(815 ILCS 705/35) (from Ch. 121 1/2, par. 1735)
Sec. 35.
Service of process.
Sufficient service of any process in any
action brought under this Act may be made by serving a copy thereof with
the agency designated to receive process in the disclosure statement filed
with the Administrator or in the absence of such agent at the principal
business address set forth in the disclosure statement. Where no disclosure
statement has been filed and personal jurisdiction cannot otherwise be
obtained in this State over a person who engaged in conduct prohibited or
made actionable by this Act or any rule or order hereunder, that conduct
shall be considered equivalent to the appointment of the Administrator to
be such person's attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any
noncriminal suit, action or proceeding against him or his successor,
executor, or administrator which grows out of that conduct and which is
brought under this Act or any rule or order hereunder, with the same force
and validity as if served on him personally. Service may be made by leaving
a copy of the process in the office of the Administrator, but it is not
effective unless (a) the plaintiff forthwith sends notice of the service
and a copy of the process by registered or certified mail to the defendant
or respondent at his last known address or takes other steps which are
reasonably calculated to give actual notice and (b) the plaintiff's
affidavit of compliance with this Section is filed in the case on or before
the return day of the process, if any, or within such further time as
the court allows.
(Source: P.A. 85-551.)
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