Illinois Compiled Statutes 740 Civil Liabilities: Article II - Civil No Contact Orders

• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 201
  Persons protected by this Act. (a) The following persons are protected by this Act: (1) any victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 202
  Commencement of action; filing fees. (a) An action for a civil no contact order is commenced: (1) independently, by filing a petition for a civil...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 203
  Pleading; non-disclosure of address. (a) A petition for a civil no contact order shall be in writing and verified or accompanied by affidavit and...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 204
  Application of rules of civil procedure; rape crisis advocates. (a) Any proceeding to obtain, modify, reopen or appeal a civil no contact order shall...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 204.2
  Application of privileges. The filing of a petition for a civil no contact order does not in any way constitute a waiver of any privilege...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 204.3
  Appointment of counsel. The court may appoint counsel to represent the petitioner if the respondent is represented by counsel. (Source: P.A. 93-811, eff. 1-1-05.)
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 204.5
  Trial by jury. There shall be no right to trial by jury in any proceeding to obtain, modify, vacate or extend any civil no...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 205
  Subject matter jurisdiction. Each of the circuit courts has the power to issue civil no contact orders. (Source: P.A. 93-236, eff. 1-1-04.)
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 206
  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,...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 207
  Venue. A petition for a civil no contact order may be filed in any county where (1) the petitioner resides, (2) the respondent resides,...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 208
  Process. (a) Any action for a civil no contact order requires that a separate summons be issued and served. The summons shall be in...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 209
  Service of notice of hearings. Except as provided in Section 208, notice of hearings on petitions or motions shall be served in accordance with...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 210
  Hearings. A petition for a civil no contact order shall be treated as an expedited proceeding, and no court may transfer or otherwise decline...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 211
  Continuances. (a) Petitions for emergency remedies shall be granted or denied in accordance with the standards of Section 214, regardless of the respondent's appearance...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 212
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 96-311, eff. 1-1-10. Repealed by P.A. 96-307, eff. 1-1-10.)
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 213
  Civil no contact order; remedies. (a) If the court finds that the petitioner has been a victim of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration,...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 213.5
  Accountability for actions of others. For the purposes of issuing a civil no contact order, deciding what remedies should be included and enforcing the order,...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 213.7
  Aiding and abetting non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration. A person aids and abets an act of non-consensual sexual conduct or non-consensual sexual penetration...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 214
  Emergency civil no contact order. (a) An emergency civil no contact order shall issue if the petitioner satisfies the requirements of this subsection (a). The...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 215
  Plenary civil no contact order. A plenary civil no contact order shall issue if the petitioner has served notice of the hearing for that...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 215.5
  Petitioner testimony at plenary civil no contact order hearing. In a plenary civil no contact order hearing, if a court finds that testimony by the...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 216
  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 Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 217
  Contents of orders. (a) Any civil no contact order shall describe each remedy granted by the court, in reasonable detail and not by reference to...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 218
  Notice of orders. (a) Upon issuance of any civil no contact order, the clerk shall immediately, or on the next court day if an emergency...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 218.1
  Short form notification. (a) Instead of personal service of a civil no contact order under Section 218, a sheriff, other law enforcement official, special process...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 218.5
  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 Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 219
  Violation. A knowing violation of a civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 4...
• Illinois Civil No Contact Order Act. - 740 ILCS 22, Section 220
  Enforcement of a civil no contact order. (a) Nothing in this Act shall preclude any Illinois court from enforcing a valid protective order issued in...

Last modified: February 18, 2015