GENERAL ORDER NO. 6.2 - Numbering of Actions
(a) New Actions- Every action, upon the filing of the complaint or other paper initiating the action or proceeding, shall be numbered in annual series with the number of the action preceded by the last two figures of the current year and by the abbreviation of the Division or District in which the action is filed, and the Record Series where implemented by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, in the following form:
County Department
Chancery Division 15-CH-12345
County Division
Abandoned Baby 15-COAD-123456
Action in Debt 15-COAC-123456
Adoption 15-COAD-123456
Annexation 15-COAN-123456
Annual Tax Sale 15-COMS-123456
Certificate of Error 15-COCE-123456
Civil Asset Forfeiture 15-COFO-123456
Confidential Intermediary 15-COCI-123456
Disconnection 15-COAN-123456
Drainage District 15-COMS-123456
Elections 15-COEL-123456
Emancipation 15-COMS-123456
Estate Tax 15-COET-123456
Estray 15-COES-123456
Expunge Redemption 15-COTD-123456
Father Identification 15-COFI-123456
Gestational Surrogacy 15-COMS-123456
Habeas Corpus 15-COMS-123456
Indemnity 15-COIN-123456
Inheritance Tax 15-COIT-123456
Mechanic Lien 15-COMS-123456
Mental Health 15-COMH-123456
Minor Marriage 15-COMS-123456
Miscellaneous 15-COMS-123456
Name Change 15-CONC-123456
Parental Notification 15-COPN-123456
Property Tax Appeal Board 15-COPT-123456
Real Estate Tax Refund 15-COTR-123456
Relief After Tax Purchase 15-COMS-123456
Request for Records 15-COMH-123456
School Dispute 15-COMS-123456
Special Assessments 15-COSA-123456
Tax Deed 15-COTD-123456
Tax Objection 15-COTO-123456
Termination of Parental Rights 15-COAD-123456
Treatment (Mental Health) 15-COMH-123456
Treatment Contagious Disease 15-COMS-123456/15-COPH-123456
Unpaid Tax Bid 15-COMS-123456
Vacate Tax Sale 15-COVT-123456
Criminal Division
Contempt of Court 15-ACC-123456
Habeas Corpus 15-HCC-123456
Indictment 15-CR-1234567
Information 15-CR-123456
Miscellaneous Remedies 15-MR-1234567
Search Warrant (pre-charge) 15-9-12345
Domestic Relations Division 15-D-123456
Domestic Violence Division
Civil 15-OP-12345
Criminal 15-DV-12345
Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division (civil actions) 15-EL-123456
Law Division 15-L-123456
Probate Division 15-P-123456
Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department
Child Protection Division 15-JA-12345
Juvenile Justice Division 15-JD-12345
Municipal Department
District 1
Civil 15-M1-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC1-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC1-123456
Information (Felony)15-C1-1234567
District 2
Civil 15-M2-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC2-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC2-123456
Information (Felony) 15-C2-1234567
District 3
Civil 15-M3-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC3-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC3-123456
Information (Felony) 15-C3-1234567
District 4
Civil 15-M4-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC4-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC4-123456
Information (Felony) 15-C4-1234567
District 5
Civil 15-M5-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC5-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC5-123456
Information (Felony) 15-C5-1234567
District 6
Civil 15-M6-123456
Criminal
Complaint (Misdemeanor or Felony) 15-MC6-123456
Fugitive (Interstate only) Warrant or Complaint 15-MC6-123456
Information (Felony) 15-C6-1234567
Any changes conforming to the numbering system set forth in this General Order 6.2 (a) implemented prior to November 2, 2015, are hereby approved.
(b) Pending Actions – Each action pending on December 31, 1963, in any given court in or for Cook County shall retain the number given in the court in which the action was filed prior to Jan. 1, 1964, and pleadings, orders, judgments and other papers subsequently filed shall bear the number so given. Unless expressly provided otherwise in the circuit rules or the general orders of this court, each action pending in the court on November 2, 2015, shall retain the number it had on that date, and pleadings, orders, and other papers subsequently filed shall bear the same number.
(c) Remanded Actions – Every action remanded by the Appellate Court or the Supreme Court for a new trial or hearing, upon reinstatement, shall retain the same case number, unless otherwise ordered by the Presiding Judge, or the Presiding Judge's designee, of the Division or District in which the case is pending to be renumbered by the circuit clerk. The case shall be set for hearing or trial on teh motion of either party or the court.
[Amended, effective November 2, 2015.]
