(740 ILCS 170/4.1) (from Ch. 48, par. 39.4a)
Sec. 4.1. Within 20 days after receiving the notice required by Section 2 or within 5 days after service of the demand, the employee may notify his employer, in writing, of any defense he may have to the wage assignment. A copy of such notice shall be served upon the creditor by registered or certified mail. If served upon the creditor prior to the creditor's service of demand upon the employer, such demand shall not be served by the creditor. The notice shall be by affidavit and shall be in substantially the following form:
"I, ...., hereby (swear) (affirm) that I have a bona fide defense to the claim of ...., which claim is based on a debt contracted on (insert date), and for security on which debt a wage assignment was executed. .............................. Address for service of summons .............................. Employee
Subscribed and sworn to before me on (insert date). ............................." Notary Public
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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