Illinois Code § 810 ILCS 5/9-605

Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
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(a) In general: No duty owed by secured party. Except as provided in subsection (b), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:
 
 
(1) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless 
 
the secured party knows:
 
 
 
(A) that the person is a debtor or obligor;
 
 
 
(B) the identity of the person; and
 
 
 
(C) how to communicate with the person; or
 
 
(2) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a 
 
financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:
 
 
 
(A) that the person is a debtor; and
 
 
 
(B) the identity of the person.
 
(b) Exception: Secured party owes duty to debtor or obligor. A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:
 
 
(1) the person is a debtor or obligor; and
 
 
(2) the secured party knows that the information in 
 
subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded. 

the secured party knows:
financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:
subsection (a)(1)(A), (B), or (C) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.

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