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STATE OF ILLINOIS,
CIRCUIT COURT
COUNTY
MOTION
For Court Use Only
Instructions
Plaintiff / Petitioner (First, middle, last name)
v.
Defendants / Respondents (First, middle, last name, or business name)
Directly above, enter
the name of the county
where the case was
filed.
Enter the name of the
person who started the
lawsuit as
Plaintiff/Petitioner.
Enter the names of the
people and businesses
sued as Defendants/
Respondents.
Case Number
Enter the Case Number
given by the Circuit
Clerk.
In 1, title your Motion.
Explain in a few words
what you are asking the
judge to do. This
should match the title
you wrote in 1 on the
Notice of Court Date
for Motion.
In 2, check if you are the
Plaintiff/Petitioner or
Defendant/Respondent.
1. Motion to:
2. Motion by: Plaintiff/Petitioner Defendant/Respondent 3. Write what you are asking the judge to do and the reasons why the judge should agree with you:
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Enter the Case Number given by the Circuit Clerk:
I need more room to explain and I have listed additional information on the attached Additional Motion form.
Under the Code of
Civil Procedure, 735
ILCS 5/1-109,
making a statement
on this form that you
know to be false is
perjury, a Class 3
Felony.
I certify that everything in the Motion is true and correct. I understand that making a false statement on this form is perjury and has penalties provided by law under 735 ILCS 5/1-109.
/s/
Your Signature Street Address
If you are completing
this form on a
computer, sign your
name by typing it. If Print Your Name City, State, ZIP you are completing it
by hand, sign and
print your name. Telephone Email
Atty # (if any)
Enter your complete
address, telephone
number, and email
address, if you have
one.
GETTING COURT DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL: You should use an email account that you do not share with anyone else and that you check every day. If you do not check your email every day, you may miss important information, notice of court dates, or documents from other parties. In 1a, enter the name,
mailing address, and
email address of the
party you are sending
the document to. If
they have a lawyer,
you must enter the
lawyer’s information.
In 1b, check the box to
show how you are
sending the document.
CAUTION: If you
and the person you are
sending the document
to have an email
address, you must use
one of the first two
options. Otherwise,
you may use one of the
other options.
PROOF OF DELIVERY
1. I am sending the Motion
a. To:
Name:
First Middle Last
Address:
Street, Apt # City State ZIP
Email address:
b. By:
An approved electronic filing service provider (EFSP)
Email (not through an EFSP)
Only use one of the methods below if you do not have an email address, or the person you are sending the document to does not have an email address.
Personal hand delivery to:
The party
The party’s family member who is 13 or older, at the party’s residence
The party’s lawyer
The party’s lawyer’s office
Mail or third-party carrier
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In c, fill in the date and
time that you are
sending the document.
Enter the Case Number given by the Circuit Clerk: c. On: at: a.m. p.m.
Date Time
In 2, if you are sending
the document to more
than 1 party or lawyer,
fill in a, b, and c.
Otherwise leave 2
blank.
2. I am sending this document:
a. To:
Name:
First Middle Last
In 2a, enter the name, Address:
mailing address, and Street, Apt # City State ZIP
email address of the
party you are sending Email address:
the document to. If
they have a lawyer, b. By:
you must enter the An approved electronic filing service provider (EFSP) lawyer’s information. Email (not through an EFSP) In 2b, check the box to
show how you are Only use one of the methods below if you do not have an email address, or the sending the document. person you are sending the document to does not have an email address. CAUTION: If you Personal hand delivery to:
and the person you are
sending the document The party
to have an email The party’s family member who is 13 or older, at the party’s residence address, you must use
one of the first two
The party’s lawyer
options. Otherwise, The party’s lawyer’s office
you may use one of the Mail or third-party carrier other options.
c. On at: a.m. p.m.
Date
I have completed an Additional Proof of Delivery form. I certify that everything in the Proof of Delivery is true and correct. I understand that making In c, fill in the date and
time that you are
sending the document.
If you are sending your
document to more than
2 parties or lawyers,
check the box and file
the Additional Proof of
Delivery with this
form.
Under the Code of
Civil Procedure, 735
ILCS 5/1-109, a false statement on this form is perjury and has penalties provided by law under making a statement 735 ILCS 5/1-109.
on this form that you
know to be false is
perjury, a Class 3
Felony.
/s/
Your Signature Street Address
If you are completing
this form on a Print Your Name City, State, ZIP
computer, sign your
name by typing it. If
you are completing it
by hand, sign and Telephone Email
print your name.
GETTING COURT DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL: You should use an email account that you do not share with anyone else and that you check every day. If you do not check your email every day, you may miss important information, notice of court dates, or documents from other parties.
Enter your complete
address, telephone
number, and email
address, if you have
one.
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