Illinois Compiled Statutes

805 ILCS 5/2.15 (2026)

Effect of incorporation

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IL-ILGAilga.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(805 ILCS 5/2.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 2.15)
    Sec. 2.15. Effect of incorporation. Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation by the Secretary of State, the corporate existence shall begin, and such filing shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the State, that all conditions precedent required to be performed by the incorporators have been complied with and that the corporation has been incorporated under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: Capital One Bank, N.A. v. Czekala, 884 N.E.2d 1205 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008).
Capital One Bank, N.A. v. Czekala, 884 N.E.2d 1205 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “See also 805 ILCS 5/2.15 (West 2006). A corporation, through its corporate officers or agents, conducts its own business.”
Knight's Prairie Hunting Club, Inc. v. Holmes, 636 N.E.2d 29 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “15 of the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983 (805 ILCS 5/2.15 (West 1992)) (hereinafter the Act) provides: "Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State, the corporate existence shall begin, and such certificate of incorporation shall be…”
Charter Fitness Holding I, LLC v. South Branch Capital Partners, LLC, 2024 IL App (1st) 230659-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “805 ILCS 5/2.15 (West 2000). The 2017 Agreement was signed on November 2, 2017, and CFIT became incorporated on November 28, 2017.”
Capital One Bank v. Czekala (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “See also 805 ILCS 5/2.15 (West 2006). A corporation, through its corporate officers or agents, conducts its own business.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.