Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 5/2-1501 (2026)
Writs abolished
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(735 ILCS 5/2-1501)
(from Ch. 110, par. 2-1501)
Sec. 2-1501. Writs abolished. The function which was, prior to January
1, 1979, performed by a writ of execution to enforce a judgment or order
for the payment of money, or by the writs of mandamus, injunction, prohibition,
sequestration, habeas corpus, replevin, ne exeat or attachment, or by the
writ of possession
in an action of ejectment, or by the writ of restitution in an eviction action, or by the writ of assistance for the possession
of real estate, or by a temporary restraining order, shall hereafter be
performed by a copy of the order or judgment to be enforced, certified by
the clerk of the court which entered the judgment or order.
The clerk's certification shall bear a legend substantially as follows:
I hereby certify the above to be correct.
Dated ..........................
(Seal of Clerk of Circuit Court)
................................
Clerk of the Circuit Court of .............. Illinois.
This order is the command of the Circuit Court and violation thereof is
subject to the penalty of the law.
(Source: P.A. 100-173, eff. 1-1-18.)
(735 ILCS 5/Art. II Pt. 16 heading) Part 16.
Revival of Judgment
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Braver v. Washington, 724 N.E.2d 68 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999).
People Ex Rel. Braver v. Washington, 724 N.E.2d 68 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “735 ILCS 5/2-1501 (West 1996). Likewise, such an action is commenced by filing a complaint for mandamus, rather than a "petition" under the mandamus statute.”
Pitts v. Kolitwenzew, 2020 IL App (3d) 190267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Pitts, a pretrial detainee in the Kankakee County jail (also known as the Jerome Combs Detention Center), filed a mandamus complaint in the trial court seeking to compel defendant, Chad Kolitwenzew, the director of the jail (Director), to provide Pitts with barber services and…”
Pitts v. Kolitwenzew, 2020 IL App (3d) 190267 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “¶7 The Director testified that he had been the chief of corrections at the county jail for the past six or seven years and, prior to that time, had been the assistant chief of corrections at the jail for about four years.”
Wiliams v. Knauer, 2019 IL App (3d) 180310-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “The payment authorization was approved by the Chief Administrative Officer of HCC on February 26, 2018.”
Sioux Steel Co. v. Prairie Land Millwright Servs., Inc. (N.D. Ill. 2023). “1993) (in Illinois the writ of execution been abolished); 735 ILCS 5/2-1501 (“Writs Abolished”). Sioux Steel’s motion is denied.”
People ex rel. Braver v. Washington (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “735 ILCS 5/2-1501 (West 1996). Likewise, such an action is commenced by filing a complaint for mandamus, rather than a "petition" under the mandamus statute.”
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