(a)Except as provided in subsections (a-5) and (a-10), a judgment may be revived by filing a petition to revive the judgment in the seventh year after its entry, or in the seventh year after its last revival, or in the twentieth year after its entry, or at any other time within 20 years after its entry if the judgment becomes dormant and by serving the petition and entering a court order for revival as provided in the following subsections. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly are declarative of existing law. (a-5) As used in this Section:
(1)"Consumer debt" means money or property, or the equivalent, due or owing, or alleged to be due or owing, from a natural person by reason of a transaction in which property, services, or money is acquired by that natural
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(a) Except as provided in subsections (a-5) and (a-10), a judgment may be revived by filing a petition to revive the judgment in the seventh year after its entry, or in the seventh year after its last revival, or in the twentieth year after its entry, or at any other time within 20 years after its entry if the judgment becomes dormant and by serving the petition and entering a court order for revival as provided in the following subsections. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly are declarative of existing law. (a-5) As used in this Section: (1) "Consumer debt" means money or property, or the equivalent, due or owing, or alleged to be due or owing, from a natural person by reason of a transaction in which property, services, or money is acquired by that natural person for personal, family, or household purposes. (2) "Consumer debt judgment" means a judgment recovered in any court against one or more natural persons arising out of a consumer debt. "Consumer debt judgment" does not include any compensation for bodily injury or death, nor any judgment entered if the debt is guaranteed by or contains a joint and several liability provision between a natural person and a business, whether or not that business is legally constituted under the laws of this State or any other state. (a-10) The following revival standards apply to judgments relating to consumer debt that were entered prior to January 1, 2020, and consumer debt judgments: (1) A judgment relating to consumer debt entered before January 1, 2020 is not a consumer debt judgment and may be revived in accordance with subsection (a). (2) A consumer debt judgment entered on or after January 1, 2020 through the date preceding the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may be revived by filing a petition to revive the consumer debt judgment no later than 10 years after its entry and by serving the petition and entering a court order as provided in this Section. (3) A consumer debt judgment entered on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly may not be revived but may be enforceable for a period of 15 years after its entry. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly are declarative of existing law, except subdivision (a-10)(3). (b) A petition to revive a judgment shall be filed in the original case in which the judgment was entered. The petition shall include a statement as to the original date and amount of the judgment, court costs expended, accrued interest, and credits to the judgment, if any. (c) Service of notice of the petition to revive a judgment shall be made in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 106. (d) An order reviving a judgment shall be for the original amount of the judgment. The plaintiff may recover interest and court costs from the date of the original judgment. Credits to the judgment shall be reflected by the plaintiff in supplemental proceedings or execution. (e) If a judgment debtor has filed for protection under the United States Bankruptcy Code and failed to successfully adjudicate and remove a lien filed by a judgment creditor, then the judgment may be revived only as to the property to which a lien attached before the filing of the bankruptcy action. (f) A judgment may be revived as to fewer than all judgment debtors, and such order for revival of judgment shall be final, appealable, and enforceable. (g) This Section does not apply to a child support judgment or to a judgment recovered in an action for damages for an injury described in Section 13-214.1, which need not be revived as provided in this Section and which may be enforced at any time as provided in Section 12-108. (h) If a judgment becomes dormant during the pendency of an enforcement proceeding against wages under Part 14 of this Article or under Article XII, the enforcement may continue to conclusion without revival of the underlying judgment so long as the enforcement is done under court supervision and includes a wage deduction order or turn over order and is against an employer, garnishee, or other third party respondent.