When is an Illinois jury-case posttrial motion due?

Obtain the actual judgment-entry date from the court record.

If the jury reached no verdict, establish its actual discharge date instead.

Do not substitute the verdict date for judgment entry. Preserve every timely order allowing further time.

1. Obtain the actual judgment-entry date from the court record.
2. Exclude the established judgment-entry or no-verdict discharge day. Count 30 calendar days under Section 1.11. The preset does not replace a court-allowed extension.
3. Check the final weekend, statutory holiday and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. File the single posttrial motion with the points relied upon, specific grounds and requested relief. Preserve the file mark and any timely extension order. Rule 373(c) applies to a motion directed against judgment. Its mailing or carrier exception requires Rule 9(c) or (d) eligibility and Rule 12(b) proof; the carrier branch requires delivery for receipt within three business days. Otherwise preserve actual clerk receipt.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Use the unextended 30-day period after the established judgment entry or no-verdict jury discharge. An actual court extension requires its separate timetable. Fictitious established event. No extension, tolling, competing deadline or special order is assumed.

Fictitious facts. The event and statutory classification are independently established. The calculator does not determine accrual, legal disability, fraudulent concealment, effective agency service or an actual court extension.

One motion must state the grounds and relief

Section 2-1202(b) requires the desired jury posttrial relief in a single motion. Specify the points, supporting grounds and requested relief. Alternative or conditional relief may be requested.

Court-allowed further time is separate

Section 2-1202(c) permits further time allowed within the original 30 days or an existing extension. A requested extension does not itself establish an allowed deadline.

A new judgment on a posttrial motion can create a separate period

A party against whom judgment is entered pursuant to a posttrial motion has like time after that judgment’s entry. Identify that actual judgment rather than automatically reusing the first date.

A new-trial request can affect preservation

Section 2-1202(e) provides a waiver for failure to request a new trial conditionally or unconditionally, except when the jury reached no verdict.

Timeliness and enforcement are distinct questions

Section 2-1202(d) states that a motion filed in apt time stays enforcement. Rule 274 separately addresses one postjudgment motion directed at an otherwise final and appealable judgment.

• This calculation does not determine whether relief is available or whether the facts satisfy the statute.
• A current statutory edition does not establish the law for every historical claim. Preserve the applicable edition and actual orders.

• Obtain the actual judgment-entry date from the court record.
• If the jury reached no verdict, establish its actual discharge date instead.
• Do not substitute the verdict date for judgment entry. Preserve every timely order allowing further time.
• Section 2-1202(b) requires the desired jury posttrial relief in a single motion. Specify the points, supporting grounds and requested relief. Alternative or conditional relief may be requested.
• Section 2-1202(c) permits further time allowed within the original 30 days or an existing extension. A requested extension does not itself establish an allowed deadline.
• A party against whom judgment is entered pursuant to a posttrial motion has like time after that judgment’s entry. Identify that actual judgment rather than automatically reusing the first date.
• Section 2-1202(e) provides a waiver for failure to request a new trial conditionally or unconditionally, except when the jury reached no verdict.
• Section 2-1202(d) states that a motion filed in apt time stays enforcement. Rule 274 separately addresses one postjudgment motion directed at an otherwise final and appealable judgment.
• File the single posttrial motion with the points relied upon, specific grounds and requested relief. Preserve the file mark and any timely extension order. Rule 373(c) applies to a motion directed against judgment. Its mailing or carrier exception requires Rule 9(c) or (d) eligibility and Rule 12(b) proof; the carrier branch requires delivery for receipt within three business days. Otherwise preserve actual clerk receipt. 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.