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730 ILCS 125/4 (2026)

The Warden of the jail shall receive and confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority

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(730 ILCS 125/4) (from Ch. 75, par. 104)
    Sec. 4. The Warden of the jail shall receive and confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority.
    When there is no county jail facility operating in a county, arresting agencies shall be responsible for delivering persons arrested to an adjoining county jail facility, if the adjoining county has entered into a written agreement with the committing county allowing for the maintenance of committed persons in the adjoining county.
(Source: P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1995–2009 · leading case: People v. Hunt, 914 N.E.2d 477 (Ill. 2009).
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People v. Hunt, 914 N.E.2d 477 (Ill. 2009). · cites it 3× “” 730 ILCS 125/4 (West 2002). Section 4 also authorizes county prisoners to be taken to a jail in an adjoining county if no suitable jail exists in the county of arrest.”
People v. Carrera, 783 N.E.2d 15 (Ill. 2002). · cites it 2× “2d 447 (1998), the defendant claimed that he was transferred from the Cook County jail to the custody of the Chicago police department in violation of the Illinois Habeas Corpus Act (735 ILCS 5/10-131 (West 1994)) and the County Jail Act (730 ILCS 125/4 (West 1994)). As a remedy…”
People v. Harris, 695 N.E.2d 447 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 2× “The defendant, in his reply brief, also cites section 4 of the County Jail Act, which requires the warden of a county jail to "confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority.”
People v. Hunt, 886 N.E.2d 409 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 4× “1 (West 2002); 730 ILCS 125/4, 19.5 (West 2002). The Campa court found, when it read the provisions of the speedy-trial statute related to bail and recognizance in conjunction with the provisions in the Code of Criminal Procedure, that because the trial court sets bail and…”
Chicago Osteopathic Med. Centers v. City of Chicago, 271 Ill. App. 3d 165 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “It is undisputed that once the County has custody of any alleged offender, it is charged with the responsibility of maintaining that person and must furnish all necessary medical aid. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch.”
People v. Carrera (Ill. 2002). “2d 114, 148-49 (1998), the defendant claimed that he was transferred from the Cook County jail to the custody of the Chicago police department in violation of the Illinois Habeas Corpus Act (735 ILCS 5/10–131 (West 1994)) and the County Jail Act (730 ILCS 125/4 (West 1994)). As…”
People v. Harris (Ill. 1998). “The defendant, in his reply brief, also cites section 4 of the County Jail Act, which requires the warden of a county jail to “confine in such jail, until discharged by due course of law, all persons committed to such jail by any competent authority.”
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