Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 240 ILCS 10/1.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Governmental fairs as set forth under the Agricultural Fairs Act and the Illinois State Fair which store personal property for compensation or hold themselves out as offering storage or storage facilities for personal property shall be licensed under a limited special governmental fairs license. This special license shall be issued for personal property other than goods, wares, household goods, furniture and merchandise and shall be of the type of personal property as set forth by regulation of the Commission. Personal property stored by these licensees shall be primarily boats, farm machinery and other similar tangible personal property as authorized by regulation of the Commission. Each licensee shall have a signed contract with each depositor on forms as prescribed by the Commission and shall also comply with Section 10. If such licensee does not have a bond or legal liability policy as set forth in Section 6, then the receipt shall have stamped across its face in bold type “Not Insured.” If a licensee under this Section complies with the requirements of Section 6, the licensee shall provide to the Commission evidence of such compliance as required in Section 6 of this Act. A governmental fairs licensee shall comply with all other requirements of this Act.