Illinois Code § 2

Illinois Code § 2. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 2.

No person or corporation shall disburse funds to or for the account of, or as directed by, a contractor pursuant to an issuance or transfer thereto of a negotiable instrument evidencing a loan for improvement or repair of (including remodeling of and additions to) a residential structure without requiring and receiving prior to each such disbursement a completion certificate as prescribed by this Act. Acceptance by such person or corporation of a completion certificate in the prescribed form, without actual knowledge of any falsity of such certificate, entitles such person or corporation to all rights of a holder in due course of such negotiable instrument notwithstanding any actual falsity of such certificate. (Source: Laws 1963, p. 3543.)

Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 2
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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