When may an Illinois judgment be revived?

Preserve the original entered judgment, its date, amount and any prior revival order.

Establish dormancy and classify ordinary, exempt or consumer-debt judgment treatment.

Identify the proposed filing window and separately prepare petition, service and order requirements.

1. Preserve the original entered judgment, its date, amount and any prior revival order.
2. Establish dormancy and classify ordinary, exempt or consumer-debt judgment treatment.
3. Identify the proposed filing window and separately prepare petition, service and order requirements.
4. Section 2-1602(a) defines alternative windows and a dormancy route within twenty years of original entry. Section 13-218 separately states the twenty-year petition limit and excludes consumer-debt judgments governed by subsection (a-10). A later revival does not silently replace the original-entry anchor for every provision.
5. State original judgment date and amount, expended court costs, accrued interest and credits. Complete the petition, applicable notice and actual revival order. Preserve the judgment category and dates supporting the chosen window.

This procedure does not supply one computed date. Establish each required event, selected date or filing sequence before applying any separately governing counting and closed-day provisions.

Fictitious comparison. An ordinary dormant judgment and a qualifying consumer-debt judgment entered in 2026 do not share the same revival route. The latter cannot be revived under subsection (a-10)(3), even if a seven-year offset can be added arithmetically.

Alternative windows, dormancy and judgment categories cannot be reduced to the historical seven-year preset. This guide computes no date and offers no paid calculation.

Consumer definitions and exempt judgments differ

Subsection (a-5) defines consumer debt and consumer-debt judgments. Subsection (g) exempts child-support judgments and the specified Section 13-214.1 injury judgments from revival and permits enforcement at any time under Section 12-108.

Consumer judgments have distinct regimes

Current subsection (a-10) separates pre-2020, 2020-through-2025 and post-2025 judgments. Qualifying judgments entered January 1, 2026 or later may not be revived and may instead remain enforceable for fifteen years.

A petition is not a revival order

Section 2-1602(a) requires filing, service and entry of a court order. A planned petition or filing date alone does not establish completed revival.

The twenty-year anchor has its own scope

Section 13-218 uses original judgment entry for its ordinary twenty-year petition limit and expressly excludes consumer-debt judgments governed by Section 2-1602(a-10).

Bankruptcy and partial revival remain distinct

Subsection (e) limits revival to the specified prebankruptcy lien property when its conditions apply. Subsection (f) allows revival against fewer than all judgment debtors and identifies that order as final, appealable and enforceable.

Pending supervised wage enforcement can continue

Subsection (h) permits the specified pending wage enforcement to continue without revival when dormancy arises during it, subject to court supervision, an applicable order and the stated third-party respondent requirement.

• This source guide does not compute a date or decide whether the required facts and filings are established.
• Preserve the applicable edition, actual documents and court orders. A different procedural branch requires its own review.

• Preserve the original entered judgment, its date, amount and any prior revival order.
• Establish dormancy and classify ordinary, exempt or consumer-debt judgment treatment.
• Identify the proposed filing window and separately prepare petition, service and order requirements.
• Subsection (a-5) defines consumer debt and consumer-debt judgments. Subsection (g) exempts child-support judgments and the specified Section 13-214.1 injury judgments from revival and permits enforcement at any time under Section 12-108.
• Current subsection (a-10) separates pre-2020, 2020-through-2025 and post-2025 judgments. Qualifying judgments entered January 1, 2026 or later may not be revived and may instead remain enforceable for fifteen years.
• Section 2-1602(a) requires filing, service and entry of a court order. A planned petition or filing date alone does not establish completed revival.
• Section 13-218 uses original judgment entry for its ordinary twenty-year petition limit and expressly excludes consumer-debt judgments governed by Section 2-1602(a-10).
• Subsection (e) limits revival to the specified prebankruptcy lien property when its conditions apply. Subsection (f) allows revival against fewer than all judgment debtors and identifies that order as final, appealable and enforceable.
• Subsection (h) permits the specified pending wage enforcement to continue without revival when dormancy arises during it, subject to court supervision, an applicable order and the stated third-party respondent requirement.
• State original judgment date and amount, expended court costs, accrued interest and credits. Complete the petition, applicable notice and actual revival order. Preserve the judgment category and dates supporting the chosen window. File with the proper clerk in the required format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires civil electronic filing, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily requires submission before midnight in the court time zone unless a statute, rule or actual order specifies a different time. A submission on a closed clerk day ordinarily receives the next open-day stamp. Preserve the actual electronic file mark, receipt and any filing-relief order. Filing and service are distinct acts.