Ill. Admin. Code tit. 14 § 150.600
All payments of fees, franchise taxes, license fees and penalties with respect to original articles of incorporation, applications for original certificates of authority and applications for reinstatement of domestic or foreign corporations shall be by money order, certified check, cashier's check or a check drawn on the account of an Illinois licensed attorney or certified public accountant, payable to the "Secretary of State." All other payments may be made by personal or business firm check, payable to the "Secretary of State". Any check that is returned by the bank to the Secretary of State's Office for any reason will immediately void the transaction for which it was intended and the Secretary of State will treat the filing event as never occurring.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 150.600
Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 550, effective December 27, 2002