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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 17. An agreement by a buyer that he will not assert against the assignee or the holder of a retail installment contract executed by the buyer any claim or defense which he may have against the seller and the rights of a holder in due course of any negotiable note executed in connection with a retail installment contract are enforceable by an assignee or holder who takes his assignment or indorsement for value in good faith and without notice of a claim or defense unless:
(a) the assignee or holder is an affiliate of the seller. “Affiliate” includes a parent or subsidiary corporation, any person holding substantial common ownership of stock of the assignee and the seller and any person having the common ownership of the legal or commercial entities of assignee and seller;
(b) the assignee or the holder has actual knowledge or has received notice before the contract or note is acquired (1) of repetitive complaints of a substantial nature by other buyers to any governmental agency that the seller has failed or refused to perform his agreements with such buyers; and (2) of the failure of the seller to perform his agreements with such buyers within a reasonable time after the governmental agency has determined that the complaints are well-founded and has notified seller thereof, and the assignee, if known; or
(c) the assignee or the holder has actual knowledge or has received notice from its course of dealing with the seller or from its own records of substantial complaints by other buyers that seller has failed or refused to perform his agreements with such buyers within a reasonable time after such complaints are made.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 815. Business Transactions § 405/17. Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee or holder - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-815-business-transactions/il-st-sect-815-405-17/
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