Ill. S. Ct. R. 216

(a) Request for Admission of Fact. A party may serve on any other party a written request

for the admission by the latter of the truth of any specified relevant fact set forth in the request. A

copy of the request for admission shall be served on all parties entitled to notice.

(b) Request for Admission of Genuineness of Document. A party may serve on any other

party a written request for admission of the genuineness of a ny relevant documents described in

the request. Copies of the documents shall be served with the request unless copies have already

been furnished.

(c) Admission in the Absence of Denial. Each of the matters of fact and the genuineness of

each document of which admission is requested is admitted unless, within 28 days after service

thereof, the party to whom the request is directed serves upon the party requesting the admission

either (1) a sworn statement denying specifically the matters of which admissio n is requested or

setting forth in detail the reasons why the party cannot truthfully admit or deny those matters or

(2) written objections on the ground that some or all of the requested admissions are privileged or

irrelevant or that the request is other wise improper in whole or in part. If written objections to a

part of the request are made, the remainder of the request shall be answered within the period

designated in the request. A denial shall fairly meet the substance of the requested admission. If

good faith requires that a party deny only a part, or requires qualification, of a matter of which an

admission is requested, the party shall specify so much of it as is true and deny only the remainder.

Any objection to a request or to an answer shall be heard by the court upon prompt notice and

motion of the party making the request. The response to the request, sworn statement of denial, or

written objection, shall be served on all parties entitled to notice.

(d) Public Records. If any public records ar e to be used as evidence, the party intending to

use them may prepare a copy of them insofar as they are to be used, and may seasonably present

the copy to the adverse party by notice in writing, and the copy shall thereupon be admissible in

evidence as admitted facts in the case if otherwise admissible, except insofar as its inaccuracy is

pointed out under oath by the adverse party in an affidavit filed and served within 28 days after

service of the notice.

(e) Effect of Admission. Any admission made by a party pursuant to request under this rule is

for the purpose of the pending action and any action commenced pursuant to the authority of

section 13-217 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/13-217) only. It does not constitute an

admission by him for any other purpose and may not be used against him in any other proceeding.

(f) Number of Requests. The maximum number of requests for admission a party may serve

on another party is 30, unless a higher number is agreed to by the parties or ordered by the court

for good cause shown. If a request has subparts, each subpart counts as a separate request.

(g) Special Requirements. A party must: (1) prepare a separate document which contains only

the requests and the documents required for genuine document requests; (2) serve this document

separate from other documents; and (3) put the following warning in a prominent place on the first

page in 12-point or larger boldface type: “WARNING: If you fail to serve the response required

by Rule 216 within 28 days after you are served with this document, all the facts set forth in

the requests will be deemed true and all the documents described in the requests will be

deemed genuine.”