810 ILCS 5/9-625
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 810 - COMMERCIAL CODE|810 ILCS 5/ - Uniform Commercial Code.|Article 9 - Secured Transactions

Sec. 9-625. Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with Article.(a) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance.  If it is established  that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this Article, a court  may  order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on  appropriate  terms and conditions.(b) Damages for noncompliance.  Subject to subsections (c), (d),  and (f), a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss caused by a  failure  to comply with this Article.  Loss caused by a failure to comply with a request  under Section 9-210 may include loss resulting from the debtor's inability to  obtain, or increased costs of, alternative financing.(c) Persons entitled to recover damages; statutory damages if collateral is consumer goods.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-628:(1) a person that, at the time of the failure, was a     debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral may recover in an individual action damages under subsection (b) for its loss; and(2) if the collateral is consumer goods, a person     that was a debtor or a secondary obligor at the time a secured party failed to comply with this Part may recover in an individual action for that failure in any event an amount not less than the credit service charge plus 10 percent of the principal amount of the obligation or the time-price differential plus 10 percent of the cash price.(d) Recovery when deficiency eliminated or reduced.  A debtor  whose deficiency is eliminated under Section 9-626 may recover damages for the  loss of any surplus.  However, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency  is  eliminated or reduced under Section 9-626 may not otherwise recover under  subsection (b) for noncompliance with the provisions of this Part relating to  collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance.(e) Statutory damages:  noncompliance with specified  provisions.  In addition to any damages recoverable under subsection (b), the  debtor, consumer obligor, or person named as a debtor in a filed record, as  applicable, may recover in an individual action $500 for each instance that a  person:(1) fails to comply with Section 9-208;(2) fails to comply with Section 9-209;(3) files a record that the person is not entitled to     file under Section 9-509(a); or(4) fails to cause the secured party of record to     file or send a termination statement as required by Section 9-513(a) or (c).(f) Statutory damages:  noncompliance with Section 9-210.  A  debtor or consumer obligor may recover damages under subsection (b) and, in  addition, may in an individual action recover $500 in each case from a person  that, without reasonable cause, fails  to  comply with a request under Section 9-210.  A recipient of a request under  Section  9-210 which never claimed an interest in the collateral or obligations that are  the  subject of a request under that Section has a reasonable excuse for failure to  comply  with the request within the meaning of this subsection.(g) Limitation of security interest:  noncompliance with Section  9-210.  If a secured party fails to comply with a request regarding a list of  collateral  or a statement of account under Section 9-210, the secured party may claim a  security interest only as shown in the statement included in the request as  against a  person that is reasonably misled by the failure.  (Source: P.A. 97-1034, eff. 7-1-13.)