Illinois Compiled Statutes
815 ILCS 645/4 (2026)
Contract requirements: written contract
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(815 ILCS 645/4)
(from Ch. 29, par. 54)
Sec. 4.
Contract requirements: written contract.
Every contract for
physical fitness services shall be in writing and shall be subject to this
Act. All provisions, requirements and prohibitions which are mandated by
this Act shall be contained in the written contract before it is
signed by the customer. A copy of the written contract
shall be given to the customer at the time the customer signs the contract.
Physical fitness centers shall maintain original copies of all contracts
for services for as long as such contracts are in effect and for a period
of 3 years thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 84-850.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2014–2020 · leading case: Cox v. US Fitness, LLC, 2013 IL App (1st) 122442 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014).
Cox v. US Fitness, LLC, 2013 IL App (1st) 122442 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “) 815 ILCS 645/4 (West 2008). In support, Cox cites O’Brien v.”
Kagan v. Waldheim Cemetery Co., 2016 IL App (1st) 131274 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “The defendant argued that the plaintiffs failed to allege that the defendant "knowingly" violated the Illinois Physical Fitness Services Act (Fitness Act) (815 ILCS 645/4, 5 (West 2010)). The court rejected the plaintiffs' argument that "if defendant knew about the PFSA and…”
Mullen v. GLV, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2018). “¶ 199a, b; see 815 ILCS 645/4, 6. Count 3 is a claim under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act (ICFA), which permits suits by consumers for injuries caused by unfair or deceptive acts and practices, 815 ILCS 505/10a; it is essentially parallel to Count 1.”
Kagan v. Waldheim Cemetery Co., 2016 IL App (1st) 131274 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “The defendant argued that the plaintiffs failed to allege that the defendant "knowingly" violated the Illinois Physical Fitness Services Act (Fitness Act) (815 ILCS 645/4, 5 (West 2010)). The court rejected the plaintiffs' argument that "if defendant knew about the PFSA and…”
Mullen v. GLV, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2020). “See 815 ILCS 645/4, 6. If proven, these alleged procedural failures would render the contracts void and unenforceable under the IPFSA.”
Mullen v. GLV, Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2020). “See 815 ILCS 645/4, 6. If proven, these alleged procedural failures would render the contracts void and unenforceable under the IPFSA.”
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