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735 ILCS 5/19-101 (2026)
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(735 ILCS 5/19-101)
(from Ch. 110, par. 19-101)
Sec. 19-101.
When brought.
Whenever any goods or chattels have been wrongfully
distrained, or otherwise wrongfully taken or are wrongfully
detained, an action of replevin may be brought for the recovery of such
goods or chattels, by the owner or person entitled to their possession.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1994–2026 · leading case: People v. One 1998 GMC, 2011 IL 110236 (Ill. 2011).
People v. One 1998 GMC, 2011 IL 110236 (Ill. 2011). “2 See also 735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq. (West 2008) (“Whenever any goods or chattels have been wrongfully distrained, or otherwise wrongfully taken or are wrongfully detained, an action of replevin may be brought for the recovery of such goods or chattels, by the owner or person…”
Longo Realty v. Menard, Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 151231 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “735 ILCS 5/19-101, 19-104 (West 2012). In Illinois, replevin is -13- 1-15-1231 purely a statutory proceeding.”
Gable v. City Of Chicago, 296 F.3d 531 (7th Cir. 2002). “See 735 ILCS 5/19-101 (owner of "goods or chattels" may sue in replevin "for the recovery of such goods or chattels.”
Gunn v. Sobucki, 837 N.E.2d 865 (Ill. 2005). “One who has no right to possession of the property cannot maintain replevin even against a person who has no title to the property and is wrongfully in possession of it.”
Robert A. Holstein & Brian Grove, Individually & on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Chicago, a Mun. Corp., 29 F.3d 1145 (7th Cir. 1994). “735 ILCS 5/19-101 to 19-128. Clearly, these remedies provided by the state of Illinois comport with procedural due process.”
Longo Realty v. Menard, Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 151231 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “735 ILCS 5/19-101, 19-104 (West 2012). In Illinois, replevin is purely a statutory proceeding.”
People v. ONE 1998 GMC, 960 N.E.2d 1071 (Ill. 2011). “[2] See also 735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq. (West 2008) ("Whenever any goods or chattels have been wrongfully distrained, or otherwise wrongfully taken or are wrongfully detained, an action of replevin may be brought for the recovery of such goods or chattels, by the owner or person…”
Malek v. Gold Coast Exotic Imports, LLC, 2018 IL App (1st) 171459 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “¶ 10 Shortly thereafter, Nancy filed an action in replevin against Gold Coast in the trial court (15-L-50794) pursuant to section 19-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure *1017 (Code) ( 735 ILCS 5/19-101 (West 2016) ). On June 21, 2016, the trial court entered an order requiring…”
Usinor Industeel v. Leeco Steel Prods., Inc., 209 F. Supp. 2d 880 (N.D. Ill. 2002). “Usinor seeks to exercise its replevin right under 735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq. to recover possession of the eighteen unpaid shipments of Creusabro 8000 steel (the “Steel Shipments”), valued in excess of one million dollars, that Usinor sold and delivered to Leeco Steel Products,…”
Ally Fin. Inc. v. Pira, 2017 IL App (2d) 170213 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “Plaintiff might also have been able to recover costs for expenses incurred by law enforcement officers in executing the replevin order. See 735 ILCS 5/5-126.”
Ally Fin. Inc. v. Pira, 2017 IL App (2d) 170213 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “2d 602, 613 (2005); see 735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq. (West 2014). Relevant here, plaintiff might have been able to recover damages sustained by reason of defendant’s wrongful taking and detention of the vehicle.”
Sensational Four, Inc. v. Tri-Par Die & Mold Corp., 2016 IL App (2d) 150468 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “2d 602, 613 (2005); see 735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq. (West 2008); Carroll v.”
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