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Citation rules/Bluepages/B12.1 Full Citation

Add the publisher and year

Warning²Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

ILCS is a privately published compilation, so the citation ends with the publisher and the year of the edition relied on — “735 ILCS 5/2-615 (West 2022)”.¹

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1Style Manual for the Supreme and Appellate Courts of Illinois pt. III(B)(4)(a); B12.1.2 State Statutes.
2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.

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More in B12.1 Full Citation

Add the act's own section number
Add the publisher
Add the publisher and year
Add the publisher’s name
Cite a Treasury regulation as “Treas. Reg.”
Remove italics from the citation
Use “ILCS” for the compiled statutes
Use “Temp. Treas. Reg.”
Use the Cumulative Bulletin's form

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