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Date: 09/06/2025

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This Easy Form helps you make forms to ask the court for permission to use an unlicensed special process server. A special process server can deliver court papers to another party in a legal case.

Note: You do not need to ask the court for permission to use a licensed private process server.

The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.

Learn more about serving a summons.

This program will help you make your court forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed court forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.

Form completion time: 10 minutes to 15 minutes

You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.

This program will help you avoid mistakes when filling out the court forms. Your case could be delayed if there are errors on your forms. If you want to download a PDF version, visit the Illinois Courts Standardized State Forms website. Use Adobe Reader to fill in the PDF forms or print the forms to fill out by hand.

The interview and forms are in English.

Can I use this program?

To use this program, you must:

  • Have already filed a civil case (not traffic or juvenile justice) as a Plaintiff or Petitioner, and
  • Need to serve the Defendants or Respondents with court papers.

What do I need first?

To complete this program, you will need to know:

  • Your court case information,
  • Name and address of the person you want to be a process server,
  • Why you want to use an unlicensed process server,
  • Names and addresses of the other parties, and
  • Names and addresses of the other parties’ lawyers, if any.

What documents will this create?

This program makes the following forms. The forms you get depend on your answers.

  • How to File and Send a Motion to Approve Process Sever Who is Not Licensed
  • Motion to Approve Process Server Who is Not Licensed
  • Notice of Court Date for Motion
  • Additional Proof of Delivery
  • Order on Motion to Approve Process Server Who is Not Licensed

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March 18, 2025
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E-filing exemption - Circuit Court Easy Form
This Easy Form helps you tell the court why you are not able to e-file forms into your circuit court case. It makes a Certification for Exemption from E-filing.
Proof of delivery Easy Form
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