Illinois Supreme Court
Civil Court
Collections
Court's judgment is not void on grounds that Plaintiff collection agency was not registered as a debt collection agency at time of filing of collections complaint. Even if legislature may make failure to obtain debt collection license a criminal offense, the failure to obtain such license at time of filing complaint does not negate circuit court's subject matter jurisdiction.(GARMAN, FREEMAN, THOMAS, BURKE, and THEIS, concurring; KILBRIDE, dissenting.)