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735 ILCS 5/18-101 (2026)

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(735 ILCS 5/18-101) (from Ch. 110, par. 18-101)
    Sec. 18-101. Grounds. A proceeding in quo warranto may be brought in case:
    (1) Any person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or executes any office, or franchise, or any office in any corporation created by authority of this State;
    (2) Any person holds or claims to hold or exercise any privilege, exemption or license which has been improperly or without warrant of law issued or granted by any officer, board, commissioner, court, or other person or persons authorized or empowered by law to grant or issue such privilege, exemption or license;
    (3) Any public officer has done, or allowed any act which by the provisions of law, works a forfeiture of his or her office;
    (4) Any association or number of persons act within this State as a corporation without being legally incorporated;
    (5) Any corporation does or omits to do any act which amounts to a surrender or forfeiture of its rights and privileges as a corporation, or exercises powers not conferred by law;
    (6) Any railroad company doing business in this State charges an extortionate rate for the transportation of any freight or passenger, or makes any unjust discrimination in the rate of freight or passenger tariff over or upon its railroad.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: Lopez v. Dart, 2018 IL App (1st) 170733 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018).
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Lopez v. Dart, 2018 IL App (1st) 170733 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “See 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014); Wofford , 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 , ¶ 13, 412 Ill.”
Goral v. Dart, 2020 IL 125085 (Ill. 2020). “735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2018). The statute allows an action in quo warranto whenever “[a]ny person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or executes any office, or franchise, or any office in any corporation created by authority of this State.”
People Ex Rel. Graf v. Vill. of Lake Bluff, 795 N.E.2d 281 (Ill. 2003). “Quo warranto proceedings are now codified (735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2000)) and may be brought by private parties under special circumstances.”
People el rel. Wofford v. Brown, 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “1-16-1118 ¶ 12 Quo warranto proceedings provide an extraordinary remedy, and are now codified under article 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure (quo warranto statute) (735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014)). People ex rel.”
The Reserve at Woodstock, LLC v. City of Woodstock, 2011 IL App (2d) 100676 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Section 18-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/18-101 (West 2006)) provides the grounds upon which a quo warranto action may be brought.”
RESERVE AT WOODSTOCK v. City of Woodstock, 958 N.E.2d 1100 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 2× “Section 18-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/18-101 (West 2006)) provides the grounds upon which a quo warranto action may be *1110 brought.”
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
People Ex Rel. Brzica v. Vill. of Lake Barrington, 644 N.E.2d 66 (Ill. App. Ct. 1994). “2d 438 ; 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 1992).) It is used to call upon the defendant to answer by what authority he acts.”
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
Watson v. Waste Mgmt. of Illinois, Inc., 845 N.E.2d 730 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “" 735 ILCS 5/18-101 (West 2002). A quo warranto proceeding is a challenge to a defendant's right to exercise jurisdiction over territory or to hold public office.”
People el rel. Wofford v. Brown, 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 4× “¶ 12 Quo warranto proceedings provide an extraordinary remedy and are now codified under article 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure (quo warranto statute) (735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014)). People ex rel.”
People ex rel. Ervin v. Barnett, 2018 IL App (1st) 172639 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “The court further found that the public interest in judicial economy did not favor relitigating an issue which had already been decided in the 2017 proceedings before the Cook County Electoral Board and the circuit court.”
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— 735 ILCS 5/18-101(1) — 7 cases
Lopez v. Dart, 2018 IL App (1st) 170733 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “See 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014); Wofford , 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 , ¶ 13, 412 Ill.”
People el rel. Wofford v. Brown, 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “1-16-1118 ¶ 12 Quo warranto proceedings provide an extraordinary remedy, and are now codified under article 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure (quo warranto statute) (735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014)). People ex rel.”
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
People el rel. Wofford v. Brown, 2017 IL App (1st) 161118 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “¶ 12 Quo warranto proceedings provide an extraordinary remedy and are now codified under article 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure (quo warranto statute) (735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2014)). People ex rel.”
— 735 ILCS 5/18-101(3) — 2 cases
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
People ex rel. Rahn v. Vohra, 2017 IL App (2d) 160953 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “OPINION ¶1 Relator Gregory Rahn appeals a judgment dismissing his pro se complaint in quo warranto (see 735 ILCS 5/18-101 et seq. (West 2016)) against defendant, Promod Vohra.”
— 735 ILCS 5/18-101(5) — 2 cases
RESERVE AT WOODSTOCK v. City of Woodstock, 958 N.E.2d 1100 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “Section 18-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/18-101 (West 2006)) provides the grounds upon which a quo warranto action may be *1110 brought.”
People ex rel. Ryan v. Vill. of Hanover Park (Ill. App. Ct. 1999).
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