Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (2026)
Actions by and against voluntary associations
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(735 ILCS 5/2-209.1)
(from Ch. 110, par. 2-209.1)
Sec. 2-209.1.
Actions by and against voluntary associations.
A
voluntary unincorporated association may sue and be
sued in its own name, and may complain and defend in all actions. For the
purposes of this Code, "voluntary unincorporated association" means any
organization of 2 or more individuals formed for a common purpose, excluding
a partnership or corporation.
(Source: P.A. 84-1043.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1994–2020 · leading case: Better Gov't Ass'n v. Illinois High Sch. Ass'n, 2017 IL 121124 (Ill. 2017).
Better Gov't Ass'n v. Illinois High Sch. Ass'n, 2017 IL 121124 (Ill. 2017). “735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2014). Its authority is derived from its board of directors, which is created pursuant to its own constitution.”
Better Gov't Ass'n v. Illinois High Sch. Ass'n, 2017 IL 121124 (Ill. 2018). “735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2014). Its authority is derived from its board of directors, which is created pursuant to its own constitution.”
Appraisers Coalition v. Appraisal Inst., 845 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Ill. 1994). “Although unincorporated, the Appraiser Coalition is entitled to sue in its own name under 735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (Smith-Hurd 1993) which permits “any organization of 2 or more individuals formed for a common purpose, excluding a partnership or corporation” to sue and be sued.”
Better Gov't Ass'n v. Illinois High Sch. Ass'n, 2016 IL App (1st) 151356 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2014) (“[a] voluntary unincorporated association may sue and be sued in its own name, and may complain and defend in all actions”); cf.”
Better Gov't Assocation v. Illinois High Sch. Dist. 230, 2016 IL App (1st) 151356 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2014) (“[a] voluntary unincorporated association may sue and be sued in its own name, and may complain and defend in all actions”); 9 1-15-1356 cf.”
A, B, C, D, E, F v. Jiang Zemin, 282 F. Supp. 2d 875 (N.D. Ill. 2003). “The burden for serving an unincorporated association — which is defined as “any organization of 2 or more individuals formed for a common purpose, excluding a partnership or corporation,” 735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 — is somewhat different.”
Embassy Univ. v. Inst. in Basic Life Principles, Inc., 2020 IL App (2d) 191140-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “102, 106 (1945) (holding on a different point superseded by statute (735 ILCS 5/2-209.1, enacted in 1984)); see also Stein v.”
McArdle v. Christensen, 2019 IL App (3d) 170858 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “1 (735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2016)) and receivers, we conclude that written financial trusts and their trustees generally, and the trusts in this case more specifically, do not fit comfortably into any of those organizational niches.”
Taghert v. Wesley (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2002). Next, defendants contend that the trial court erred in entering various orders denying their motions to dismiss plaintiff's case for failure to state a claim, and motions for judgment on the pleadings.”
New Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church v. Disc. Inn, Inc. (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-209.1 (West 2002); York Woods Community Ass’n.”
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