Illinois Compiled Statutes 770 ILCS 55 — Liens Against Railroads Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Liens Against Railroads Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

All persons who may have furnished or who shall hereafter furnish to any railroad corporation now existing or hereafter to be organized under the laws of this State, any fuel, ties, material, supplies, or other article or thing necessary for the construction, maintenance, operation or repair of such roads, by contract…

Every person who shall hereafter, as sub-contractor, material man, or laborer, furnish to any contractor with any such railroad corporation any fuel, ties, materials, supplies, or any other article or thing, or who shall do and perform any work or labor for such contractor in conformity with any terms of any contract,…

The person performing such labor, or furnishing such material, shall cause a notice, in writing, to be served on the president or secretary of such railroad corporation, substantially as follows, viz

The person performing such labor, or furnishing such material, shall cause a notice, in writing, to be served on the president or secretary of such railroad corporation, substantially as follows, viz.: To .... president, (or secretary, as the case may be) of the ....: You are hereby notified that I am (or have been) em…

If neither the president or the secretary of such railroad corporation shall reside or can be found in the county in which the sub-contract was made, or labor performed, the laborer, or person furnishing labor or material, shall file said notice in the office of the clerk of the circuit court; and the clerk of the circ…

If the money due the person having given notice shall not be paid within 10 days after the money shall become due and payable, then such person may commence an action therefor, in the circuit court, against the corporation with which the original contract was made; or he or she may commence an action, against such rail…

Whenever any suit, so brought, shall be determined in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall allow $20 attorney's fees to be taxed as costs

Whenever any suit, so brought, shall be determined in favor of the plaintiff, the court shall allow $20 attorney's fees to be taxed as costs. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3586.)

Should the original contractor in any case fail to complete the contract, any person entitled to a lien may file a complaint in the circuit court in any county through which the road may be constructed, against the railroad corporation and the contractors, setting forth the nature of his claim, and the amount due as ne…

The lien hereby created shall continue for 3 months from the time of the performance of the sub-contract, or doing of the work or furnishing the material as aforesaid, except when suit shall be commenced by petition as aforesaid, and in such cases all liens shall be barred by the judgment entered in such cause. (Source…