Illinois Compiled Statutes

810 ILCS 5/9-403 (2026)

Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee

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(810 ILCS 5/9-403) (from Ch. 26, par. 9-403)
    Sec. 9-403. Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
    (a) "Value." In this Section, "value" has the meaning provided in Section 3-303(a).
    (b) Agreement not to assert claim or defense. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an agreement between an account debtor and an assignor not to assert against an assignee any claim or defense that the account debtor may have against the assignor is enforceable by an assignee that takes an assignment:
        (1) for value;
        (2) in good faith;
        (3) without notice of a claim of a property or
    
possessory right to the property assigned; and
        (4) without notice of a defense or claim in
    
recoupment of the type that may be asserted against a person entitled to enforce a negotiable instrument under Section 3-305(a).
    (c) When subsection (b) not applicable. Subsection (b) does not apply to defenses of a type that may be asserted against a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument under Section 3-305(b).
    (d) Omission of required statement in consumer transaction. In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law other than this Article requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the rights of an assignee are subject to claims or defenses that the account debtor could assert against the original obligee, and the record does not include such a statement:
        (1) the record has the same effect as if the record
    
included such a statement; and
        (2) the account debtor may assert against an assignee
    
those claims and defenses that would have been available if the record included such a statement.
    (e) Rule for individual under other law. This Section is subject to law other than this Article which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
    (f) Other law not displaced. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), this Section does not displace law other than this Article which gives effect to an agreement by an account debtor not to assert a claim or defense against an assignee.
(Source: P.A. 90-300, eff. 1-1-98; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-893, eff. 7-1-01.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: In Re Billingsley, 290 B.R. 345 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2002).
In Re Billingsley, 290 B.R. 345 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2002). “There were a number of ways for Niemerg to perfect its security interest in the stock: (1) possession, see 810 ILCS 5/8 — 104(a)(1) and 810 ILCS 5/8-301(a)(l); (2) filing a financing statement, see 810 ILCS 5/9-401 and 810 ILCS 5/9-403; (3) levying against the stock, see 735…”
IFC Credit Corp. v. United Bus. & Indus. Fed. Credit Union, 474 F. Supp. 2d 956 (N.D. Ill. 2006). “810 ILCS 5/9-403(b). In Walter E. Heller & Co.”
White v. Funeral Fin. Sys., Ltd, 2022 IL App (1st) 201385-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “810 ILCS 5/9-403(2) (West 2000). To be clear, White never became a lien creditor before 2004.”
— 810 ILCS 5/9-403(2) — 1 case
White v. Funeral Fin. Sys., Ltd, 2022 IL App (1st) 201385-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “810 ILCS 5/9-403(2) (West 2000). To be clear, White never became a lien creditor before 2004.”
— 810 ILCS 5/9-403(b) — 1 case
IFC Credit Corp. v. United Bus. & Indus. Fed. Credit Union, 474 F. Supp. 2d 956 (N.D. Ill. 2006). “810 ILCS 5/9-403(b). In Walter E. Heller & Co.”
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