HB4931 Summary

• Requires persons filing more than 10 civil actions seeking money damages against natural persons in a calendar year to attach a notice to the summons advising defendants to seek legal advice and providing contact information for the Illinois State Bar Association and legal aid organizations.

• Mandates that notices in assigned claim cases include a statement that assignees must disclose how and when the plaintiff and any prior assignee acquired the debt, with written assignments attached to or recited in the complaint.

• Requires assignees in all cases, including small claims, to allege in their pleading how and when they and any prior assignees acquired title to the chose in action.

• Prohibits courts from entering judgment on assigned claims without finding that disclosure requirements have been met.

• Establishes that written assignments necessary to support a claim are documents on which the claim is founded, and defendants may request copies of assignments recited in complaints, with this requirement applying to all cases including small claims.