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55 ILCS 5/3-6020 (2026)

Contempt of court; damages

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(55 ILCS 5/3-6020) (from Ch. 34, par. 3-6020)
    Sec. 3-6020. Contempt of court; damages. The disobedience of any sheriff to perform the command of any warrant, process, order or judgment legally issued to him or her, shall be deemed a contempt of the court that issued the same, and may be punished accordingly; and he or she shall be liable to the party aggrieved for all damages occasioned thereby. No sheriff shall be civilly liable for serving, as directed by the court, any warrant, order, process, or judgment that has been issued or affirmed by a court of the State of Illinois and that is valid on its face, unless the service involved willful or wanton misconduct by the sheriff.
(Source: P.A. 93-386, eff. 1-1-04.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1994–1994 · leading case: Hvorcik v. Sheahan, 847 F. Supp. 1414 (N.D. Ill. 1994).
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Hvorcik v. Sheahan, 847 F. Supp. 1414 (N.D. Ill. 1994). “*1426 Contempt of Court Count III seeks to tar Sheahan with violations of the combined provisions of 55 ILCS 5/3-6019 and 55 ILCS 5/3-6020: Sheriffs shall serve and execute, within their respective counties, and return all warrants, process, orders and judgments of every…”
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