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Code · Illinois · Chapter 735 — CIVIL PROCEDURE · Act 5

Sec. 9-309. Judgment by default.

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Sec. 9-309. Judgment by default. When publication of notice, as provided by law, but the defendant is not served with process and does not appear, judgment by default may be entered, and the plaintiff may recover the amount due him or her for rent at the time of issuing the distress warrant, and enforcement may be had against the property distrained, but no enforcement may be had against any other property of the defendant.
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