Illinois Compiled Statutes
705 ILCS 35/1 (2026)
Judicial circuits created
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(705 ILCS 35/1)
(from Ch. 37, par. 72.1)
Sec. 1. Judicial circuits created. The county of Cook shall be one
judicial circuit and the State of
Illinois, exclusive of the county of Cook, shall be and is divided into
judicial circuits as follows:
First Circuit--The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope,
Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline.
Second Circuit--The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton,
Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and
Crawford.
Third Circuit--The counties of Madison and Bond.
Fourth Circuit--The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette,
Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby, and Christian.
Fifth Circuit--The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and
Coles.
Sixth Circuit--The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon,
DeWitt, and Piatt.
Seventh Circuit--The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott,
Greene, and Jersey.
Eighth Circuit--The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown,
Pike, Calhoun, and Menard.
Ninth Circuit--The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Hancock,
McDonough, and Fulton.
Tenth Circuit--The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark, and
Tazewell.
Eleventh Circuit--The counties of McLean,
Livingston, Logan, Ford, and
Woodford.
Twelfth Circuit--The county of Will.
Thirteenth Circuit--The counties of Bureau, LaSalle, and Grundy.
Fourteenth Circuit--The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Whiteside, and
Henry.
Fifteenth Circuit--The counties of Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle,
and Lee.
Sixteenth Circuit--The county of Kane.
Seventeenth Circuit--The counties of Winnebago and Boone.
Eighteenth Circuit--The county of DuPage.
Nineteenth Circuit--The county of Lake.
Twentieth Circuit--Before December 5, 2022, the counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair,
Washington, and Perry. On and after December 5, 2022, the county of St. Clair.
Twenty-first Circuit--The counties of Iroquois and Kankakee.
Twenty-second Circuit--The county of McHenry.
Twenty-third Circuit--The counties of DeKalb and Kendall. Twenty-fourth Circuit--On and after December 5, 2022, the counties of Randolph, Monroe, Washington, and Perry.(Source: P.A. 102-380, eff. 8-13-21.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2006–2019 · leading case: Bridges v. State Bd. of Elections, 856 N.E.2d 445 (Ill. 2006).
Bridges v. State Bd. of Elections, 856 N.E.2d 445 (Ill. 2006). “OPINION On April 14, 2006, the Sangamon County circuit court declared Public Act 94 — 727, which amended the Circuit Courts Act (705 ILCS 35/1 et seq. (West 2004)), unconstitutional.”
James Tibor v. Kane Cnty., Illinoi, 485 F. App'x 840 (7th Cir. 2012). “) And his arguments against the County fall short, for a fundamental reason: the County and the Circuit Court are different.”
Bridges v. State Bd. of Elections (Ill. 2006). “OPINION On April 14, 2006, the Sangamon County circuit court declared Public Act 94–727, which amended the Circuit Courts Act (705 ILCS 35/1 et seq. (West 2004)), unconstitutional.”
Haag v. Cook Cnty. Adult Prob. Dep't (N.D. Ill. 2018). “See 705 ILCS 35/1, 705 ILCS 35/4.1. That means that it is not a person and is not subject to liability under § 1983.”
Martin v. Cook Cnty., Illinois (N.D. Ill. 2019). “”) (citing 705 ILCS 35/1, 35/4.1). B. First Amendment Retaliation For her First Amendment retaliation claim, Martin “must show: (1) [s]he engaged in protected activity; (2) [s]he suffered a deprivation likely to deter future protected activity; and (3) [her] protected activity…”
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