Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 240 ILCS 10/4

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
     No person shall engage in business as a personal property warehouseman in the State of Illinois without a license therefor issued by the Commission. The application for a license to engage in business as a personal property warehouseman shall be filed with the Commission. Such application shall set forth the name of the applicant, the principal officers if the applicant is a corporation, the managers (if manager-managed) or the members (if member-managed), if the applicant is a limited liability company, or the active members of a partnership if the applicant is a partnership, the location of the principal office or place of business of the applicant and the location or locations in this State at which the applicant proposes to engage in business as a personal property warehouseman, and such additional information as the Commission, by regulation, may require. The application shall also set forth the location, character, and description of the building or place of the proposed warehouse, the kind of property, goods, ware, and merchandise expected to be stored therein, and the approximate number of square feet of floor space, or, if applicable, the total cubic capacity devoted to storage purposes. The Commission shall require information showing that the property to be used is reasonably suitable for warehouse purposes, that the applicant is qualified to conduct the business of storing personal property under this Act, and the applicant proposes to conduct the business in accordance with the laws of this State and the rules and regulations of the Commission.