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RULE
285. JURY DEMAND: SMALL CLAIMS
A
small claim shall be tried by the court unless a jury demand is
filed by the plaintiff at the time the action is commenced or by
the defendant not later than the date he is required to appear.
There shall be 6 jurors unless either party demands 12. A party
demanding a jury shall pay a fee of $12.50 unless he demands a
jury of 12, in which case he shall pay a fee of $25, or, if
another party has previously paid a fee for a jury of 6, $12.50.
LM
JURY DEMAND
Where
the claim for damages does not exceed $15,000 shall be tried
by a jury of 6, unless either party demands a jury of 12.
If a fee in connection with a jury demand is required by
statute or rule of the court, the fee for a jury of 12.
A party demanding a jury of 12 after another party has
paid for a jury of 6 shall pay the remaining half of the fee
applicable to a jury of 12
(Source: P.A. 83-1362.)
735 ILCS 5/2 1105 sub
par b
JURY
DEMAND $212.50
The
clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition to other fees
allowed by law, the
sum of $212.50 as a fee for service of a jury in every civil
action not quasi-criminal in nature and not a proceeding for the
exercise of the right of eminent domain and in every other
action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may be given by
law. The jury fee may be paid by the party demanding a jury at
the time of filing the jury demand. If the fee is not paid by
either party, no jury shall be called in the action or
proceeding, and the same shall be tried by the court without a
jury.
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