(205 ILCS 620/Art. IV heading)

(205 ILCS 620/4-1) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-1) Sec. 4-1. Foreign corporate fiduciary; certificate of authority. After July 13, 1953, no foreign corporation, including banks, savings banks, and savings and loan associations, now or hereafter organized under the laws of any other state or territory, and no national banking association having its principal place of business in any other state or territory or federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank having its principal place of business in any other state or territory, may procure a certificate of authority under Article II of this Act and any certificate of authority heretofore issued hereunder to any such foreign corporation or to any such national banking association shall become null and void on July 13, 1953, except that any such foreign corporation or any such national banking association actually acting as trustee, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian, or in any other like fiduciary capacity in this State on July 13, 1953, may continue to act as such fiduciary in that particular trust or estate until such time as it has completed its duties thereunder. Such foreign corporation and such national banking association shall be subject to the provisions in this Article IV, regardless of whether its certificate of authority was obtained before July 13, 1953. The right and eligibility of any foreign corporation, any national banking association having its principal place of business in any other state or territory or any federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank having its principal place of business in any other state or territory hereafter to act as trustee, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian, or in any other like fiduciary capacity in this State shall be governed solely by the provisions of this Act. Provided, however, that the Commissioner shall not be required to conduct an annual examination of such foreign corporation pursuant to Section 5-2 of this Act, but may examine such foreign corporation as the Commissioner deems appropriate. "Principal place of business" of any bank, federal savings and loan association or savings bank, for purposes of this Article IV, means the principal office as designated on the charter by its principal regulator. (Source: P.A. 91-97, eff. 7-9-99.)

(205 ILCS 620/4-2) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-2) Sec. 4-2. Foreign corporation; eligibility. Any foreign corporation may act in this State as trustee, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian, or in any other like fiduciary capacity, whether the appointment is by will, deed, court order or otherwise, without complying with any laws of this State relating to the qualification of corporations organized under the laws of this State to conduct a trust business or laws relating to the qualification of foreign corporations, provided only (1) such foreign corporation is authorized by the laws of the state of its organization or domicile to act as a fiduciary in that state, and (2) a corporation organized under the laws of this State, a national banking association having its principal place of business in this State, and a federal savings and loan association or federal savings bank having its principal place of business in this State and authorized to act as a fiduciary in this State, may, in such other state, act in a similar fiduciary capacity or capacities, as the case may be, upon conditions and qualifications which the Commissioner finds are not unduly restrictive when compared to those imposed by the laws of Illinois. Any foreign corporation eligible to act in a fiduciary capacity in this State pursuant to the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed qualified to accept and execute trusts in this State within the meaning of this Act and the Probate Act of 1975, approved August 7, 1975, as amended. No foreign corporation shall be permitted to act as trustee, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian or in any other like fiduciary capacity in this State except as provided in Article IV of this Act; however, any foreign corporation actually acting in any such fiduciary capacity in this State on July 13, 1953, although not eligible to so act pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV, may continue to act as fiduciary in that particular trust or estate until such time as it has completed its duties thereunder. (Source: P.A. 92-685, eff. 7-16-02.)

(205 ILCS 620/4-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-3) Sec. 4-3. Service of process upon Secretary of State. Any foreign corporation acting in this State in a fiduciary capacity pursuant to the provisions of Article IV and Article IVA of this Act shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all legal process in any action or proceeding against it relating to or growing out of any trust, estate or matter in respect of which such foreign corporation has acted or is acting in this state in any such fiduciary capacity, and the acceptance of or engagement in this State in any acts in any such fiduciary capacity shall be signification of its agreement that any such process against it which is so served, shall be of the same legal force and validity as though served upon it personally. Service of such process shall be made by delivering to the Secretary of State, the corporation department of the office a copy of such process, together with the fee for service of process required by the Secretary of State, and such service shall be sufficient service upon said foreign corporation if notice of such service and a copy of the process are, within 10 days thereafter, sent by registered mail by the plaintiff to the defendant at its principal office in such other state or territory and the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance herewith is appended to the summons. The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The fee paid by the plaintiff to the Secretary of State at the time of the service may be recovered as taxable costs by the plaintiff if such party prevails in the action. The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all process served upon him under this section and shall record therein the time of such service. (Source: P.A. 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

(205 ILCS 620/4-4) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-4) Sec. 4-4. Place of business not to be established in State; not deemed transacting business. (a) A foreign corporation, as defined in Section 1-5.08 of this Act, shall not establish in this State a place of business, branch office, or agency for the conduct of business as a fiduciary and because it is not permitted to establish in this State a place of business, branch office or agency, a foreign corporation insofar as it acts in a fiduciary capacity in this State pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall not be deemed to be transacting business in this State. The foreign corporation may apply for, and procure from the Commissioner, a license to establish a representative office pursuant to the Foreign Bank Representative Office Act. The provisions of this subsection (a) do not apply to foreign corporations establishing or acquiring and maintaining a place of business in this State to conduct business as a fiduciary in accordance with Article IVA of this Act. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section 4-4, after May 31, 1997, a branch of an out-of-state bank, as defined in Section 2 of the Illinois Banking Act, and a foreign association, as defined in Section 1-10.31 of the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, may establish an office in this State for the conduct of business as a fiduciary, provided: (i) fiduciary business conducted in this State by a branch of an out-of-state bank is subject to examination by the Commissioner; and (ii) the trust activities of the branch of the out-of-state bank are subject to regulation, including enforcement actions, by the Commissioner to the same extent as Illinois corporate fiduciaries. (Source: P.A. 91-97, eff. 7-9-99; 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)

(205 ILCS 620/4-5) (from Ch. 17, par. 1554-5) Sec. 4-5. Certificate of authority; fees; certificate of reciprocity. (a) Prior to the time any foreign corporation acts in this State as testamentary trustee, trustee appointed by any court, trustee under any written agreement, declaration or instrument of trust, executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian or in any other like fiduciary capacity, such foreign corporation shall apply to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate for a certificate of authority with reference to the fiduciary capacity or capacities in which such foreign corporation proposes to act in this State, and the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate shall issue a certificate of authority to such corporation concerning only the fiduciary capacity or such of the fiduciary capacities to which the application pertains and with respect to which he has been furnished satisfactory evidence that such foreign corporation meets the requirements of Section 4-2 of this Act. The certificate of authority shall set forth the fiduciary capacity or capacities, as the case may be, for which the certificate is issued, and shall recite and certify that such foreign corporation is eligible to act in this State in such fiduciary capacity or capacities, as the case may be, pursuant to the provisions of this Act. The certificate of authority shall remain in full force and effect until such time as such foreign corporation ceases to be eligible so to act under the provisions of this Act. (b) Each foreign corporation making application for a certificate of authority shall pay reasonable fees to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate as determined by the Commissioner for the services of his office. (c) Any foreign corporation holding a certificate of reciprocity which recites and certifies that such foreign corporation is eligible to act in this State in any such fiduciary capacity pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this Act or any predecessor Act upon the same subject, issued prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987 may act in this State under such certificate of reciprocity in any such fiduciary capacity without applying for a new certificate of authority. Such certificate of reciprocity shall remain in full force and effect until such time as such foreign corporation ceases to be eligible so to act under the provisions of Article IV of this Act. (d) Any foreign corporation acting in Illinois under a certificate of authority or a certificate of reciprocity shall report changes in its name or address to the Commissioner and shall notify the Commissioner when it is no longer serving as a corporate fiduciary in Illinois. (e) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a foreign corporation establishing or acquiring and maintaining a place of business in this State to conduct business as a fiduciary in accordance with Article IVA of this Act. (Source: P.A. 92-483, eff. 8-23-01.)