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90_HB3471 765 ILCS 1005/1d new 765 ILCS 1005/2.2 new Amends the Joint Tenancy Act. Provides that a real estate mortgage (or a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code) on or against the interest of a joint tenant does not defeat the right of survivorship if the joint tenant dies. Provides that the surviving joint tenants take the interest that the deceased joint tenant could have transferred before death, subject to the mortgage (or security interest). Applies to interests of joint tenants who die on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately. LRB9008930WHmg LRB9008930WHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Joint Tenancy Act by adding Sections 2 1d and 2.2. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Joint Tenancy Act is amended by adding 6 Sections 1d and 2.2 as follows: 7 (765 ILCS 1005/1d new) 8 Sec. 1d. Death of a joint tenant; effect of mortgage. A 9 real estate mortgage on or against the interest of a joint 10 tenant does not defeat the right of survivorship in the event 11 of the death of the joint tenant, but the surviving joint 12 tenant or tenants take the interest that the deceased joint 13 tenant could have transferred before death subject to the 14 mortgage. This Section applies to the interest of a joint 15 tenant dying on or after the effective date of this 16 amendatory Act of 1998. 17 (765 ILCS 1005/2.2 new) 18 Sec. 2.2. Death of a joint tenant; effect of security 19 interest. A security interest under the Uniform Commercial 20 Code on or against the interest of a joint tenant does not 21 defeat the right of survivorship in the event of the death of 22 a joint tenant, but the surviving joint tenant or tenants 23 take the interest the deceased joint tenant could have 24 transferred before death subject to the security interest. 25 This Section applies to the interest of a joint tenant dying 26 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 27 1998. 28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 29 becoming law.