Illinois Code § 3
Illinois Code § 3. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 3.
Such sale shall be held only after giving 30 days' notice of the time and place of such sale, by publication once in some newspaper of general circulation in the city, village, or incorporated town in which such lienor expended such labor, services, skill, or material or furnished such storage, or if there be none, or if the labor, service, skill or material was not expended in a city, village, or incorporated town, then in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such lienor expended such labor, service, skill, or material or furnished such storage, and also by certified mailing, 30 days before such sale, a copy of such notice addressed to the person requesting or consenting to such expenditure of labor, services, skill, or material or furnishing of storage, if his address is known, or if his address is unknown, to the last known address of such person. If no address is known or discoverable after reasonable inquiry, the sale may be made without mailing such notice. The published notice required by this Section shall be in substantially the following form: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That on (insert date), a sale will be held at (insert place), to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such articles at the request of the following designated persons, unless such articles are redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Name of Person Description of Article Amount of lien ................. ................. $................. ................. ................. $................. A separate notice need not be published for each lien to be enforced, but several may be combined in one publication. (Source: P.A. 87-206.)
Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 3
- Jurisdiction: Illinois
- Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
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