—Proof of Service

(a) Proof of service pursuant to Section 10-12 (a) and (b) may be made by written acknowledg- ment of service by the party served, by a certificate of counsel for the party filing the pleading or paper or by the self-represented party, or by affidavit of the person making the service, but these methods of proof shall not be exclusive. Proof of service shall include the address at which such service was made. If proof of such service is made by a certificate of counsel or by the self-represented party, it shall be in substantially the following form: I certify that a copy of the above was or will immediately be mailed or delivered electronically or nonelectronically on (Date) to all counsel and self-represented parties of record and that written consent for electronic delivery was received from all counsel exempt from e-filing and self-repre- sented parties of record who were or will immedi- ately be electronically served. (Here list the name of each party served or immediately to be served and the address at which service was made or will immediately be made.) Or to the party against whom the default for failure to appear is claimed. (Here list the name of each nonappearing party served or immediately to be served and the address at which service was made or will immediately be made.) (Individual signature of counsel or self-represented party) (b) Proof of service pursuant to Section 10-12 (c) shall be made in the same manner as proof of service is made of an original writ and complaint, unless the judicial authority ordered service in some other manner, in which event service may be proved as prescribed in subsection (a) above. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 123.) (Amended June 29, 1998, to take effect Jan. 1, 1999; amended June 21, 2004, to take effect Jan. 1, 2005; amended June 13, 2014, to take effect Jan. 1, 2015; amended June 12, 2025, to take effect Jan. 1, 2026.) HISTORY—2026: In the first sentence of the second para- graph of subsection (a), ‘‘exempt from e-filing’’ was added after ‘‘from all counsel.’’ COMMENTARY—2026: The changes to this section amend the certification by counsel by requiring only consent for electronic delivery from self-represented parties of record and counsel exempt from e-filing. Any attorney who is not exempt from e-filing is required to accept electronic delivery, regardless of consent.