Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 5/2-211 (2026)
Service on public, municipal, governmental and quasi-municipal corporations
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(735 ILCS 5/2-211)
(from Ch. 110, par. 2-211)
Sec. 2-211.
Service on public, municipal, governmental and
quasi-municipal corporations.
In actions against public, municipal, governmental or quasi-municipal
corporations, summons may be served by leaving a copy with the chairperson
of the county board or county clerk in the case of a county, with the
mayor or city clerk in the case of a city, with the president of the
board of trustees or village clerk in the case of a village, with the
supervisor or town clerk in the case of a town, and with the president
or clerk or other officer corresponding thereto in the case of any other
public, municipal, governmental or quasi-municipal corporation or body.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases, 2000–2019 · leading case: Sarkissian v. Chicago Bd. of Educ., 776 N.E.2d 195 (Ill. 2002).
Sarkissian v. Chicago Bd. of Educ., 776 N.E.2d 195 (Ill. 2002). “" 735 ILCS 5/2-211 (West 2000). According to the Board, service did not conform with section 2-211 because the summons was not addressed to any specific individual and was left with a receptionist in the Board's legal department, who was not designated by statute to receive…”
Morton v. Madison Cnty. Nursing Home Auxiliary, 741 N.E.2d 658 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “Specifically, the court ruled that plaintiff's failure to join Madison County was inadvertent within the meaning of section 2-616(d)(2) but that the service of summons on the director of the nursing home did not satisfy the section 2-616(d)(3) requirement that there must in fact…”
West Suburban Bank v. Advantage Fin. Partners, LLC, 2014 IL App (2d) 131146 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “110, ¶ 2-211 (now 735 ILCS 5/2-211 (West 2012))) to receive service of process on behalf of a public corporation can delegate that authority even though section 2-211 has no provision for such delegation.”
West Suburban Bank v. Advantage Fin. Partners, LLC, 2014 IL App (2d) 131146 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “110, ¶ 2-211 (now 735 ILCS 5/2-211 (West 2012))) to -9- receive service of process on behalf of a public corporation can delegate that authority even though section 2-211 has no provision for such delegation.”
People v. Gliniewicz, 2019 IL App (2d) 190401-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “3d 388, 392 (1991); 735 ILCS 5/2-211 (service on public municipal, governmental and quasi-municipal corporations).”
Morton v. Madison Cnty. Nursing Home Auxiliary (Ill. App. Ct. 2000). “Specifically, the court ruled that plaintiff’s failure to join Madison County was inadvertent within the meaning of section 2-616(d)(2) but that the service of summons on the director of the nursing home did not satisfy the section 2-616(d)(3) requirement that there must in fact…”
McArdle v. Christensen, 2019 IL App (3d) 170858 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “1 (West 2016)); public, municipal, governmental and quasi-municipal corporations (735 ILCS 5/2-211 (West 2016)); and trustees of corporations or receivers (735 ILCS 5/2-212 (West 2016)).”
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