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735 ILCS 5/2-605 (2026)

Verification of pleadings

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(735 ILCS 5/2-605) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-605)
    Sec. 2-605. Verification of pleadings. (a) Any pleading, although not required to be sworn to, may be verified by the oath of the party filing it or of any other person or persons having knowledge of the facts pleaded. Corporations may verify by the oath of any officer or agent having knowledge of the facts. If any pleading is so verified, every subsequent pleading must also be verified, unless verification is excused by the court. In pleadings which are so verified, the several matters stated shall be stated positively or upon information and belief only, according to the fact. Verified allegations do not constitute evidence except by way of admission.
    (b) The allegation of the execution or assignment of any written instrument is admitted unless denied in a pleading verified by oath, except in cases in which verification is excused by the court. If the party making the denial is not the person alleged to have executed or assigned the instrument, the denial may be made on the information and belief of that party.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: Northbrook Bank & Trust Co. v. 2120 Div. LLC, 2015 IL App (1st) 133426 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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Northbrook Bank & Trust Co. v. 2120 Div. LLC, 2015 IL App (1st) 133426 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2010) (“If any pleading is so verified, every subsequent pleading must also be verified, unless - 13 - verification is excused by the court.”
Crawford Cnty. Oil, LLC v. Weger, 2014 IL App (5th) 130382 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 4× “ns as we have reframed them in order to materially advance the termination of this litigation, in the interests of judicial economy and the need to reach an equitable result, we remand these proceedings to the circuit court with directions that its order be amended to require…”
Parkway Bank & Trust Co. v. Korzen, 2013 IL App (1st) 130380 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-605(b) (West 2010) (providing that the “allegation of the execution or assignment of any written instrument is admitted unless denied in a pleading verified by oath”).”
Crawford Cnty. Oil, LLC v. Weger, 2014 IL App (5th) 130382 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “ns as we have reframed them in order to materially advance the termination of this litigation, in the interests of judicial economy and the need to reach an equitable result, we remand these proceedings to the circuit court with directions that its order be amended to require…”
Axion RMS, Ltd. v. Booth, 2019 IL App (1st) 180724 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “735 ILCS 5/2-605 (West 2016). “In pleadings which are so verified, the several matters stated shall be stated positively or upon information and belief only, according to the fact.”
Maryland Cas. Co. v. Dough Mgmt. Co., 2015 IL App (1st) 141520 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “See 735 ILCS 5/2-605 (West 2010) (stating that verified allegations in a pleading "do not constitute evidence except by way of admission").”
Taylor, Bean, & Whitaker Mortg. Corp. v. Cocroft, 2018 IL App (1st) 170969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “However, we have addressed this argument in the context of his earlier motion to strike and have no need to repeat that argument with respect to the motion for summary judgment, which provided even more support for the validity of the note.”
Askew Ins. Grp., LLC v. AZM Grp., Inc., 2020 IL App (1st) 190179 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-605 (West 2018); Ringgold Capital IV, LLC v.”
Marren Builders, Inc. v. Lampert, 719 N.E.2d 117 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “Marren has not demonstrated either by affidavit or by appearances before the Court or in any other way, shape, or form that he has followed the progress of this litigation which he himself put into motion.”
Cnty. Line Nurseries & Landscaping, Inc. v. Glencoe Park Dist., 2015 IL App (1st) 143776 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “) 735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2012). But a fee petition is not a “pleading,” and neither is a response to a fee petition.”
Taylor, Bean, & Whitaker Mortg. Corp. v. Cocroft, 2018 IL App (1st) 170969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “Additionally, defendant’s third amended answer was not verified.”
Cnty. Line Nurseries & Landscaping, Inc. v. Glencoe Park Dist., 2015 IL App (1st) 143776 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “) 735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2012). But a fee petition is not a “pleading,” and neither is a response to a fee petition.”
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— 735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) — 16 cases
Northbrook Bank & Trust Co. v. 2120 Div. LLC, 2015 IL App (1st) 133426 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2010) (“If any pleading is so verified, every subsequent pleading must also be verified, unless - 13 - verification is excused by the court.”
Taylor, Bean, & Whitaker Mortg. Corp. v. Cocroft, 2018 IL App (1st) 170969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “However, we have addressed this argument in the context of his earlier motion to strike and have no need to repeat that argument with respect to the motion for summary judgment, which provided even more support for the validity of the note.”
Cnty. Line Nurseries & Landscaping, Inc. v. Glencoe Park Dist., 2015 IL App (1st) 143776 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “) 735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2012). But a fee petition is not a “pleading,” and neither is a response to a fee petition.”
Taylor, Bean, & Whitaker Mortg. Corp. v. Cocroft, 2018 IL App (1st) 170969 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “Additionally, defendant’s third amended answer was not verified.”
Cnty. Line Nurseries & Landscaping, Inc. v. Glencoe Park Dist., 2015 IL App (1st) 143776 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “) 735 ILCS 5/2-605(a) (West 2012). But a fee petition is not a “pleading,” and neither is a response to a fee petition.”
— 735 ILCS 5/2-605(b) — 3 cases
Parkway Bank & Trust Co. v. Korzen, 2013 IL App (1st) 130380 (Ill. App. Ct. 2013). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-605(b) (West 2010) (providing that the “allegation of the execution or assignment of any written instrument is admitted unless denied in a pleading verified by oath”).”
Parkway Bank & Trust Co. v. Korzen, 2013 IL App (1st) 130380 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
Parkway Bank & Trust Co. v. Korzen, 2013 IL App (1st) 130380 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
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