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55 ILCS 5/3-6016 (2026)

Sheriff liable for acts of deputy and auxiliary deputy

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(55 ILCS 5/3-6016) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6016)
    Sec. 3-6016. Sheriff liable for acts of deputy and auxiliary deputy. The sheriff shall be liable for any neglect or omission of the duties of his or her office, when occasioned by a deputy or auxiliary deputy, in the same manner as for his or her own personal neglect or omission.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2023 · leading case: Wallace v. Masterson, 345 F. Supp. 2d 917 (N.D. Ill. 2004).
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Wallace v. Masterson, 345 F. Supp. 2d 917 (N.D. Ill. 2004). “(citing 55 ILCS 5/3-6016), so Defendants’ motion to dismiss Count V on this ground is denied.”
Chaney v. City of Chicago, 901 F. Supp. 266 (N.D. Ill. 1995). “Because Sheahan would be liable under 55 ILCS 5/3-6016 for Coffins’ negligent conduct, Chaney’s complaint against Sheahan, as it relates to the actions of Coffins, must be allowed to go *269 forward.”
Cooper v. Off. of the Sheriff of Will Cnty., 333 F. Supp. 2d 728 (N.D. Ill. 2004). “§ 5/8-6016 of the Counties Code Defendants have also moved to dismiss Counts III and IV against the Sheriffs Office, arguing that 55 ILCS 5/3-6016 of the Counties Code bars all liability against a sheriff for the acts or omissions of his députies where the deputies are charged…”
Brown v. King (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 5× “55 ILCS 5/3-6016 (West 1998). Section 3-6016 states that "[t]he sheriff shall be liable for any neglect or omission of the duties of his or her office, when occasioned by a deputy or auxiliary deputy, in the same manner as for his or her own personal neglect or omission.”
Herrington v. Bradford (S.D. Ill. 2023). “” In response, Herrington claims that Lakin can be held liable under the Illinois Wrongful Death and Survival Acts under a respondeat superior theory because each of these statutes contemplate such actions.”
Chuffo v. Ramsey, 55 F. Supp. 2d 860 (N.D. Ill. 1999). “Therefore, we grant Ramsey’s motions for summary judgment in its entirety; Zegar’s motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part; and we dismiss all surviving state law claims without prejudice to their reinstatement in state court. 1 . At the Court's…”
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