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735 ILCS 5/2-1801 (2026)

Mittimus

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(735 ILCS 5/2-1801) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1801)
    Sec. 2-1801. Mittimus. (a) In all cases, including criminal, quasi-criminal and civil, when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden, Department of Corrections or other executive officer by virtue of a judgment or order which is signed by a judge, a copy of such judgment or order shall, in each case, constitute the mittimus, and no separate mittimus need be issued.
    (b) Where no written judgment or order was signed by a judge, the practice heretofore prevailing in such cases in the courts of this State shall be followed.
(Source: P.A. 84-622.)


 
    (735 ILCS 5/Art. II Pt. 19 heading)
Part 19. Lis Pendens

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case: People v. Morrison, 2016 IL App (4th) 140712 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
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People v. Morrison, 2016 IL App (4th) 140712 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Section 2-1801(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)) reads in part: “In all cases, *** when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden, Department of Corrections or other executive officer by…”
People v. Coleman, 2017 IL App (4th) 160770 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “, specially concurring) (quoting 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)). But, again, the reason why, traditionally, a mittimus could be amended at any time was that it was not the underlying sentencing order but was instead merely a warrant of commitment, external to the record.”
People v. Young, 2018 IL 122598 (Ill. 2018). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) (providing that a copy of the circuit court's judgment constitutes the mittimus).”
People v. Young, 2018 IL 122598 (Ill. 2019). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) (providing that a copy of the circuit court’s judgment constitutes the mittimus).”
People v. Scheurich, 2019 IL App (4th) 160441 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Section 2-1801(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure ( 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) ) reads, in part, as follows: "In all cases, including criminal, quasi-criminal and civil, when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden,…”
People v. Coleman, 2017 IL App (4th) 160770 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “, specially concurring) (quoting 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)). But, again, the reason why, traditionally, a mittimus could be amended at any time was that it was not the underlying sentencing order but was instead merely a warrant of commitment, external to the record.”
People v. Scheurich, 2019 IL App (4th) 160441 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Section 2-1801(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)) reads, in part, as follows: “In all cases, including criminal, quasi-criminal and civil, when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden,…”
People v. Perteet, 2025 IL App (1st) 241141 (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “He cannot do so without first moving to withdraw his plea, which, as established, he did not do. 9 See Ill. S. Ct. R. 604(d) (eff. Dec.”
People v. Mann, 2020 IL App (5th) 170027-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2018). The only proper purpose of a motion to amend a mittimus is to correct clerical errors or nonsubstantial matters of inadvertence or mistake.”
People v. Fort, 2021 IL App (1st) 192108-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “” Third, the “criminal disposition sheet,” which acted as the mittimus (see 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2016)), entered after the sentencing hearing further indicates sentence was imposed on both counts where it reflects counts III and IV (the forgery convictions) had been…”
People v. Hughes Clark (Ill. App. Ct. 2026). “” 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2024). Consequently, a separately-issued mittimus has become “superfluous, and it is now a rarity.”
People v. Thomas (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2000). Because the mittimus serves to inform the person or entity detaining a prisoner about the specifics of the prisoner's sentence, the appellate court has previously held that a trial court's act of correcting a mittimus "is a ministerial act and…”
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People v. Morrison, 2016 IL App (4th) 140712 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “Section 2-1801(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)) reads in part: “In all cases, *** when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden, Department of Corrections or other executive officer by…”
People v. Coleman, 2017 IL App (4th) 160770 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “, specially concurring) (quoting 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014)). But, again, the reason why, traditionally, a mittimus could be amended at any time was that it was not the underlying sentencing order but was instead merely a warrant of commitment, external to the record.”
People v. Young, 2018 IL 122598 (Ill. 2018). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) (providing that a copy of the circuit court's judgment constitutes the mittimus).”
People v. Young, 2018 IL 122598 (Ill. 2019). “See 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) (providing that a copy of the circuit court’s judgment constitutes the mittimus).”
People v. Scheurich, 2019 IL App (4th) 160441 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “Section 2-1801(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure ( 735 ILCS 5/2-1801(a) (West 2014) ) reads, in part, as follows: "In all cases, including criminal, quasi-criminal and civil, when a person is imprisoned, incarcerated, confined or committed to the custody of a sheriff, warden,…”
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