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55 ILCS 5/3-6001 (2026)

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(55 ILCS 5/3-6001) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6001)
    Sec. 3-6001. Commission. Every sheriff shall be commissioned by the Governor; but no commission shall issue except upon the certificate of the county clerk of the proper county, of the due election or appointment of such sheriff, and that he or she has filed his or her bond and taken the oath of office, as hereinafter provided.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1995–2004 · leading case: Carver v. Sheriff of La Salle Cnty., 787 N.E.2d 127 (Ill. 2003).
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Carver v. Sheriff of La Salle Cnty., 787 N.E.2d 127 (Ill. 2003). “See generally 55 ILCS 5/3-6001 et seq. (West 2000). For example, the sheriff has the authority to appoint and hire deputies (55 ILCS 5/3-6008 (West 2000)) and to act as the custodian of the county courthouse and the jail (55 ILCS 5/3-6017 (West 2000); see also Moy, 159 Ill.”
Wallace v. Masterson, 345 F. Supp. 2d 917 (N.D. Ill. 2004). “See generally 55 ILCS 5/3-6001 et seq. (powers and duties of the sheriff).”
Carver v. Condie, 169 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 1999). “See generally 55 ILCS 5/3-6001 et seq. (detailing the powers and duties of sheriffs).”
Foster v. Unknown Cook Cnty. Deputy Sheriff, 914 F. Supp. 221 (N.D. Ill. 1995). “” Foster again admits that his complaint is defective, but seeks to avoid dismissal of Count III by offering to change the name of the second defendant in his amended complaint to “Cook County Sheriff.”
79 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 478, 75 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 45,853 Margaret M. Carver & Randall S. Carmean v. Anthony M. Condie, Sheriff of Lasalle Cnty., Illinois, Appeal Of: Cnty. of Lasalle, 169 F.3d 469 (7th Cir. 1999). “See generally 55 ILCS 5/3-6001 et seq. (detailing the powers and duties of sheriffs).”
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