"Department" means the Department of Business Services of the Office of the Secretary of State.
"Expedited services" means services rendered within the same day or within 24 hours after the time the request therefor is submitted by the filer, law firm, service company, or messenger physically, in person, or at the Secretary of State's discretion, by electronic means to the Department's Springfield office or Chicago office and includes requests for certified copies, photocopies, or abstracts of computer record made to the Department's Springfield office in person, by mail, or by fax or requests for certificates of existence or abstracts of computer record made in person to the Department's Chicago office.
805 ILCS 206/1209