Illinois Statutes
§ 12-636 — Asserting and defending foreign-money claim
Illinois·Topic RIGHTS AND REMEDIES·Ch. 735 CIVIL PROCEDURE·Act 735 ILCS 5/ Code of Civil Procedure.·Art. Article XII - Judgments - Enforcement
(a)A person may assert a claim in a specified foreign money. If a foreign-money claim is not asserted, the claimant makes the claim in United States dollars.
(b)An opposing party may allege and prove that a claim, in whole or in part, is in a different money than that asserted by the claimant.
(c)A person may assert a defense, set-off, recoupment, or counterclaim in any money without regard to the money of other claims.
(d)The determination of the proper money of the claim is a question of law.
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Legislative History
(Source: P.A. 86-1291.)
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