held”…”
Mazur v. Quarters Designs, Inc., 619 N.E.2d 763 (Ill. App. Ct. 1993). “117 (now 710 ILCS 5/17 (West 1992))), which provides that actions to vacate or modify awards shall be filed in the county in which the hearing was held.”
Foley v. Greer (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “Clair County to Madison County, in accordance with section 17 of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/17 (West 1998)). On August 28, 2001, the trial court denied this motion.”
Highland Mgmt. Grp., LLC v. Soc'y Ins., 2022 IL App (5th) 210348 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “¶ 22 In Hayek, the appellate court concluded that it did not have jurisdiction over an appeal of the circuit court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to transfer venue based on the venue provision of the Uniform Arbitration Act (710 ILCS 5/17 (West 2002)). 349 Ill. App.”
Chicago Southshore & South Ben R.R. v. N. Indiana Commuter Transp. Dist. (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “SouthShore contends that, because section 17 of the Act provides that any application to court "shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held"…”
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