Illinois Code § 2
Illinois Code § 2. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2.
When any person, who has heretofore entered, or may hereafter enter into any contract, bond or memorandum in writing, to make a deed or title to land in this state, for a valuable consideration, and dies or becomes a person under legal disability, without having executed and delivered said deed, it shall and may be lawful for the circuit court in the county where the land, or some part thereof, may be situated, to make an order compelling the executors or administrators of such deceased person, or guardians of the person under legal disability, to execute and deliver such deed to the party having such equitable right to the same, or his or her heirs, according to the true intent and meaning of the contract, bond or memorandum, and all such deeds shall be legally valid. (Source: P.A. 83-345.)
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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