Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 Civil Liabilities: Article -

• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Stalking No Contact Order Act. (Source: P.A. 96-246, eff. 1-1-10.)
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 5
  Purpose. Stalking generally refers to a course of conduct, not a single act. Stalking behavior includes following a person, conducting surveillance of the person, appearing...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 10
  Definitions. For the purposes of this Act: "Course of conduct" means 2 or more acts, including but not limited to acts in which a respondent...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 15
  Persons protected by this Act. A petition for a stalking no contact order may be filed when relief is not available to the petitioner under...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 20
  Commencement of action; filing fees. (a) An action for a stalking no contact order is commenced: (1) independently, by filing a petition for a stalking...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 25
  Pleading; non-disclosure of address. (a) A petition for a stalking no contact order shall be in writing and verified or accompanied by affidavit and shall...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 30
  Application of rules of civil procedure; victim advocates. (a) Any proceeding to obtain, modify, reopen or appeal a stalking no contact order shall be governed...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 35
  Appointment of counsel. The court may appoint counsel to represent the petitioner if the respondent is represented by counsel. (Source: P.A. 96-246, eff. 1-1-10.)
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 40
  Trial by jury. There shall be no right to trial by jury in any proceeding to obtain, modify, vacate or extend any stalking no contact...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 45
  Subject matter jurisdiction. Each of the circuit courts has the power to issue stalking no contact orders. (Source: P.A. 96-246, eff. 1-1-10.)
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 50
  Jurisdiction over persons. The courts of this State have jurisdiction to bind (1) State residents and (2) non-residents having minimum contacts with this State, to...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 55
  Venue. A petition for a stalking no contact order may be filed in any county where (1) the petitioner resides, (2) the respondent resides, or...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 60
  Process. (a) Any action for a stalking no contact order requires that a separate summons be issued and served. The summons shall be in the...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 65
  Service of notice of hearings. Except as provided in Section 60, notice of hearings on petitions or motions shall be served in accordance with Supreme...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 70
  Hearings. A petition for a stalking no contact order shall be treated as an expedited proceeding, and no court may transfer or otherwise decline to...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 75
  Continuances. (a) Petitions for emergency remedies shall be granted or denied in accordance with the standards of Section 100, regardless of the respondent's appearance or...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 80
  Stalking no contact orders; remedies. (a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a victim of stalking, a stalking no contact order shall...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 85
  Mutual stalking no contact orders are prohibited. Correlative separate orders undermine the purposes of this Act. If separate orders are sought, both must comply with...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 90
  Accountability for actions of others. For the purposes of issuing a stalking no contact order, deciding what remedies should be included and enforcing the order,...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 95
  Emergency stalking no contact order. (a) An emergency stalking no contact order shall issue if the petitioner satisfies the requirements of this subsection (a). The...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 100
  Plenary stalking no contact order. A plenary stalking no contact order shall issue if the petitioner has served notice of the hearing for that order...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 105
  Duration and extension of orders. (a) Unless re-opened or extended or voided by entry of an order of greater duration, an emergency order shall be...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 110
  Contents of orders. (a) Any stalking no contact order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 115
  Notice of orders. (a) Upon issuance of any stalking no contact order, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court day if an emergency...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 117
  Short form notification. (a) Instead of personal service of a stalking no contact order under Section 115, a sheriff, other law enforcement official, special process...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 120
  Modification; reopening of orders. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, upon motion by the petitioner, the court may modify an emergency or plenary...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 125
  Violation. An initial knowing violation of a stalking no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent knowing violation is a Class...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 130
  Arrest without warrant. (a) Any law enforcement officer may make an arrest without warrant if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person...
• Illinois Stalking No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 21, Section 135
  Data maintenance by law enforcement agencies. (a) All sheriffs shall furnish to the Department of State Police, on the same day as received, in the...

Last modified: February 18, 2015