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735 ILCS 5/12-652 (2026)

Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments

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(735 ILCS 5/12-652) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-652)
    Sec. 12-652. Filing and Status of Foreign Judgments.
    (a) A copy of any foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with the acts of Congress or the statutes of this State may be filed in the office of the circuit clerk for any county of this State. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court for any county of this State. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a circuit court for any county of this State and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. A judgment filed or registered under this Act shall be construed to be an original Illinois judgment from the date it is filed with the clerk of the circuit court and for purposes of enforcement and revival, shall be treated in exactly the same manner as an Illinois judgment entered on that same date.
    (b) A foreign judgment or lien arising by operation of law, and resulting from an order requiring child support payments shall be entitled to full faith and credit in this State, shall be enforceable in the same manner as any judgment or lien of this State resulting from an order requiring child support payments, and shall not be required to be filed with the office of the circuit clerk in any county of this State, except as provided for in Sections 10-25 and 10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
    (c) A foreign order of protection issued by the court of another state, tribe, or United States territory is entitled to full faith and credit in this State, is enforceable in the same manner as any order of protection issued by a circuit court for any county of this State, and may be filed with the circuit clerk in any county of this State as provided in Section 222.5 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 or Section 22.5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. A foreign order of protection shall not be required to be filed with the circuit clerk to be entitled to full faith and credit in this State.
(Source: P.A. 97-350, eff. 1-1-12.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: Performance Network Solutions v. Cyberklix US, 2012 IL App (1st) 110137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
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Performance Network Solutions v. Cyberklix US, 2012 IL App (1st) 110137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008). A judgment filed or registered under this Act shall be construed to be an original Illinois judgment from the date it is filed with the clerk of the circuit court and for purposes of enforcement and revival, shall be treated in exactly the…”
The Soc'y of Lloyd's v. James Frederick Ashenden, 233 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 2000). “The Illinois Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, which governs the enforcement in Illinois of judgments rendered in the courts of other states of the United States, as distinct from foreign nations, not only treats such judgments the same as Illinois judgments, 735 ILCS…”
CE Design Ltd v. Healthcraft Prods., Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 143000 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008); Pinilla, 324 Ill.”
In Re Paczesny, 282 B.R. 646 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2002). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a). Thus, once the Illinois state court declined to register the Florida judgment because it was subject to defenses under Illinois law, that judgment could not be used to support an involuntary bankruptcy petition.”
CE Design Ltd. v. Healthcraft Prods., Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 143000 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008); Pinilla, 324 Ill.”
In re Marriage of Soman, 2021 IL App (1st) 200513-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2018). ¶ 37 Normally, the registration of a foreign judgment is a perfunctory matter and is accomplished when the judgment is filed with the clerk of the circuit court of Cook County.”
Performance Network Solutions v. Cyberklix, 966 N.E.2d 396 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× “" 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008). A judgment filed or registered under this Act shall be construed to be an original Illinois judgment from the date it is filed with the clerk of the circuit court and for purposes of enforcement and revival, shall be treated in exactly the…”
Doctor's Assocs., Inc. v. Duree (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 3× “735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 1998). Further, upon a proper filing, the court clerk "shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court.”
Ekambi v. Njamfa, 2025 IL App (1st) 250630-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652 (West 2020). ¶ 25 Here, Judgment No.”
Chu v. Nanna, 2026 IL App (5th) 250886-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “On appeal, Nanna argues that the circuit court erred by granting Chu’s petition to register the foreign judgment because the trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over Nanna, and the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Foreign Judgments Act) (735 ILCS 5/12-652 (West…”
Bianchi v. Savino Del Bene Int'l Freight Forwarders, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Moreover, the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act provides that a recognized foreign country's judgment "is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of a circuit court for any country of this State and…”
Logemann Holding, Inc. v. Lieber (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “" 735 ILCS 5/12-652 (West 1994). In Light v.”
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Performance Network Solutions v. Cyberklix US, 2012 IL App (1st) 110137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008). A judgment filed or registered under this Act shall be construed to be an original Illinois judgment from the date it is filed with the clerk of the circuit court and for purposes of enforcement and revival, shall be treated in exactly the…”
The Soc'y of Lloyd's v. James Frederick Ashenden, 233 F.3d 473 (7th Cir. 2000). “The Illinois Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act, which governs the enforcement in Illinois of judgments rendered in the courts of other states of the United States, as distinct from foreign nations, not only treats such judgments the same as Illinois judgments, 735 ILCS…”
CE Design Ltd v. Healthcraft Prods., Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 143000 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008); Pinilla, 324 Ill.”
In Re Paczesny, 282 B.R. 646 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2002). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a). Thus, once the Illinois state court declined to register the Florida judgment because it was subject to defenses under Illinois law, that judgment could not be used to support an involuntary bankruptcy petition.”
CE Design Ltd. v. Healthcraft Prods., Inc., 2017 IL App (1st) 143000 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “” 735 ILCS 5/12-652(a) (West 2008); Pinilla, 324 Ill.”
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