Illinois Compiled Statutes
770 ILCS 45/2 (2026)
Such lien shall cease at the expiration of 60 days from the date of the delivery of such chattel to the owner thereof, or his duly authorized agent, unless the lien claimant shall within 60 days, file in the office of the recorder of the county in which the labor, skill and materials were expended on such chattel, or storage furnished for such chattel, a lien notice, which notice shall state the name of the claimant, the name of the owner or reputed owner, a description of the chattel, sufficient for identification, upon which the claimant has expended labor, skill and material, or has furnished storage, the amount for which the lien is claimed, and the date upon which such expenditure or storage was completed, which notice shall be verified by the oath of the claimant, or by some one in his behalf, having personal knowledge of the facts, and may be in substantially the following form:
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(770 ILCS 45/2)
(from Ch. 82, par. 41)
Sec. 2.
Such lien shall cease at the expiration of 60 days from the
date of the delivery of such chattel to the owner thereof, or his duly
authorized agent, unless the lien claimant shall within 60
days, file in the office of the recorder of the county in which
the labor, skill and materials were expended on such chattel, or storage
furnished for such chattel, a lien notice, which notice shall state the
name of the claimant, the name of the owner or reputed owner, a description
of the chattel, sufficient for identification, upon which the claimant has
expended labor, skill and material, or has furnished storage, the amount
for which the lien is claimed, and the date upon which such expenditure or
storage was completed, which notice shall be verified by the oath of the
claimant, or by some one in his behalf, having personal knowledge of the
facts, and may be in substantially the following form:
.... Claimant, v. .... Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that .... claims a lien upon ....(describe the
property) for, and on account of labor, skill, and materials expended upon,
and storage furnished for the ....(property); that the name of the owner or
reputed owner, is .... that the said labor, skill and materials were
expended, or storage furnished upon the said property between the .... day
of ...., and the .... day of ...., and the rendition of the labor, skill
and materials so expended, or storage furnished by the claimant above named
was completed on the .... day of ....; that 60 days have not elapsed
since that time; that the amount claimant demands for said labor, skill and
materials so expended, or storage furnished, is $....; that no part thereof
has been paid except $....; and that there is now due and remaining unpaid
thereon, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of $...., in
which amount he claims a lien upon said property.
(Signed)....(Claimant).
Address of Claimant .....
State of Illinois,
County of ....
I,...., being first duly sworn, on oath say that I am .... named in the
foregoing claim; that I have heard the same read, and know the contents
thereof, and believe the same to be true.
....
Subscribed and sworn to before me this .... day of .....
....
(Source: P.A. 83-358.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 2002–2011 · leading case: Divane v. Smith, 774 N.E.2d 361 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002).
Divane v. Smith, 774 N.E.2d 361 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “See also 770 ILCS 60/24 (West 1998) (“written notice of his or her claim and the amount due or to become due”); 770 ILCS 15/10(h) (West 1998) (Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act: “The lien notice shall state *** the amount for which the lien is claimed ***”); 770 ILCS 45/2…”
Travel Express Aviation Maint., Inc. v. Bridgeview Bank Grp., 942 N.E.2d 694 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “The remaining counts, counts III and VI, alleged breach of contract against Fasti and are not before us on appeal. Based on our resolution of the issues, we need not address defendants’ argument that plaintiffs’ liens were invalid because they were filed with the FAA rather than…”
Divane v. Smith (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “See also 770 ILCS 60/24 (West 1998) ("written notice of his or her claim and the amount due or to become due"); 770 ILCS 15/10(h) (West 1998) (Real Estate Broker Liens Act: "The lien notice shall state *** the amount for which the lien is claimed ***"); 770 ILCS 45/2 (West 1998)…”
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