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705 ILCS 105/15 (2026)

Any clerk who fails to enter of record any order or judgment of his or her court within 45 days after the same is made or rendered, or any clerk having the duty to forward to the Department of Public Health the record of any judgment of dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of marriage, who wilfully fails to do so within 45 days after the close of the month in which the same is made or rendered, shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined by the court not exceeding $100, and for any subsequent offense he or she may be fined in a like amount or proceeded against as for a Class A misdemeanor in office and removed from office

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(705 ILCS 105/15) (from Ch. 25, par. 15)
    Sec. 15. Any clerk who fails to enter of record any order or judgment of his or her court within 45 days after the same is made or rendered, or any clerk having the duty to forward to the Department of Public Health the record of any judgment of dissolution of marriage or declaration of invalidity of marriage, who wilfully fails to do so within 45 days after the close of the month in which the same is made or rendered, shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined by the court not exceeding $100, and for any subsequent offense he or she may be fined in a like amount or proceeded against as for a Class A misdemeanor in office and removed from office. In any county of less than 500,000 inhabitants, when it appears to the majority of judges of such court that there are an insufficient number of persons employed in the office of the clerk of the court to properly make the entries in accordance with this Section, the majority of judges of such court shall thereupon determine and fix the number of deputies they find necessary to so properly maintain the records, and their reasonable compensation shall be paid out of the earnings of the office.
(Source: P.A. 83-346.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2011 · leading case: SEYLLER v. Cnty. of Kane, 946 N.E.2d 923 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011).
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SEYLLER v. Cnty. of Kane, 946 N.E.2d 923 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “The counterclaim sought to: (1) prohibit the Clerk from spending funds in excess of her budget; (2) compel the Clerk to use monies appropriated from the special funds to meet payroll for the remainder of fiscal year 2010; or (3) compel the Clerk to seek her remedy under sections…”
Seyller v. Cnty. of Kane (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “The counterclaim sought to: (1) prohibit the Clerk from spending funds in excess of her budget; (2) compel the Clerk to use monies appropriated from the special funds to meet payroll for the remainder of fiscal year 2010; or (3) compel the Clerk to seek her remedy under sections…”
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