Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 815 ILCS 165/5

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
     In any successful action instituted by a lessee to recover all or any portion of a deposit withheld by a lessor who fails to comply with the requirements of Section 4, the lessee shall be entitled to recover 1 1/2 times the full amount of the deposit. If either a lessor or lessee institutes an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to adjudicate the party’s right to all or a portion of a security deposit, the prevailing party shall be entitled to receive court costs plus a reasonable fee for that party’s attorney.
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