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Ill. S. Ct. R. 131
Form of Documents
(a) Legibility. All documents for filing and service shall be legibly written, typewritten,
printed, or otherwise prepared. The clerk may reject any documents which do not conform to this
rule.
(b) Titles. All documents shall be entitled in the court and cause, and the plaintiff’s name
shall be placed first.
(c) Multiple Parties. In cases in which there are two or more plaintiffs or two or more
defendants, it is sufficient in entitling documents, except a summons, to name the first-named
plaintiff and the first-named defendant with the usual indication of other parties, provided there
be added the official number of the cause.
(d) Name, Address, Telephone Number and E-mail Address.
(1) Attorneys. All documents filed or served in any cause by an attorney upon another
party shall bear the attorney’s name, business address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
The attorney must designate a primary e-mail address and may designate no more than two
secondary e-mail addresses.
(2) Self-Represented Litigants. All documents filed or served in any cause by a self-represented litigant upon another party shall bear the self-represented litigant’s mailing
address and telephone number. Additionally, a self-represented litigant who has an e-mail
address must designate a single e- mail address to which service may be directed under Rule
11. If a self-represented litigant does not designate an e-mail address, then service upon and
by that party must be made by a method specified in Rule 11 other than e-mail transmission.
History
Amended February 19, 1982, effective April 1, 1982; amended October 30, 1992, effective November 15, 1992; amended Dec. 21, 2012, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; amended Jan. 4, 2013, eff. immediately; amended Dec. 9, 2015, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; amended Dec. 29, 2017, eff. Jan. 1, 2018; amended July 15, 2020, eff. immediately. Committee Comments (Revised February 1982) In 1982 the rule, which was former Rule 6 without change of substance, was amended to require that all papers filed or served had to bear the name, as well as the address and telephone number, of the responsible attorney or attorneys and law firm filing them.
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