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      (735 ILCS 5/Art. V heading)
ARTICLE V
COSTS

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑101) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑101)
    Sec. 5‑101. Security for costs. In all actions in any court on official bonds for the use of any person, actions on the bonds of executors, administrators or guardians, qui tam actions, actions on a penal statute, and in all civil actions, where the plaintiff, or person for whose use an action is to be commenced, is not a resident of this State, the plaintiff, or person for whose use the action is to be commenced, shall, before he or she institutes such action, file, or cause to be filed, with the clerk of the court in which the action is to be commenced, security for costs, substantially in the following form:
    A B v. C D ‑ (Title of court.)
    I, (E.F.) enter myself security for all costs which may accrue in the above entitled action.
    Dated this .... day of ...., .....
(Signed) E.F.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑102) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑102)
    Sec. 5‑102. Approval ‑ Effect of bond. Such instrument shall be signed by some responsible person, being a resident of this State, and be approved by the clerk, and shall bind such person to pay all costs which may accrue in such action, either to the opposing party or to any of the officers of the court in which the action is commenced, or to which it is removed by change of place of trial or appeal.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑103) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑103)
    Sec. 5‑103. Dismissal for want of security. If any such action is commenced without filing such written instrument, the court, on motion, shall dismiss the same, and the attorney of the plaintiff shall pay all costs accruing thereon, unless the security for costs is filed within such time as is allowed by the court, and when so filed it shall relate back to the commencement of the action; the right to require security for costs shall not be waived by any proceeding in the action.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑104) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑104)
    Sec. 5‑104. Events after filing action. If at any time after the commencement of any action by a resident of this state, he or she becomes non‑resident; or if in any case the court is satisfied that any plaintiff is unable to pay the costs of the action, or that he or she is so unsettled as to endanger the officers of the court with respect to their legal claims, it shall be the duty of the court, on motion of the defendant or any officer of the court, to order the plaintiff, on or before a day in such order stated, to give security for the payment of costs in such action. If such plaintiff neglects or refuses, on or before the day in such order stated, to file a written instrument of some responsible person, being a resident of this state, whereby he or she shall bind himself or herself to pay all costs which have accrued, or may accrue in such action, the court shall, on motion, dismiss the action. The defendant or officer making such motion shall file therewith his or her affidavit, or the affidavit of some credible person, stating that he or she has reason to believe, and does believe, that in case such action is prosecuted to a conclusion, a judgment will be entered against such plaintiff for such costs.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑105)
    Sec. 5‑105. Leave to sue or defend as an indigent person.
    (a) As used in this Section:
        (1) "Fees, costs, and charges" means payments
     imposed on a party in connection with the prosecution or defense of a civil action, including, but not limited to: filing fees; appearance fees; fees for service of process and other papers served either within or outside this State, including service by publication pursuant to Section 2‑206 of this Code and publication of necessary legal notices; motion fees; jury demand fees; charges for participation in, or attendance at, any mandatory process or procedure including, but not limited to, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, counseling, evaluation, "Children First", "Focus on Children" or similar programs; fees for supplementary proceedings; charges for translation services; guardian ad litem fees; charges for certified copies of court documents; and all other processes and procedures deemed by the court to be necessary to commence, prosecute, defend, or enforce relief in a civil action.
        (2) "Indigent person" means any person who meets one
     or more of the following criteria:
            (i) He or she is receiving assistance under one
         or more of the following public benefits programs: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamps, General Assistance, State Transitional Assistance, or State Children and Family Assistance.
            (ii) His or her available income is 125% or less
         of the current poverty level as established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, unless the applicant's assets that are not exempt under Part 9 or 10 of Article XII of this Code are of a nature and value that the court determines that the applicant is able to pay the fees, costs, and charges.
            (iii) He or she is, in the discretion of the
         court, unable to proceed in an action without payment of fees, costs, and charges and whose payment of those fees, costs, and charges would result in substantial hardship to the person or his or her family.
            (iv) He or she is an indigent person pursuant to
         Section 5‑105.5 of this Code.
    (b) On the application of any person, before, or after the commencement of an action, a court, on finding that the applicant is an indigent person, shall grant the applicant leave to sue or defend the action without payment of the fees, costs, and charges of the action.
    (c) An application for leave to sue or defend an action as an indigent person shall be in writing and supported by the affidavit of the applicant or, if the applicant is a minor or an incompetent adult, by the affidavit of another person having knowledge of the facts. The contents of the affidavit shall be established by Supreme Court Rule. The court shall provide, through the office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms consistent with the requirements of this Section and applicable Supreme Court Rules to any person seeking to sue or defend an action who indicates an inability to pay the fees, costs, and charges of the action. The application and supporting affidavit may be incorporated into one simplified form. The clerk of the court shall post in a conspicuous place in the courthouse a notice no smaller than 8.5 x 11 inches, using no smaller than 30‑point typeface printed in English and in Spanish, advising the public that they may ask the court for permission to sue or defend a civil action without payment of fees, costs, and charges. The notice shall be substantially as follows:
        "If you are unable to pay the fees, costs, and
     charges of an action you may ask the court to allow you to proceed without paying them. Ask the clerk of the court for forms."
    (d) The court shall rule on applications under this Section in a timely manner based on information contained in the application unless the court, in its discretion, requires the applicant to personally appear to explain or clarify information contained in the application. If the court finds that the applicant is an indigent person, the court shall enter an order permitting the applicant to sue or defend without payment of fees, costs, or charges. If the application is denied, the court shall enter an order to that effect stating the specific reasons for the denial. The clerk of the court shall promptly mail or deliver a copy of the order to the applicant.
    (e) The clerk of the court shall not refuse to accept and file any complaint, appearance, or other paper presented by the applicant if accompanied by an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis, and those papers shall be considered filed on the date the application is presented. If the application is denied, the order shall state a date certain by which the necessary fees, costs, and charges must be paid. The court, for good cause shown, may allow an applicant whose application is denied to defer payment of fees, costs, and charges, make installment payments, or make payment upon reasonable terms and conditions stated in the order. The court may dismiss the claims or defenses of any party failing to pay the fees, costs, or charges within the time and in the manner ordered by the court. A determination concerning an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits.
    (f) The court may order an indigent person to pay all or a portion of the fees, costs, or charges waived pursuant to this Section out of moneys recovered by the indigent person pursuant to a judgment or settlement resulting from the civil action. However, nothing is this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of a court to order another party to the action to pay the fees, costs, or charges of the action.
    (g) A court, in its discretion, may appoint counsel to represent an indigent person, and that counsel shall perform his or her duties without fees, charges, or reward.
    (h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect the right of a party to sue or defend an action in forma pauperis without the payment of fees, costs, or charges, or the right of a party to court‑appointed counsel, as authorized by any other provision of law or by the rules of the Illinois Supreme Court.
    (i) The provisions of this Section are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 91‑621, eff. 8‑19‑99.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105.5)
    Sec. 5‑105.5. Representation by civil legal services provider.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Civil legal services" means legal services in noncriminal matters provided without charge to indigent persons who have been found eligible under financial eligibility guidelines established by the civil legal services provider.
    "Civil legal services provider" means a not‑for‑profit corporation that (i) employs one or more attorneys who are licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and who directly provide civil legal services or (ii) is established for the purpose of providing civil legal services by an organized panel of pro bono attorneys.
    "Eligible client" means an indigent person who has been found eligible for civil legal services by a civil legal services provider.
    "Indigent person" means a person whose income is 125% or less of the current official federal poverty income guidelines or who is otherwise eligible to receive civil legal services under the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974.
    (b) When a party is represented in a civil action by a civil legal services provider, all fees and costs relating to filing, appearing, transcripts on appeal, and service of process shall be waived without the necessity of a motion for that purpose, and the case shall be given an index number or other appropriate filing number, provided that (i) a determination has been made by the civil legal services provider that the party is indigent and (ii) an attorney's certification that that determination has been made is filed with the clerk of the court along with the complaint, the appearance, or any other paper that would otherwise require payment of a fee.
(Source: P.A. 88‑41.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑106) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑106)
    Sec. 5‑106. Lien of officer. Where any person has been permitted by any court to commence and prosecute or to defend an action as a poor person without the payment of costs and expenses, the clerk of the court and the sheriff shall each have a lien upon every claim, including every claim for unliquidated damages, asserted in such action by the party who has thus been permitted to sue or defend as a poor person, and upon the proceeds thereof, for the amount of all fees and charges, becoming due such officer under the provisions of Section 5‑105 of this Act, and remaining unpaid. Of the existence of such lien the order of court permitting the party to proceed as a poor person shall be sufficient notice to all other parties in the cause, as well as to any insurer or other third party in anyway liable for payment of any such claim or portion thereof, who shall have been called upon to defend against the same or otherwise notified of the commencement of such action and the assertion of such claim.
    On petition filed in the court in which the action has been commenced, the court shall, on not less than 5 days' notice to all parties concerned, adjudicate the rights of the petitioning officer or officers and enforce the lien or liens by all appropriate means.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑107) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑107)
    Sec. 5‑107. Affidavit. If, prior to the commencement of an action in a court, a person desiring to commence such action in such court, files with the clerk thereof an affidavit, stating that the affiant is a poor person and unable to pay costs, and that his or her cause of action is meritorious, the clerk shall issue, and the sheriff shall serve, all necessary process without requiring costs; if judgment is entered against such plaintiff, it shall be for costs, unless the court shall otherwise order.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑108) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑108)
    Sec. 5‑108. Plaintiff to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state in any action for damages personal to the plaintiff, and recovers in such action, then judgment shall be entered in favor of the plaintiff to recover costs against the defendant, to be taxed, and the same shall be recovered and enforced as other judgments for the payment of money, except in the cases hereinafter provided.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑109) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑109)
    Sec. 5‑109. Defendant to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state, in any action, wherein the plaintiff may have costs in case judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff and the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, then judgment shall be entered in favor of defendant to recover defendant's costs against the plaintiff (except against executors or administrators prosecuting in the right of their testator or intestate), to be taxed, and the costs shall be recovered of the plaintiff, by like process as the plaintiff may have had against the defendant, in case judgment had been entered for such plaintiff.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑110) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑110)
    Sec. 5‑110. Judgment on motion. If in any action, judgment upon any motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, by either party to the action, is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover costs against the plaintiff. If such judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall recover costs against the defendant; and the person so recovering costs may collect same in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑111) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑111)
    Sec. 5‑111. Pleading several matters. Where any defendant in any action, or plaintiff in replevin, pleads several matters, and any of such matters, upon a motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, is adjudged insufficient, or if judgment is entered, in any issues of the cause, for the plaintiff, costs shall be awarded at the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑112) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑112)
    Sec. 5‑112. Several counts. Where there are several counts in any complaint, and any one of them is adjudged insufficient, or a judgment on any issue joined thereon is entered for the defendant, costs shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑113) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑113)
    Sec. 5‑113. Several defendants. Where several persons are made defendant to any action, if judgment is entered in favor of any one or more of the defendants, each defendant shall recover costs in the action.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑114) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑114)
    Sec. 5‑114. Scire facias and prohibition. In all actions of scire facias, or prohibition, the plaintiff recovering judgment after an answer was filed, or a motion directed to the complaint, shall recover his or her costs of the action. If the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his or her costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑115) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑115)
    Sec. 5‑115. Number of witnesses. The court may limit the number of witnesses whose fees are to be taxed against any party to such number, not less than 2, as shall appear to the court to be necessary.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑116) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑116)
    Sec. 5‑116. Dismissals. In all cases, where any action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution by reason that the plaintiff neglects to prosecute the same, the defendant shall recover judgment for his or her costs, to be taxed and to be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑117) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑117)
    Sec. 5‑117. Action by State. In all actions commenced or to be commenced for and on behalf of the people of this state, or the governor thereof, or for or on behalf of any county of this state, or in the name of any person for the use of the people of this state, or any county, then and in every such case, if the plaintiff recovers in such action, the plaintiff shall recover costs as any other person in like cases; but if the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall not recover any costs whatever. Nothing in this section contained shall extend to any popular action, nor to any action to be prosecuted by any person in behalf of himself or herself and the people or a county, upon any penal statute.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑118) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑118)
    Sec. 5‑118. Costs on dismissal. Upon the action being dismissed, or the defendant dismissing the same for want of prosecution, the defendant shall recover against the plaintiff full costs; and in all other civil cases, not otherwise directed by law, it shall be in the discretion of the court to award costs or not; and the payment of costs, when awarded, may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑119) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑119)
    Sec. 5‑119. Action for use of another. When judgment for costs is entered against a plaintiff suing for the use of another, such judgment shall also be against the person for whose use the action is brought, in like manner as if he or she had been a joint plaintiff, and the same may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑120) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑120)
    Sec. 5‑120. Affirmance or reversal on appeal. If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced; and if the judgment is reversed, the appellant shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑121) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑121)
    Sec. 5‑121. Clerks to tax costs. The clerk of any court in this state is hereby authorized and required to tax and subscribe all bills of costs arising in any action or proceeding instituted in which such person is clerk, agreeably to the rates which shall, at that time, be allowed or specified by law and shall in no case allow any item or charge unless the clerk shall be satisfied that the service for which it was made was actually performed in the action or proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑122) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑122)
    Sec. 5‑122. Postage as costs. When service or return of process is made by mail, the postage and postal fees may be recovered as costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑123) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑123)
    Sec. 5‑123. Retaxing costs. Any person who is dissatisfied by the taxation of any bill of costs by the clerk may apply to the court in which the action or proceeding was had to retax the same, according to law. If the court finds any charge allowed for services not performed, or for which the person charged is not liable, or any item charged higher than is allowed by law, then the court shall correct such taxation; and if the dissatisfied party has paid such unlawful charge, the clerk shall pay to the dissatisfied party, out of fees in the possession of the clerk, the amount which such party has paid by reason of the unlawful charge.
(Source: P.A. 84‑552.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑124) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑124)
    Sec. 5‑124. Stay of enforcement of fee bill. When collection of any fee bill is attempted, the dissatisfied party may stay the enforcement of the fee bill by giving to the officer attempting collection, bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by such officer, in the amount of such fee bill, conditioned for the payment of such fee bill if the same is not quashed; and upon receiving such bond, such officer shall forthwith return the fee bill and bond to the court. If it appears to the court that any item or charge contained in such fee bill is not authorized by law, or is for services not actually rendered, or any item is charged in an amount which is higher than is allowed by law, the court shall quash such fee bill and bond, and correct the taxation of the costs for which such fee bill was issued, and upon such correction being made, such costs may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 84‑553.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑125) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑125)
    Sec. 5‑125. Enforcement of fee bill. In all cases where either party is adjudged to pay costs before final judgment, by reason of setting aside a voluntary dismissal, a dismissal for want of prosecution or a default, or the granting of a continuance or new trial, or otherwise, and in all cases where there is security for costs, or attorney liable for costs, or an action brought to the use of another, and the plaintiff is adjudged to pay the costs, either before or upon final judgment, it shall be lawful for the clerk to prepare and tax a bill of costs so adjudged to be paid, against the party adjudged to pay the same, and against his or her security for costs, or other person liable for the payment thereof, or either of them, and certify the same under the seal of the court, which being delivered to the sheriff of the proper county, the sheriff shall demand payment from the person therein charged; if payment is not made accordingly, within 30 days after such demand, the sheriff shall levy the same on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the person so chargeable, and proceed therein in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑126)
    Sec. 5‑126. Costs after tender. Whoever is guilty of a trespass or injury or whoever owes another unliquidated damages or demands arising out of a contract may at any time, before or after suit is brought, tender what he or she shall conceive sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the unliquidated damages or demands; and if suit has been commenced, also the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender. If it appears that the sum tendered was sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the damages, and if suit has been commenced was also sufficient to pay the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender, the plaintiff shall not be allowed to recover any costs incurred after the tender, but shall be liable to the defendant for the defendant's costs incurred after that time.
(Source: P.A. 87‑409.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126.5)
    Sec. 5‑126.5. Expenses. The plaintiff shall be allowed to recover as costs those expenses required by law or a law enforcement or court officer for the purposes of enforcing a judgment including levy bonds, replevin bonds, certification of court orders, recording certified orders or memoranda of judgm

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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter735 > 2017 > 073500050HArt_V


      (735 ILCS 5/Art. V heading)
ARTICLE V
COSTS

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑101) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑101)
    Sec. 5‑101. Security for costs. In all actions in any court on official bonds for the use of any person, actions on the bonds of executors, administrators or guardians, qui tam actions, actions on a penal statute, and in all civil actions, where the plaintiff, or person for whose use an action is to be commenced, is not a resident of this State, the plaintiff, or person for whose use the action is to be commenced, shall, before he or she institutes such action, file, or cause to be filed, with the clerk of the court in which the action is to be commenced, security for costs, substantially in the following form:
    A B v. C D ‑ (Title of court.)
    I, (E.F.) enter myself security for all costs which may accrue in the above entitled action.
    Dated this .... day of ...., .....
(Signed) E.F.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑102) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑102)
    Sec. 5‑102. Approval ‑ Effect of bond. Such instrument shall be signed by some responsible person, being a resident of this State, and be approved by the clerk, and shall bind such person to pay all costs which may accrue in such action, either to the opposing party or to any of the officers of the court in which the action is commenced, or to which it is removed by change of place of trial or appeal.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑103) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑103)
    Sec. 5‑103. Dismissal for want of security. If any such action is commenced without filing such written instrument, the court, on motion, shall dismiss the same, and the attorney of the plaintiff shall pay all costs accruing thereon, unless the security for costs is filed within such time as is allowed by the court, and when so filed it shall relate back to the commencement of the action; the right to require security for costs shall not be waived by any proceeding in the action.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑104) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑104)
    Sec. 5‑104. Events after filing action. If at any time after the commencement of any action by a resident of this state, he or she becomes non‑resident; or if in any case the court is satisfied that any plaintiff is unable to pay the costs of the action, or that he or she is so unsettled as to endanger the officers of the court with respect to their legal claims, it shall be the duty of the court, on motion of the defendant or any officer of the court, to order the plaintiff, on or before a day in such order stated, to give security for the payment of costs in such action. If such plaintiff neglects or refuses, on or before the day in such order stated, to file a written instrument of some responsible person, being a resident of this state, whereby he or she shall bind himself or herself to pay all costs which have accrued, or may accrue in such action, the court shall, on motion, dismiss the action. The defendant or officer making such motion shall file therewith his or her affidavit, or the affidavit of some credible person, stating that he or she has reason to believe, and does believe, that in case such action is prosecuted to a conclusion, a judgment will be entered against such plaintiff for such costs.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑105)
    Sec. 5‑105. Leave to sue or defend as an indigent person.
    (a) As used in this Section:
        (1) "Fees, costs, and charges" means payments
     imposed on a party in connection with the prosecution or defense of a civil action, including, but not limited to: filing fees; appearance fees; fees for service of process and other papers served either within or outside this State, including service by publication pursuant to Section 2‑206 of this Code and publication of necessary legal notices; motion fees; jury demand fees; charges for participation in, or attendance at, any mandatory process or procedure including, but not limited to, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, counseling, evaluation, "Children First", "Focus on Children" or similar programs; fees for supplementary proceedings; charges for translation services; guardian ad litem fees; charges for certified copies of court documents; and all other processes and procedures deemed by the court to be necessary to commence, prosecute, defend, or enforce relief in a civil action.
        (2) "Indigent person" means any person who meets one
     or more of the following criteria:
            (i) He or she is receiving assistance under one
         or more of the following public benefits programs: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamps, General Assistance, State Transitional Assistance, or State Children and Family Assistance.
            (ii) His or her available income is 125% or less
         of the current poverty level as established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, unless the applicant's assets that are not exempt under Part 9 or 10 of Article XII of this Code are of a nature and value that the court determines that the applicant is able to pay the fees, costs, and charges.
            (iii) He or she is, in the discretion of the
         court, unable to proceed in an action without payment of fees, costs, and charges and whose payment of those fees, costs, and charges would result in substantial hardship to the person or his or her family.
            (iv) He or she is an indigent person pursuant to
         Section 5‑105.5 of this Code.
    (b) On the application of any person, before, or after the commencement of an action, a court, on finding that the applicant is an indigent person, shall grant the applicant leave to sue or defend the action without payment of the fees, costs, and charges of the action.
    (c) An application for leave to sue or defend an action as an indigent person shall be in writing and supported by the affidavit of the applicant or, if the applicant is a minor or an incompetent adult, by the affidavit of another person having knowledge of the facts. The contents of the affidavit shall be established by Supreme Court Rule. The court shall provide, through the office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms consistent with the requirements of this Section and applicable Supreme Court Rules to any person seeking to sue or defend an action who indicates an inability to pay the fees, costs, and charges of the action. The application and supporting affidavit may be incorporated into one simplified form. The clerk of the court shall post in a conspicuous place in the courthouse a notice no smaller than 8.5 x 11 inches, using no smaller than 30‑point typeface printed in English and in Spanish, advising the public that they may ask the court for permission to sue or defend a civil action without payment of fees, costs, and charges. The notice shall be substantially as follows:
        "If you are unable to pay the fees, costs, and
     charges of an action you may ask the court to allow you to proceed without paying them. Ask the clerk of the court for forms."
    (d) The court shall rule on applications under this Section in a timely manner based on information contained in the application unless the court, in its discretion, requires the applicant to personally appear to explain or clarify information contained in the application. If the court finds that the applicant is an indigent person, the court shall enter an order permitting the applicant to sue or defend without payment of fees, costs, or charges. If the application is denied, the court shall enter an order to that effect stating the specific reasons for the denial. The clerk of the court shall promptly mail or deliver a copy of the order to the applicant.
    (e) The clerk of the court shall not refuse to accept and file any complaint, appearance, or other paper presented by the applicant if accompanied by an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis, and those papers shall be considered filed on the date the application is presented. If the application is denied, the order shall state a date certain by which the necessary fees, costs, and charges must be paid. The court, for good cause shown, may allow an applicant whose application is denied to defer payment of fees, costs, and charges, make installment payments, or make payment upon reasonable terms and conditions stated in the order. The court may dismiss the claims or defenses of any party failing to pay the fees, costs, or charges within the time and in the manner ordered by the court. A determination concerning an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits.
    (f) The court may order an indigent person to pay all or a portion of the fees, costs, or charges waived pursuant to this Section out of moneys recovered by the indigent person pursuant to a judgment or settlement resulting from the civil action. However, nothing is this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of a court to order another party to the action to pay the fees, costs, or charges of the action.
    (g) A court, in its discretion, may appoint counsel to represent an indigent person, and that counsel shall perform his or her duties without fees, charges, or reward.
    (h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect the right of a party to sue or defend an action in forma pauperis without the payment of fees, costs, or charges, or the right of a party to court‑appointed counsel, as authorized by any other provision of law or by the rules of the Illinois Supreme Court.
    (i) The provisions of this Section are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 91‑621, eff. 8‑19‑99.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105.5)
    Sec. 5‑105.5. Representation by civil legal services provider.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Civil legal services" means legal services in noncriminal matters provided without charge to indigent persons who have been found eligible under financial eligibility guidelines established by the civil legal services provider.
    "Civil legal services provider" means a not‑for‑profit corporation that (i) employs one or more attorneys who are licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and who directly provide civil legal services or (ii) is established for the purpose of providing civil legal services by an organized panel of pro bono attorneys.
    "Eligible client" means an indigent person who has been found eligible for civil legal services by a civil legal services provider.
    "Indigent person" means a person whose income is 125% or less of the current official federal poverty income guidelines or who is otherwise eligible to receive civil legal services under the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974.
    (b) When a party is represented in a civil action by a civil legal services provider, all fees and costs relating to filing, appearing, transcripts on appeal, and service of process shall be waived without the necessity of a motion for that purpose, and the case shall be given an index number or other appropriate filing number, provided that (i) a determination has been made by the civil legal services provider that the party is indigent and (ii) an attorney's certification that that determination has been made is filed with the clerk of the court along with the complaint, the appearance, or any other paper that would otherwise require payment of a fee.
(Source: P.A. 88‑41.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑106) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑106)
    Sec. 5‑106. Lien of officer. Where any person has been permitted by any court to commence and prosecute or to defend an action as a poor person without the payment of costs and expenses, the clerk of the court and the sheriff shall each have a lien upon every claim, including every claim for unliquidated damages, asserted in such action by the party who has thus been permitted to sue or defend as a poor person, and upon the proceeds thereof, for the amount of all fees and charges, becoming due such officer under the provisions of Section 5‑105 of this Act, and remaining unpaid. Of the existence of such lien the order of court permitting the party to proceed as a poor person shall be sufficient notice to all other parties in the cause, as well as to any insurer or other third party in anyway liable for payment of any such claim or portion thereof, who shall have been called upon to defend against the same or otherwise notified of the commencement of such action and the assertion of such claim.
    On petition filed in the court in which the action has been commenced, the court shall, on not less than 5 days' notice to all parties concerned, adjudicate the rights of the petitioning officer or officers and enforce the lien or liens by all appropriate means.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑107) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑107)
    Sec. 5‑107. Affidavit. If, prior to the commencement of an action in a court, a person desiring to commence such action in such court, files with the clerk thereof an affidavit, stating that the affiant is a poor person and unable to pay costs, and that his or her cause of action is meritorious, the clerk shall issue, and the sheriff shall serve, all necessary process without requiring costs; if judgment is entered against such plaintiff, it shall be for costs, unless the court shall otherwise order.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑108) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑108)
    Sec. 5‑108. Plaintiff to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state in any action for damages personal to the plaintiff, and recovers in such action, then judgment shall be entered in favor of the plaintiff to recover costs against the defendant, to be taxed, and the same shall be recovered and enforced as other judgments for the payment of money, except in the cases hereinafter provided.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑109) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑109)
    Sec. 5‑109. Defendant to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state, in any action, wherein the plaintiff may have costs in case judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff and the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, then judgment shall be entered in favor of defendant to recover defendant's costs against the plaintiff (except against executors or administrators prosecuting in the right of their testator or intestate), to be taxed, and the costs shall be recovered of the plaintiff, by like process as the plaintiff may have had against the defendant, in case judgment had been entered for such plaintiff.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑110) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑110)
    Sec. 5‑110. Judgment on motion. If in any action, judgment upon any motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, by either party to the action, is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover costs against the plaintiff. If such judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall recover costs against the defendant; and the person so recovering costs may collect same in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑111) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑111)
    Sec. 5‑111. Pleading several matters. Where any defendant in any action, or plaintiff in replevin, pleads several matters, and any of such matters, upon a motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, is adjudged insufficient, or if judgment is entered, in any issues of the cause, for the plaintiff, costs shall be awarded at the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑112) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑112)
    Sec. 5‑112. Several counts. Where there are several counts in any complaint, and any one of them is adjudged insufficient, or a judgment on any issue joined thereon is entered for the defendant, costs shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑113) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑113)
    Sec. 5‑113. Several defendants. Where several persons are made defendant to any action, if judgment is entered in favor of any one or more of the defendants, each defendant shall recover costs in the action.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑114) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑114)
    Sec. 5‑114. Scire facias and prohibition. In all actions of scire facias, or prohibition, the plaintiff recovering judgment after an answer was filed, or a motion directed to the complaint, shall recover his or her costs of the action. If the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his or her costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑115) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑115)
    Sec. 5‑115. Number of witnesses. The court may limit the number of witnesses whose fees are to be taxed against any party to such number, not less than 2, as shall appear to the court to be necessary.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑116) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑116)
    Sec. 5‑116. Dismissals. In all cases, where any action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution by reason that the plaintiff neglects to prosecute the same, the defendant shall recover judgment for his or her costs, to be taxed and to be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑117) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑117)
    Sec. 5‑117. Action by State. In all actions commenced or to be commenced for and on behalf of the people of this state, or the governor thereof, or for or on behalf of any county of this state, or in the name of any person for the use of the people of this state, or any county, then and in every such case, if the plaintiff recovers in such action, the plaintiff shall recover costs as any other person in like cases; but if the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall not recover any costs whatever. Nothing in this section contained shall extend to any popular action, nor to any action to be prosecuted by any person in behalf of himself or herself and the people or a county, upon any penal statute.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑118) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑118)
    Sec. 5‑118. Costs on dismissal. Upon the action being dismissed, or the defendant dismissing the same for want of prosecution, the defendant shall recover against the plaintiff full costs; and in all other civil cases, not otherwise directed by law, it shall be in the discretion of the court to award costs or not; and the payment of costs, when awarded, may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑119) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑119)
    Sec. 5‑119. Action for use of another. When judgment for costs is entered against a plaintiff suing for the use of another, such judgment shall also be against the person for whose use the action is brought, in like manner as if he or she had been a joint plaintiff, and the same may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑120) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑120)
    Sec. 5‑120. Affirmance or reversal on appeal. If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced; and if the judgment is reversed, the appellant shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑121) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑121)
    Sec. 5‑121. Clerks to tax costs. The clerk of any court in this state is hereby authorized and required to tax and subscribe all bills of costs arising in any action or proceeding instituted in which such person is clerk, agreeably to the rates which shall, at that time, be allowed or specified by law and shall in no case allow any item or charge unless the clerk shall be satisfied that the service for which it was made was actually performed in the action or proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑122) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑122)
    Sec. 5‑122. Postage as costs. When service or return of process is made by mail, the postage and postal fees may be recovered as costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑123) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑123)
    Sec. 5‑123. Retaxing costs. Any person who is dissatisfied by the taxation of any bill of costs by the clerk may apply to the court in which the action or proceeding was had to retax the same, according to law. If the court finds any charge allowed for services not performed, or for which the person charged is not liable, or any item charged higher than is allowed by law, then the court shall correct such taxation; and if the dissatisfied party has paid such unlawful charge, the clerk shall pay to the dissatisfied party, out of fees in the possession of the clerk, the amount which such party has paid by reason of the unlawful charge.
(Source: P.A. 84‑552.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑124) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑124)
    Sec. 5‑124. Stay of enforcement of fee bill. When collection of any fee bill is attempted, the dissatisfied party may stay the enforcement of the fee bill by giving to the officer attempting collection, bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by such officer, in the amount of such fee bill, conditioned for the payment of such fee bill if the same is not quashed; and upon receiving such bond, such officer shall forthwith return the fee bill and bond to the court. If it appears to the court that any item or charge contained in such fee bill is not authorized by law, or is for services not actually rendered, or any item is charged in an amount which is higher than is allowed by law, the court shall quash such fee bill and bond, and correct the taxation of the costs for which such fee bill was issued, and upon such correction being made, such costs may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 84‑553.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑125) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑125)
    Sec. 5‑125. Enforcement of fee bill. In all cases where either party is adjudged to pay costs before final judgment, by reason of setting aside a voluntary dismissal, a dismissal for want of prosecution or a default, or the granting of a continuance or new trial, or otherwise, and in all cases where there is security for costs, or attorney liable for costs, or an action brought to the use of another, and the plaintiff is adjudged to pay the costs, either before or upon final judgment, it shall be lawful for the clerk to prepare and tax a bill of costs so adjudged to be paid, against the party adjudged to pay the same, and against his or her security for costs, or other person liable for the payment thereof, or either of them, and certify the same under the seal of the court, which being delivered to the sheriff of the proper county, the sheriff shall demand payment from the person therein charged; if payment is not made accordingly, within 30 days after such demand, the sheriff shall levy the same on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the person so chargeable, and proceed therein in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑126)
    Sec. 5‑126. Costs after tender. Whoever is guilty of a trespass or injury or whoever owes another unliquidated damages or demands arising out of a contract may at any time, before or after suit is brought, tender what he or she shall conceive sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the unliquidated damages or demands; and if suit has been commenced, also the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender. If it appears that the sum tendered was sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the damages, and if suit has been commenced was also sufficient to pay the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender, the plaintiff shall not be allowed to recover any costs incurred after the tender, but shall be liable to the defendant for the defendant's costs incurred after that time.
(Source: P.A. 87‑409.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126.5)
    Sec. 5‑126.5. Expenses. The plaintiff shall be allowed to recover as costs those expenses required by law or a law enforcement or court officer for the purposes of enforcing a judgment including levy bonds, replevin bonds, certification of court orders, recording certified orders or memoranda of judgm

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      (735 ILCS 5/Art. V heading)
ARTICLE V
COSTS

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑101) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑101)
    Sec. 5‑101. Security for costs. In all actions in any court on official bonds for the use of any person, actions on the bonds of executors, administrators or guardians, qui tam actions, actions on a penal statute, and in all civil actions, where the plaintiff, or person for whose use an action is to be commenced, is not a resident of this State, the plaintiff, or person for whose use the action is to be commenced, shall, before he or she institutes such action, file, or cause to be filed, with the clerk of the court in which the action is to be commenced, security for costs, substantially in the following form:
    A B v. C D ‑ (Title of court.)
    I, (E.F.) enter myself security for all costs which may accrue in the above entitled action.
    Dated this .... day of ...., .....
(Signed) E.F.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑102) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑102)
    Sec. 5‑102. Approval ‑ Effect of bond. Such instrument shall be signed by some responsible person, being a resident of this State, and be approved by the clerk, and shall bind such person to pay all costs which may accrue in such action, either to the opposing party or to any of the officers of the court in which the action is commenced, or to which it is removed by change of place of trial or appeal.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑103) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑103)
    Sec. 5‑103. Dismissal for want of security. If any such action is commenced without filing such written instrument, the court, on motion, shall dismiss the same, and the attorney of the plaintiff shall pay all costs accruing thereon, unless the security for costs is filed within such time as is allowed by the court, and when so filed it shall relate back to the commencement of the action; the right to require security for costs shall not be waived by any proceeding in the action.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑104) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑104)
    Sec. 5‑104. Events after filing action. If at any time after the commencement of any action by a resident of this state, he or she becomes non‑resident; or if in any case the court is satisfied that any plaintiff is unable to pay the costs of the action, or that he or she is so unsettled as to endanger the officers of the court with respect to their legal claims, it shall be the duty of the court, on motion of the defendant or any officer of the court, to order the plaintiff, on or before a day in such order stated, to give security for the payment of costs in such action. If such plaintiff neglects or refuses, on or before the day in such order stated, to file a written instrument of some responsible person, being a resident of this state, whereby he or she shall bind himself or herself to pay all costs which have accrued, or may accrue in such action, the court shall, on motion, dismiss the action. The defendant or officer making such motion shall file therewith his or her affidavit, or the affidavit of some credible person, stating that he or she has reason to believe, and does believe, that in case such action is prosecuted to a conclusion, a judgment will be entered against such plaintiff for such costs.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑105)
    Sec. 5‑105. Leave to sue or defend as an indigent person.
    (a) As used in this Section:
        (1) "Fees, costs, and charges" means payments
     imposed on a party in connection with the prosecution or defense of a civil action, including, but not limited to: filing fees; appearance fees; fees for service of process and other papers served either within or outside this State, including service by publication pursuant to Section 2‑206 of this Code and publication of necessary legal notices; motion fees; jury demand fees; charges for participation in, or attendance at, any mandatory process or procedure including, but not limited to, conciliation, mediation, arbitration, counseling, evaluation, "Children First", "Focus on Children" or similar programs; fees for supplementary proceedings; charges for translation services; guardian ad litem fees; charges for certified copies of court documents; and all other processes and procedures deemed by the court to be necessary to commence, prosecute, defend, or enforce relief in a civil action.
        (2) "Indigent person" means any person who meets one
     or more of the following criteria:
            (i) He or she is receiving assistance under one
         or more of the following public benefits programs: Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled (AABD), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food Stamps, General Assistance, State Transitional Assistance, or State Children and Family Assistance.
            (ii) His or her available income is 125% or less
         of the current poverty level as established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, unless the applicant's assets that are not exempt under Part 9 or 10 of Article XII of this Code are of a nature and value that the court determines that the applicant is able to pay the fees, costs, and charges.
            (iii) He or she is, in the discretion of the
         court, unable to proceed in an action without payment of fees, costs, and charges and whose payment of those fees, costs, and charges would result in substantial hardship to the person or his or her family.
            (iv) He or she is an indigent person pursuant to
         Section 5‑105.5 of this Code.
    (b) On the application of any person, before, or after the commencement of an action, a court, on finding that the applicant is an indigent person, shall grant the applicant leave to sue or defend the action without payment of the fees, costs, and charges of the action.
    (c) An application for leave to sue or defend an action as an indigent person shall be in writing and supported by the affidavit of the applicant or, if the applicant is a minor or an incompetent adult, by the affidavit of another person having knowledge of the facts. The contents of the affidavit shall be established by Supreme Court Rule. The court shall provide, through the office of the clerk of the court, simplified forms consistent with the requirements of this Section and applicable Supreme Court Rules to any person seeking to sue or defend an action who indicates an inability to pay the fees, costs, and charges of the action. The application and supporting affidavit may be incorporated into one simplified form. The clerk of the court shall post in a conspicuous place in the courthouse a notice no smaller than 8.5 x 11 inches, using no smaller than 30‑point typeface printed in English and in Spanish, advising the public that they may ask the court for permission to sue or defend a civil action without payment of fees, costs, and charges. The notice shall be substantially as follows:
        "If you are unable to pay the fees, costs, and
     charges of an action you may ask the court to allow you to proceed without paying them. Ask the clerk of the court for forms."
    (d) The court shall rule on applications under this Section in a timely manner based on information contained in the application unless the court, in its discretion, requires the applicant to personally appear to explain or clarify information contained in the application. If the court finds that the applicant is an indigent person, the court shall enter an order permitting the applicant to sue or defend without payment of fees, costs, or charges. If the application is denied, the court shall enter an order to that effect stating the specific reasons for the denial. The clerk of the court shall promptly mail or deliver a copy of the order to the applicant.
    (e) The clerk of the court shall not refuse to accept and file any complaint, appearance, or other paper presented by the applicant if accompanied by an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis, and those papers shall be considered filed on the date the application is presented. If the application is denied, the order shall state a date certain by which the necessary fees, costs, and charges must be paid. The court, for good cause shown, may allow an applicant whose application is denied to defer payment of fees, costs, and charges, make installment payments, or make payment upon reasonable terms and conditions stated in the order. The court may dismiss the claims or defenses of any party failing to pay the fees, costs, or charges within the time and in the manner ordered by the court. A determination concerning an application to sue or defend in forma pauperis shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits.
    (f) The court may order an indigent person to pay all or a portion of the fees, costs, or charges waived pursuant to this Section out of moneys recovered by the indigent person pursuant to a judgment or settlement resulting from the civil action. However, nothing is this Section shall be construed to limit the authority of a court to order another party to the action to pay the fees, costs, or charges of the action.
    (g) A court, in its discretion, may appoint counsel to represent an indigent person, and that counsel shall perform his or her duties without fees, charges, or reward.
    (h) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to affect the right of a party to sue or defend an action in forma pauperis without the payment of fees, costs, or charges, or the right of a party to court‑appointed counsel, as authorized by any other provision of law or by the rules of the Illinois Supreme Court.
    (i) The provisions of this Section are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
(Source: P.A. 91‑621, eff. 8‑19‑99.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑105.5)
    Sec. 5‑105.5. Representation by civil legal services provider.
    (a) As used in this Section:
    "Civil legal services" means legal services in noncriminal matters provided without charge to indigent persons who have been found eligible under financial eligibility guidelines established by the civil legal services provider.
    "Civil legal services provider" means a not‑for‑profit corporation that (i) employs one or more attorneys who are licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and who directly provide civil legal services or (ii) is established for the purpose of providing civil legal services by an organized panel of pro bono attorneys.
    "Eligible client" means an indigent person who has been found eligible for civil legal services by a civil legal services provider.
    "Indigent person" means a person whose income is 125% or less of the current official federal poverty income guidelines or who is otherwise eligible to receive civil legal services under the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974.
    (b) When a party is represented in a civil action by a civil legal services provider, all fees and costs relating to filing, appearing, transcripts on appeal, and service of process shall be waived without the necessity of a motion for that purpose, and the case shall be given an index number or other appropriate filing number, provided that (i) a determination has been made by the civil legal services provider that the party is indigent and (ii) an attorney's certification that that determination has been made is filed with the clerk of the court along with the complaint, the appearance, or any other paper that would otherwise require payment of a fee.
(Source: P.A. 88‑41.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑106) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑106)
    Sec. 5‑106. Lien of officer. Where any person has been permitted by any court to commence and prosecute or to defend an action as a poor person without the payment of costs and expenses, the clerk of the court and the sheriff shall each have a lien upon every claim, including every claim for unliquidated damages, asserted in such action by the party who has thus been permitted to sue or defend as a poor person, and upon the proceeds thereof, for the amount of all fees and charges, becoming due such officer under the provisions of Section 5‑105 of this Act, and remaining unpaid. Of the existence of such lien the order of court permitting the party to proceed as a poor person shall be sufficient notice to all other parties in the cause, as well as to any insurer or other third party in anyway liable for payment of any such claim or portion thereof, who shall have been called upon to defend against the same or otherwise notified of the commencement of such action and the assertion of such claim.
    On petition filed in the court in which the action has been commenced, the court shall, on not less than 5 days' notice to all parties concerned, adjudicate the rights of the petitioning officer or officers and enforce the lien or liens by all appropriate means.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑107) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑107)
    Sec. 5‑107. Affidavit. If, prior to the commencement of an action in a court, a person desiring to commence such action in such court, files with the clerk thereof an affidavit, stating that the affiant is a poor person and unable to pay costs, and that his or her cause of action is meritorious, the clerk shall issue, and the sheriff shall serve, all necessary process without requiring costs; if judgment is entered against such plaintiff, it shall be for costs, unless the court shall otherwise order.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑108) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑108)
    Sec. 5‑108. Plaintiff to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state in any action for damages personal to the plaintiff, and recovers in such action, then judgment shall be entered in favor of the plaintiff to recover costs against the defendant, to be taxed, and the same shall be recovered and enforced as other judgments for the payment of money, except in the cases hereinafter provided.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑109) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑109)
    Sec. 5‑109. Defendant to recover costs. If any person sues in any court of this state, in any action, wherein the plaintiff may have costs in case judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff and the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, then judgment shall be entered in favor of defendant to recover defendant's costs against the plaintiff (except against executors or administrators prosecuting in the right of their testator or intestate), to be taxed, and the costs shall be recovered of the plaintiff, by like process as the plaintiff may have had against the defendant, in case judgment had been entered for such plaintiff.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑110) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑110)
    Sec. 5‑110. Judgment on motion. If in any action, judgment upon any motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, by either party to the action, is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover costs against the plaintiff. If such judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff, the plaintiff shall recover costs against the defendant; and the person so recovering costs may collect same in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑111) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑111)
    Sec. 5‑111. Pleading several matters. Where any defendant in any action, or plaintiff in replevin, pleads several matters, and any of such matters, upon a motion directed to the complaint, answer or reply, is adjudged insufficient, or if judgment is entered, in any issues of the cause, for the plaintiff, costs shall be awarded at the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑112) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑112)
    Sec. 5‑112. Several counts. Where there are several counts in any complaint, and any one of them is adjudged insufficient, or a judgment on any issue joined thereon is entered for the defendant, costs shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑113) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑113)
    Sec. 5‑113. Several defendants. Where several persons are made defendant to any action, if judgment is entered in favor of any one or more of the defendants, each defendant shall recover costs in the action.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑114) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑114)
    Sec. 5‑114. Scire facias and prohibition. In all actions of scire facias, or prohibition, the plaintiff recovering judgment after an answer was filed, or a motion directed to the complaint, shall recover his or her costs of the action. If the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his or her costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑115) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑115)
    Sec. 5‑115. Number of witnesses. The court may limit the number of witnesses whose fees are to be taxed against any party to such number, not less than 2, as shall appear to the court to be necessary.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑116) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑116)
    Sec. 5‑116. Dismissals. In all cases, where any action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution by reason that the plaintiff neglects to prosecute the same, the defendant shall recover judgment for his or her costs, to be taxed and to be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑117) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑117)
    Sec. 5‑117. Action by State. In all actions commenced or to be commenced for and on behalf of the people of this state, or the governor thereof, or for or on behalf of any county of this state, or in the name of any person for the use of the people of this state, or any county, then and in every such case, if the plaintiff recovers in such action, the plaintiff shall recover costs as any other person in like cases; but if the action is voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff or is dismissed for want of prosecution or judgment is entered against the plaintiff, the defendant shall not recover any costs whatever. Nothing in this section contained shall extend to any popular action, nor to any action to be prosecuted by any person in behalf of himself or herself and the people or a county, upon any penal statute.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑118) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑118)
    Sec. 5‑118. Costs on dismissal. Upon the action being dismissed, or the defendant dismissing the same for want of prosecution, the defendant shall recover against the plaintiff full costs; and in all other civil cases, not otherwise directed by law, it shall be in the discretion of the court to award costs or not; and the payment of costs, when awarded, may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑119) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑119)
    Sec. 5‑119. Action for use of another. When judgment for costs is entered against a plaintiff suing for the use of another, such judgment shall also be against the person for whose use the action is brought, in like manner as if he or she had been a joint plaintiff, and the same may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑120) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑120)
    Sec. 5‑120. Affirmance or reversal on appeal. If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced; and if the judgment is reversed, the appellant shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑121) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑121)
    Sec. 5‑121. Clerks to tax costs. The clerk of any court in this state is hereby authorized and required to tax and subscribe all bills of costs arising in any action or proceeding instituted in which such person is clerk, agreeably to the rates which shall, at that time, be allowed or specified by law and shall in no case allow any item or charge unless the clerk shall be satisfied that the service for which it was made was actually performed in the action or proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 83‑707.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑122) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑122)
    Sec. 5‑122. Postage as costs. When service or return of process is made by mail, the postage and postal fees may be recovered as costs.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑123) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑123)
    Sec. 5‑123. Retaxing costs. Any person who is dissatisfied by the taxation of any bill of costs by the clerk may apply to the court in which the action or proceeding was had to retax the same, according to law. If the court finds any charge allowed for services not performed, or for which the person charged is not liable, or any item charged higher than is allowed by law, then the court shall correct such taxation; and if the dissatisfied party has paid such unlawful charge, the clerk shall pay to the dissatisfied party, out of fees in the possession of the clerk, the amount which such party has paid by reason of the unlawful charge.
(Source: P.A. 84‑552.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑124) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑124)
    Sec. 5‑124. Stay of enforcement of fee bill. When collection of any fee bill is attempted, the dissatisfied party may stay the enforcement of the fee bill by giving to the officer attempting collection, bond with sufficient sureties, to be approved by such officer, in the amount of such fee bill, conditioned for the payment of such fee bill if the same is not quashed; and upon receiving such bond, such officer shall forthwith return the fee bill and bond to the court. If it appears to the court that any item or charge contained in such fee bill is not authorized by law, or is for services not actually rendered, or any item is charged in an amount which is higher than is allowed by law, the court shall quash such fee bill and bond, and correct the taxation of the costs for which such fee bill was issued, and upon such correction being made, such costs may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 84‑553.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑125) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑125)
    Sec. 5‑125. Enforcement of fee bill. In all cases where either party is adjudged to pay costs before final judgment, by reason of setting aside a voluntary dismissal, a dismissal for want of prosecution or a default, or the granting of a continuance or new trial, or otherwise, and in all cases where there is security for costs, or attorney liable for costs, or an action brought to the use of another, and the plaintiff is adjudged to pay the costs, either before or upon final judgment, it shall be lawful for the clerk to prepare and tax a bill of costs so adjudged to be paid, against the party adjudged to pay the same, and against his or her security for costs, or other person liable for the payment thereof, or either of them, and certify the same under the seal of the court, which being delivered to the sheriff of the proper county, the sheriff shall demand payment from the person therein charged; if payment is not made accordingly, within 30 days after such demand, the sheriff shall levy the same on the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the person so chargeable, and proceed therein in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82‑280.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126) (from Ch. 110, par. 5‑126)
    Sec. 5‑126. Costs after tender. Whoever is guilty of a trespass or injury or whoever owes another unliquidated damages or demands arising out of a contract may at any time, before or after suit is brought, tender what he or she shall conceive sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the unliquidated damages or demands; and if suit has been commenced, also the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender. If it appears that the sum tendered was sufficient amends for the injury done or to pay the damages, and if suit has been commenced was also sufficient to pay the costs of suit up to the time of making the tender, the plaintiff shall not be allowed to recover any costs incurred after the tender, but shall be liable to the defendant for the defendant's costs incurred after that time.
(Source: P.A. 87‑409.)

    (735 ILCS 5/5‑126.5)
    Sec. 5‑126.5. Expenses. The plaintiff shall be allowed to recover as costs those expenses required by law or a law enforcement or court officer for the purposes of enforcing a judgment including levy bonds, replevin bonds, certification of court orders, recording certified orders or memoranda of judgm

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