Illinois Compiled Statutes

735 ILCS 5/5-120 (2026)

Affirmance or reversal on appeal

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(735 ILCS 5/5-120) (from Ch. 110, par. 5-120)
    Sec. 5-120. Affirmance or reversal on appeal. If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced; and if the judgment is reversed, the appellant shall recover costs, which may be collected in the same manner as judgments for the payment of money are enforced.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2009–2021 · leading case: People v. Knapp, 2019 IL App (2d) 160162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
People v. Knapp, 2019 IL App (2d) 160162 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “***”; and (3) section 22 of “An Act to revise the law in relation to costs” (now section 5-120 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/5-120 ( West 2016 )): “If any person shall take an appeal, *** and the same judgment be affirmed ***, the appellee shall recover his costs.”
People v. Haldorson, 918 N.E.2d 1280 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “See 735 ILCS 5/5-120 (West 2006) ("If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs" (emphasis added)); see also People v.”
In re Est. of Tait, 2017 IL App (3d) 150834 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “Section 5-120 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/5-120 (West 2014)) states, in relevant part, “If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs ***.”
In re Est. of Tait, 2017 IL App (3d) 150834 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). “Section 5-120 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/5-120 (West 2014)) states, in relevant part, “If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, and the judgment is affirmed or the appeal is dismissed, the appellee shall recover costs ***.”
Jagiello v. Beverly Glen Homeowners' Ass'n, 2021 IL App (2d) 200192-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “¶ 30 Defendant also cites section 5-120 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/5-120 (West 2018)) which states, “If any person takes an appeal to review the judgment of any other court, *** and if the judgment is reversed, the appellant shall recover costs, which may be…”
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